Profile of David Newell

All articles of David Newell

• Goodbye, summer
  Summer was pretty short this year, with the nice weather staying away from us until August. Blink and it was gone. But it was good while ...
• Wise words from a great Canadian
  Three days have passed since the news of Jack Layton's death was made public. The quote above is from a letter he wrote on Aug. 20, just a day ...
• Timing is everything
  Reporters love seeing government news releases come into their email inboxes. Usually, it means there is something significant to tell our ...
• A community problem
  Apparently, there is no honour among thieves. Last Thursday night, some winner took bolt cutters to a chain link fence at Newfoundland Power's ...
• No hackers here
  We do not pay sources for information. And we will not lurk in the shadows to get a story. Journalists in small towns are usually are an ...
• What more can you ask for?
  Well, that was fun! What's that you say, you got wet? There is no one you can blame for that, unfortunately. You had to wait in line for beer, ...
• Watching from the break
  Today, I am thrilled with the timing. It makes me happy that I am able to write a few lines about a person that has been for decades, and will ...
• Kiss rocks Salmon Festival crowd
  Rock icons Kiss, including founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, did not disappoint throngs of fans that converged on Grand ...
• Shout it out loud
  You are either anxiously awaiting Saturday's big Salmon Festival concert or you can't wait for it to be over. There is plenty to be ...
• Senate shake up is not reform
  The bill to reform the Senate is a far cry from the egual, elected and effective of Triple-E Senate idea that was bandied about for several ...
• Pounding the pavement
  The mild temperatures and threatening skies did not deter more than 150 people from entering Sunday's Bell Centennial Cup in Grand ...
• A party of loons
  A few dozen people, a bonfire, perhaps a guitar and a song or two. A few drinks thrown in for good measure, most of them taken out of ...
• Leading the way
  A list like this one usually follows the name of a person who might be retired and dedicates their free time to others. But in this case, ...
• Killer veggies
  We learn at a very young age that vegetables are an important part of staying healthy. As children, we forced down the broccoli, peas and ...
• Caring can't be regulated
  That is the question that came up in the community of Hickman's Harbour last week, when a parent went public with her frustration over her son's ...
• Remembering Baby Jane
  Last Friday, they showed that her inspiration and memory would last forever, when they came together to sing. Jane Warford passed away ...
• Volunteers keep community vibrant
  Not because the forest industry is booming in the Exploits Valley, that is certain. We do not appear to be surviving and even prospering because ...
• Taking the right road
  Unlike those battling the 401 near Toronto or even the Outer Ring Road in St. John’s, we usually have a pretty easy time navigating our way to ...
• Get involved
  Instead, it was "the Big C," or "the C-word." Cancer has such an effect on many they could not utter it out loud. But times are changing. ...
• Days to remember
  Some of us remember where we were on Sept. 28, 1972, when Paul Henderson scored the famous goal to win the Summit Series. Similarly, ...
• Cataracts celebrate victory
  But with hundreds of area residents lining the streets, chants of "Go, Cats, Go!," echoed along the route of a motorcade that began in ...
• Cataracts win Game 3
  The team got one game closer to a record-setting eleventh Herder trophy when they beat the CBN CeeBees 8-2, in a match that saw the Cats outskate ...
• Getting behind a winner
  Yes, fans of the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts were joyous after the team's victory in the Bud Light West Coast Senior Hockey League final over ...
• Building bridges
  He was a Townie lawyer who entered politics, which even in the 1880s was nothing strange. He was Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1900 to ...
• Keeping private, private
  Years ago, your health problems were the community’s health problems. If you had gallstones, everybody seemed to know about ...
• Our view of the valley
  You know, like when you flush the toilet at a dinner party and it overflows, or when you say "yes, Sir" to the lady with the low voice ...
• Fire at local school
  The Grand Falls-Windsor Fire Department and police responded to an alarm at Exploits Valley Intermediate on Greenwood Avenue at approximately ...
• Out of the driveway, into the road
  Over 200 centimeters of snow have some to rest in the area and we soon will have no where to put it. Already, many of us struggle to ...
• Poison candy
  When you call it by that name, it sounds as if it could be a harmless acronym for a type of extreme sport or community-minded organization. It ...
• Business leaders recognized for excellence
  Thursday night at the Royal Canadian Legion in Grand Falls-Windsor was not only a celebration of standout businesses in the area, it also served ...