Author: The Irish Loop Post

The Cod Moratorium began in 1992 and it resulted in the biggest lay off, by some accounts, in Canadian history. The premises at Kielly’s Cove were deserted and no upkeep was performed on the wharf or boat shed for many years.

It was in late 2011 that Gerry Tobin approached the Gaskiers -Point LaHaye Community Council about finding some money and possibly taking on a project to do some necessary repairs to the boatshed and wharf.

Tracey Waddleton says if you read a story from her short story collection Send More Tourists… The Last Ones Were Delicious and aren’t particularly fond of it, that’s okay; just read another one, you’ll probably like that one.

She told the Irish Loop Post that this is because the 25 stories in her debut publication vary so much in tone and subject.

Kay Aylward is no stranger to being on the water.

From growing up near the water in Witless Bay, to rowing in the Royal St. John’s Regatta as an adult, dragon boating seemed a natural next step.

Bay Bulls’ own C&W Industrial Fabrication and Marine Limited has been sub-contracted to build and install an innovative, environmentally aware fish processing production line aboard a new Ocean Choice International (OCI) vessel, the Calvert.

Born and raised in Bay Bulls (in a house full of loud women, according to her author’s bio), April Harvey told the Irish Loop Post that her work is as much for herself as for others.

Laura Morry Williams of Ferryland has lived life on the edge.

That’s according to her memoir On the Edge, which she calls a metaphor for how she feels she has lived her life.

The Town of Bay Bulls is taking steps to ensure that all residents can receive quick and efficient emergency response services.

The story of Paddy McCarthy will be hitting the stage at MerryMeeeting Arts and Crafts in Renews.

The Life of Paddy Iron McCarthy, adapted by Randy Crane from the popular play of the same name, based upon the true story of Paddy’s life recorded in It’s Like a Dream to Me: Paddy Iron McCarthy of Renews Relives His First Hundred Years by Bertha Thorne, is a one man play performed by Crane.

It was tea, cookies, and conversation for about a dozen young St. Kevin’s students and their young-at-heart best friends.

Topsail girl and Spaniard’s Bay boy keep the romance going as Big Brother’s lights fade to black

Despite spending more than a month with no outside communication, two Big Brother houseguests say they are more than willing to do it all over again.