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> Race across Labrador
By: Jenny Higgins | June 10, 2011
On June 27, 1905, two teams of explorers set off on a race across Labrador’s interior. The starting point was North West River, in central Labrador, and the f... Read More
> The Log Driver’s Waltz
By: Jenny Higgins | May 27, 2011
“The Log Driver’s Waltz” is a Canadian folk song written by Wade Hemsworth and made famous by an animated film short the National Film Board released in 1... Read More
> Merchant mariners: the captains courageous of WWII
By: Jenny Higgins | May 13, 2011
May 8, 1945 was a day of celebration – Germany had surrendered and World War Two was finally over in Europe. Almost 70 years later, Victory in Europe Day rema... Read More
> A right worth fighting for
By: Jenny Higgins | April 29, 2011
A whopping 90 per cent of women voters went to the polls in Newfoundland’s 1928 general election. Compare that to the 2008 federal election, when only 58.8 pe... Read More
> Arctic adventurer
By: Jenny Higgins | April 15, 2011
Bob Bartlett’s life was the stuff of legends. During more than 50 years as a seafarer, he travelled further north than almost any other living person, was shi... Read More
> 1914 Sealing Disaster
By: Jenny Higgins | April 1, 2011
On the morning of March 31, 1914, the wooden steamer SS Newfoundland was jammed in the ice floes off Newfoundland’s north coast. Unable to take the ship any f... Read More
> 1929 Tsunami on the Burin Peninsula
By: Jenny Higgins | March 18, 2011
At 5:02 p.m. on Nov. 18, 1929, an underwater earthquake shook the Grand Banks and sent a tsunami racing towards Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula. The quake meas... Read More
> A press for change: early newspapers in N.L.
By: Jenny Higgins | March 4, 2011
Whether it circulates digitally or door-to-door, it’s usually a good sign when a new newspaper starts publishing. At its best, journalism is society building.... Read More
