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Local company in small town doing big things

By: TheIndependent.ca | January 29, 2012

There’s something interesting happening on the west coast of the province: local boarders riding snowboards made from local materials, painted by designs from local artists.

And it’s all originating from a small town on the West coast of the island named Port au Port East.

“Our manufacturing l…

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YOUR TWO CENTS:

  1. Kieran Hanley says:

    thanks Janet!

  2. Sheldon says:

    “dozens and dozens of festivals from coast to coast for native Newfoundlanders and tourists alike to choose from”.

    I guess that would imply that native Labradorians don’t have any festivals to choose from? That’s strange, given that there are festivals in Labrador included on the map. Maybe Labradorians don’t attend their own festivals. Seems weird to me that they wouldn’t but what do I know.

  3. WJM says:

    Why is that flag flying over Labrador?

  4. Janet says:

    Carbonear also has the Celtic Roots Folk Festival, July 9th, starting at 1pm

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=119463504804330

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