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Illustration of mushrooms in various shades of orange and maroon.
Environment

Foraging for Mushrooms on Zoom

October 22, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Amy van den Berg

I took a virtual trip and learned that culinary creativity can be found in unusual places

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An image of the grand banks of Newfoundland, with a series of houses lining the perimeter of the banks. The photo is styled in red and pink hues, so the water appears a dark salmon colour and the houses and sky are paler shades of pink.
Arts & Culture

The Poet Who Warns Us Not to Revere the Past

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Mark Callanan

The work of Newfoundland poet Tom Dawe tackles the dangers of nostalgia

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Illustration of a goldfish in a bowl, a pair of brown shoes, and a pair of headphones in an airport security tray on a conveyor belt.
First Person / March 2020

How to Travel with a Goldfish

March 5, 2020October 8, 2020 - by Michael Winter

The weirdest things I’ve packed in my carry-on luggage

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Illustration by Irma Kniivila
January/February 2017 / Society

Can We Leave Now?

November 15, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

The class struggle behind the vote to close Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland

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Photo by Corey Templeton
Politics

Closing the Book on Newfoundland’s Libraries

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 - by Lisa Moore

The province’s cuts are an attack on writers, publishers, students—and culture

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Photograph by Zach Bonnell
Politics

Ready for a Fight

May 6, 2016March 9, 2020 - by Andreae Callanan

Why has Newfoundland and Labrador’s austerity budget galvanized the province in opposition?

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Photograph courtesy of Claire Mowat and English Heritage/Aerofilms Collection
December 2014 / Memoir

Lost in the Barrens

November 25, 2014April 11, 2020 - by Farley Mowat

Looking for Newfoundland in England’s West Country

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A drawing of a lighthouse on top of some rocks, but the reflection in the water is of a few houses
Books / October 2014

Rock Modern

September 23, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Nick Mount

In Sweetland, Newfoundland writer Michael Crummey has created CanLit’s next great curmudgeon

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Illustration by Raymond Biesinger
Books / June 2011

Supersized

June 12, 2011May 1, 2017 - by Charles Foran

How Mordecai Richler taught a generation of writers to think big

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Feature / May 2011

Notes from Newfoundland

May 12, 2011August 8, 2020 - by Lisa Moore

The economic boom and the departure of Premier Danny Williams have locals wondering what’s next for the province. A native daughter rediscovers the Rock

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