From CBS with love
By Mark Squibb
From reporting for NTV to livestreaming her day-to-day life on a Kansas farm, Aamie Evans (formerly Gilliam) is used to having eyes on her, but a recent video of her unboxing a care package from home has attracted more eyes than usual.
Aamie and her husband Michael, whom she met online through one of her social media channels, purchased a farm in Kansas, her husband’s home state. That was in September 2023, and once Aamie was approved by the immigration department in March 2025, she made the move.
A content creator by profession – think blogs, videos, or livestreams – Evans decided to try her hand at creating videos about her life as a Newfoundlander navigating life on a Kansas farm.
One such video was of her opening a care package from home containing a number of local goodies, including a copy of The Shoreline newspaper, which was the first item to be taken out of the box.
“A lot of people really resonated with the video because it was just me setting up a camera and opening up a care package,” said Evans. “One comment was ‘Whenever I see The Shoreline at the grocery store, I’m going to think of you.’”
Like many a young person growing up in CBS, Evans herself was featured in the pages of The Shoreline many a time.
Other gifts included Purity candy and Jam Jams, Mt. Scio Farm savory, Pineapple Crush, and matching mother and daughter handmade egg collecting aprons for herself and daughter Evie.
The video, which was uploaded in August, has had over 30,000 views and almost 500 comments.
Evans, like many others, was drawn to farm life by rising food costs and food shortages.
“We really wanted to be able to grow our own food, have our own animals for whatever supply we could get from them, and be more dependent on ourselves and not grocery stores,” she said. “And the more amateur homesteaders I saw on YouTube, the more I realized. ‘Maybe we can do that too.’”
The 40 acres of farmland that Evans and her family call home is also home to about 60 animals, including 36 chickens, 15 ducklings, two horses, two guardian dogs, and two sheep.
And yes, in case you’re wondering, the weather is much warmer, although strangers don’t talk to each other quite as much.
Evans added that many folks she has met stateside have had nothing but positive things to say about the province.
“If they know where Newfoundland and Labrador is, they gush about it, whether they’ve been there or they know someone from there, they love it,” said Evans. “They only say beautiful things about the province.”
You can view the video, and others, at H’Evans Acres on YouTube or Tik Tok. The name is a play on the family name and the phrase ‘heaven on earth,’ and not, as some may suppose, Newfoundlanders and Englishmen’s habit of sticking H’s where they don’t belong.
You can also visit Aamie’s Acres on Twitch.
