Newfoundland and the 2025 Trade Wars

By Greg Locke. ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Newfoundland and Labrador fishing industry will get a double hit in the 2025 trade wars with the USA and China. They could put an end to the industry completely. The small Canadian province (economic

Be Safe In Cyberspace

By Greg Locke, Managing Editor for Visuals St. John’s, Newfoundland — Watching the tech billionaires lining up and bending over for Donald Trump at his inauguration, ushering in America’s Age of Authoritarianism, drove home who these people really are and the ethics

Happy 60th Birthday Maple Leaf

ST. JOHN’S, NL – On this day in 1965 the new Canadian Maple Leaf flag was raised over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. As Canada was a colony of Great Britain the Dominion of Canada had, until this point,

Out On The Borderline

On The Border By Greg Locke North Portal, SK – With the 49th Parallel between my legs I straddled the Canada USA border. One foot in Portal, North Dakota and the other in North Portal, Saskatchewan. ….and all that happened was someone

Eclipse over Eclipse Island, Newfoundland.

Solar eclipse of Eclipse Island. Burgeo Newfoundland. Canada. April 8, 2024. Photographed by Greg Locke.  © 2024. All right Reserved BURGEO, Newfoundland – On the remote south west coast of Newfoundland, Eclipse Island is nestled in the harbour of Burgeo. It was

Brian Mulroney Was Controversial, Consequential, And Divisive

OTTAWA, Canada – Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister, died on Feb. 29, aged 84. His daughter Caroline Mulroney, an Ontario MPP, announced his death on social media. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we

How to make seal flipper pie

By Greg Locke   Goulds, Newfoundland — Vegans, please avert your gaze.  The spring seal hunting season opens soon on Canada’s Atlantic coast with hunters and fishermen from Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec and the Maritime provinces heading out onto the sea ice to

Support for Palestine in Canada

  ST JOHN’S, Newfoundland – As ceasefire negotiations are under way in Egypt, global protests against the bombing and occupation of the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank by Israel continue. Many western capitals have seen protests with hundreds of

Winter adventures

They say you have to embrace winter to enjoy it. This group of friends had a bracing dip in Georges Pond on Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland this week. The Ice or Cold Therapy trend is popular this winter and participants

Queen Elizabeth II marks Platinum Jubilee

LONDON, UK – Sunday, February 6 will mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, a first for a British monarch noting 70 years reign as Monarch of Great Britain. Elizabeth, 95, became the queen of Britain and more than a dozen other realms

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