7 mins

Drugs and Thugs in Newfoundland: Why OUR kids are scaring us

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We see it everyday in the news – break and enter, armed robbery, stabbings, shootings and every other city crime we are accustomed to seeing on the news shows of bigger cities. Well, no more do we have to travel abroad to see this, it is now right here on our doorstep. Of even more ...

5 mins

Seal our Fate? A Perspective on Newfie Pride

Seal our Fate

We love hockey, all Canadians do. But we REALLY love it. In Newfoundland you may no longer be born into a political party but you certainly are born into an NHL franchise. A well kept secret, however, is our love for Don Cherry. While the mainstream, mainland fan has become more and more disenfranchised with ...

4 mins

Newfie Self-Depreciation: When it’s more than just modesty

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When anyone characterizes the classic Newfoundlander there are a few check boxes they must check. Accent? Check . Friendly and extroverted? Check. Great sense of humor? Check! Check! Check! More specifically the sense of humor we all love and gravitate to is one of self-depreciation – a mentality of modesty one might say. These jokes ...