bout de papier, Volume 8, Issue No. 4, 1991
Frank Petrie
Born in Corner Brook in 1929 and raised in Grand Falls, Frank loved the outdoors, fishing and his extensive collection of stamps. He was very proud of his Newfoundland roots and remembered fondly his youth on the Rock, his parents and the…
The Hungry Diplomat: Bread
BREAD When I tell people I make my own bread, most get a look that says I’m either magical or crazy. They don’t realize that grocery stores and bakeries don’t have the monopoly on making a basic, simple combination of ingredients that…
Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders
NEWFOUNDLAND’S CONFE- DERATION WITH CANADA, by Greg Malone, 2012, Viking Canada Edition [2014], Toronto, 314 pp., $22.00.
Stamp of Approval: The Liberation of St. Pierre et Miquelon in 1941
At first light on December 24, 1941, Free French naval ships appeared at the mouth of the port of St. Pierre in the islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland. They con-sisted of the submarine Surcouf, the…
As Far As Ever the Puffin Flew
Puffins are interesting birds. They are the provincial birds of Newfoundland and Labrador. Their beauty attracts tourists from Europe and Japan every summer. Their impact on the tourism industry exceeds that of whale watching. Every outport is home to puffins who each…
Rare Ambition: The Crosbies of Newfoundland
Michael Harris’s purpose in writing this book was to produce “a history of the entire Crosbie family,” a work “that would not only tell readers where John Crosbie had come from, but make a permanent contribution to the history of the country…
George Bernard Summers, Q.C., LL.D. 1906-1993
Bernard Summers, the first Newfoundlander to enter the Canadian Foreign Service, died in Spain, after a long illness, on November 29, 1993. He will be remembered with respect and affection by many former colleagues.
