None This Tide / Nor Any Tide

November 2022

My Boy Jack, by Rudyard Kipling

“Have you news of my boy Jack?”
Not this tide.
“When d’you think that he’ll come back?”
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide …

Top photo: Newfoundland National War Memorial; above: sculptor Basil Grotto with caribou memorial statue

Paying Ode to Funambulists

BY Prajwala Dixit

“Do you remember everything I’ve told you?” I ask my fiancé for the millionth time. We are in the lobby of a Quality Inn near Pearson International. Four floors up, my parents await to meet their daughter and future son-in-law. This is the first time my Indian and Canadian realms will come face to face.

History

“A significant and rich part of this province’s history”: Joanne MacDonald and Mary Reid on their pioneering, insightful dive into disability rights

Can you tell us little about yourselves? We have both worked in the area of disability advocacy for over 40 years each. Joanne MacDonald, OC, ONL, LLD, is a three-time…

Books

Q&A WITH WRITER SUSAN CHALKER BROWNE

BY NQ

Could you tell us a little about yourself? I began writing children’s books when my own children were small and have since branched out into books for adults. Mother of…