Canada on The Rails
BY Melissa Barbeau
SHE CARRIED A POCKETKNIFE, of course. A multi-tooled contraption with a blade, but also a fork and a spoon, a corkscrew, a tiny fold-out ruler, a level, a bottle opener….
The Codfish Splitting Machine
BY Matthew Hollett
IN THE FALL 1922 ISSUE of Newfoundland Quarterly, anchored between a lament for the drowning of a local businessman and a brief history of Puerto Rico, I found a curious article titled “The Iron Splitter for Dressing Codfish.”
How a Small Newfoundland Town is Saving Canada’s Urban Middle Class
BY Gary Newhook
WE JUST WANTED TO OWN SOMETHING, even if it wasn’t in BC.
The Southside Hills in History and Song
BY Matthew Hollett
I’M NOT SURE who first referred to them as the “Dear Old” Southside Hills, or if anyone still calls them that. Possibly the name went out of fashion when the huge oil tanks were built. But the nickname seems to have stuck for a while in the early 1900s, a curious term of affection for the imposing hillside that gives shape to St. John’s Harbour.
Foggy, Clearing up or Threatening Storm: What’s the Science of Weather in NL?
BY Matthew Hollett
Until yesterday, I was blissfully unaware that freezing fog is a weather condition that apparently happens on Earth, and not just on planets in the outermost reaches of our solar system.
Art, Politics and a Government building
BY Drew Brown
I’M NOT GOING TO TALK about the politics in art. I’ll leave that for the tragically underemployed fine arts students. I’m going to flip that upside-down and talk about the place of art in politics. Right here, in Newfoundland and Labrador.