On the cusp of our summer issue
June 2024
Join us on The Signal next Friday (June 14, noon in Newfoundland, 12:30 in Labrador) where we’ll be discussing the upcoming theme.
Image: Sortie de l’opera en l’an 2000, by Albert Robida (c 1902)
Getting Home
BY Kadie Cowan
I went upstairs to say goodbye to Mom and when I came back down Kathryn had finished packing my things in her car. “Is this seriously all you’re taking?” she…
Spirit Bird
BY Gary L Saunders
THE ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, having canvassed the country for two years, had finally narrowed the search to Perisoreus canadensis, a robin-sized cousin of the raven and crow native to every province and territory and nowhere else on the planet. Unlike most of our birds, it stays up north year-round, nesting in temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. Hardy, smart, loyal and friendly – what could be more Canadian?
Matthew Hollett: “There’s a kinship between photography and poetry – they both tend to be smaller, quieter ways of making things”
Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m a writer and photographer in St John’s. My background is in visual arts, and my writing is often very visual –…