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At the age of 26, Sgt. Michael Francis Kelly was killed at Beaumont Hamel. He was a husband and father who was born and raised on Cabot Street in St. John's. Local teacher and actor Dave Sullivan also lived on Cabot Street. Dave created what he c

There's a word I don't plan to use too often between now and the middle of December. So you won't be hearing carols or the use of the word "Christmas" . I won't be wearing out the season weeks before it gets here. But there's this craft fair I want

There's more money to attract tourists to the Atlantic Provinces. Twenty million dollars was committed by the federal government through ACOA this week to get more people to visit here from the UK and the US. Terry French is back in the tourism and cu

At the age of 26, Sgt. Michael Francis Kelly was killed at Beaumont Hamel. He was a husband and father who was born and raised on Cabot Street in St. John's. Local teacher and actor Dave Sullivan also lived on Cabot Street. Dave created what he calls a fictional biography of Sgt. Kelly and his short but courageous life. Here now is Dave Sullivan.

Tide and wind and crag, Seaweed and seashell And broken rudder And the story is told Of dreams that survive the night. Of doors held ajar in storms. Those words by EJ Pratt are interpreted and brought to life in "Between Tides", the title of a

Sabrina Whyatt is just as comfortable swinging a crab trap from the Atlantic Ocean on the provinces north coast as she is swinging to the beat of one of her new songs in a Toronto recording studio. She's always had her finger in a musical pie and has b

Uncle Val. Frank Arsenpuffin. Father Dinn. The new Tartuffe. Creator of more characters than you can shake a stick at for the stage, movies and television, Andy Jones continues also to make his mark in the world of the written word with his continuing

Dr. Sherry Johnson studies the confluence of music and dance in the traditions that spread across our country and she has guest-produced a set of dance music for MMaP, the Research Centre of Music Media and Place at Memorial University. The cds come wi

Many of us share nursery rhymes as memories from our youngest days. But what about today ... what about new nursery rhymes for the twenty-first century? Derek Peddle is a self-taught commercial artist from Whitbourne who works in advertising and pub

Paul Lamb has toured from one end of Canada to the other. He has shared a stage with big name acts and has garnered his fair share of hardware including a Juno nomination. Origionaly from this provinces' captial city Paul now makes his home in Halifax

In the lead up to the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WW1, Memorial University is consulting the public. It is seeking ideas to help it develop its program of commemorative activities. Bert Riggs is on the president's Planning Committee for World Wa

The headlines are full of examples. Violence perpetrated against women and girls is an undenaible social problem that touches so many people. Sexual abuse, murder, physical violence. A topic that will being explored on stage in the framework of a ba

The televison series Twilight Zone was a commercial and critical success in the US in the 1950's. It's spawned many a remake with it's fantasy, thriller science fiction, horror appeal. Even a Steven Speilberg movie. The Twilight Zone has entrenched

Every day the discussions are happening in cyberspeace on social media. If twitter is your thing. Or Facebook, or youtube or any one of the many forms of social media out there. This morning we're going to talk about social media and its impact on the

He's got a thetre and a business background. Now Patrick Foran is the new general manager at the theatre company, Artistic Fraud. In fact, the general manager itself is a new position. Foran has worked with theatre companies in Ontarios and in Newfo