The best laid plans etc

November 2024

We’d hoped to be posting today from Corner Brook, where NQ was going to be part of a couple of events on the Grenfell campus, but the PAL aircraft had other ideas. We’re hoping to reschedule – we’ll keep you updated. We will be speaking with Bernice Hillier of CBC Radio’s Morning Show on Monday at 8:15, announcing an exciting new project with the magazine, and in the meantime we’re happy to report the holiday decorations are going up at St John’s International Airport!

RESURRECTING THE GREAT AUK

BY Drew Brown

The Great Auk got a raw deal. Setting its cloned Razorbill-hybrid progeny down on Funk Island as an act of atonement is a tempting proposition. Easing our collective guilt aside, a resurrected Auk could be an economic boon. Every cove and tickle would put in an ACOA grant to host a penguin hatchery.

How do you deconstruct a sneeze?

BY Ellen Curtis

“I’M TRYING TO STRETCH out a small moment, one that only takes a second, and examine that. I’m looking at subverting traditional representations of women. Basically, looking at the expected behavior and appearance, and unpacking that.”