Posted: Apr 11, 2021 8:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 11
Facing deportation, Leticia Cables, a nanny from the Philippines, took sanctuary in a Roman Catholic church in Edmonton for three months in 1999. She was eventually deported, but was subsequently allowed to return to Canada. (Paul Daly)
I am an old-school photojournalist. I miss the simplicity of film black and white, colour and transparencies, or slides, if you will.
Before photographs, there were etchings and paintings, both with so much texture. I learned photography from the photojournalists at the Sunday Tribune, the newspaper in Dublin where I started my career.
As a junior photographer, I was taken to the National Gallery of Ireland to study composition of paintings and we discussed how that image would have been taken as a photograph. I especially enjoyed the Norman Rockwell exhibitions and books; his compositions were amazing.
By Jo-Ann “Jo D NL” Duke
As the title suggests, I am talking about an amazing theatrical and musical group that we have here in Newfoundland; we are lucky to have the privilege of being entertained by them with the fantastic dinner theatre shows that they put on throughout the years. Spirit of Newfoundland has been going for over 20 years, with no sign of stopping, thankfully.
Throughout the years, we have had the privilege of being entertained by some of the best performers that I have ever seen, and coming from Newfoundland, that is saying something. Our province has been truly blessed with amazing performers, and the Spirit of Newfoundland has had the genius to highlight so many of the most talented that we can lay claim to…