The Central Voice

BY TANYA HAWCO SPECIAL TO THE GULF NEWS PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CANADA More than 50 people participate in the Take Back the Night event in Port Aux Basques on Friday, Sept. 22, organized by the Gateway Status ...

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L.  NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR  CANADA Tina Chiasson isn’t offering a penny for your thoughts Rather, the Happy Valley-Goose Bay woman is looking to recycle your coins as she prepares to lay a ...

HOLYROOD, N.L. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CANADA While there may be more moms electing to breastfeed their newborn babies than in years past, there’s still work to be done to make the practice more commonplace. That’s according ...

FLEUR DE LYS, N.L.   Mary Compton and Selina Walsh are doing their part to make sure those who dedicated their lives to Fleur de Lys aren’t forgotten. For the past three months, the two have been clearing heavy brush and fixing up ...

NATUASHISH, N.L.  NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR  CANADA El Salvador is a long way from her home in Natuashish, but Chenille Rich is embracing the opportunity to travel to Central America in February to represent Canada at the Miss ...

Twelve volunteers armed with spreadsheets and cameras traipsed through the Grand Codroy Estuary on Sunday, Sept. 23, in search of birds. They goal was to records sightings of various bird species, and their locations and habitats, for an inventory ...

LABRADOR CITY, N.L. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CANADA In this province, an ambulance has a life span of 10 years. After that, it can no longer be used as an ambulance, even if it has few miles and is in tiptop condition. But that ...

It’s always exciting to review the weekly possibilities that are right under our noses in Labrador West as we approach the many folks among us who are so easily qualified to fill the very definition, as a Labrador West Pioneer. When Rol Reid ...

A partnership between the Town of St. Anthony and White Hills Academy may have saved the local Terry Fox run. Participation in the annual event, which honours the legacy of Terry Fox’s 1980 attempt to run across Canada and raise money for ...

CLARENVILLE, N.L. NEWFOUDNLAND AND LABRADOR CANADA Clarenville was probably the safest town to be this past weekend, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Hundreds of firefighters from across the province were in the town for the Newfoundland and Labrador ...