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Wreckhouse Press
Jan 11 min read
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Re: Jennifer Hillier-Penney
The Gateway Status of Women looks forward to justice being served in the case of Jennifer Hillier-Penney’s disappearance in St. Anthony’s...
Wreckhouse Press
Nov 20, 20232 min read
On The Bookshelf – Hunting Helena
Hunting Helena by Natalie Carter-Giles is published by Flanker Press. Hunting Helena by Natalie Carter-Giles first drew me in because of...
Wreckhouse Press
Oct 23, 20233 min read
From the Editor’s Desk – Use it or lose it.
René J. Roy is an award-winning photojournalist and the editor-in-chief of the Wreckhouse Weekly. His book, Reflections, is available at...
Wreckhouse Press
Oct 9, 20232 min read
EDITORIAL – For want of a journalist…
I was recently chatting with a former journalistic colleague when she brought up a conversation she overheard during a fall fair. Someone...
Wreckhouse Press
Sep 18, 20233 min read
PECKFORD – Summers are for road trips
Contributor Larry Peckford has held a varied career in Newfoundland and Labrador as a public servant and community volunteer. He keeps a...
Wreckhouse Press
Sep 11, 20233 min read
EDITOR’S DESK – Time for a word.
If there was one thing my father taught me when I was growing up, it was that a man’s word is his bond. I took that to heart, perhaps a...
Wreckhouse Press
Aug 21, 20234 min read
OPINION
Unveiling the Dystopian Precipice: The Perils of Unbridled AI Takeover Photo by ThisIsEngineering on Pexels.com Editor’s Note: The...
Wreckhouse Press
Aug 7, 20232 min read
ROZ’S RANT – Not Necessarily the News
Putting aside the fact that I’m a journalist and part owner of an independent newspaper, Meta’s decision to block my access to Canadian...
Wreckhouse Press
Jul 10, 20232 min read
LETTER – Myths and history.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Dear Editor, People on this coast never called their small boats Rodneys. Here we had flats, scows, punts,...
Wreckhouse Press
Jul 3, 20232 min read
ROZ’S RANT – Fine state of affairs.
I know we all gripe about the weather, and at last count there were three million variations of that tired old joke about waiting five...
Wreckhouse Press
Jun 26, 20232 min read
LETTERS – Gender-based violence stats staggering.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Dear Editor, Approximately 5,727 women and girls in the region of Stephenville to Channel-Port aux Basques...
Wreckhouse Press
Jun 26, 20233 min read
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK – Failure to engage.
René J. Roy is an award-winning photojournalist, author and editor-in-chief of the Wreckhouse Weekly news. His next book, sharing new...
Wreckhouse Press
Jun 19, 20232 min read
LETTERS – the importance of pride month.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Dear Editor, Even though June marks the beginning of summer vacation for many, this month is exciting...
Wreckhouse Press
May 22, 20232 min read
LETTERS – Don’t mind your business.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Dear Editor, We’ve been taught at a very young age to mind our own business when it comes to what we may...
Wreckhouse Press
May 15, 20233 min read
ROZ’S RANT – Don’t tell me what to write.
I don’t know what’s going on these days but it seems like everyone, and I do mean everyone, has this idea that they can tell journalists...
Wreckhouse Press
May 8, 20233 min read
EDITOR’S DESK
Potpourri I’ve been heavily involved with the Lifestyle Expo lately, but I’ve decided to write an Editors piece here this week, because...
Wreckhouse Press
Apr 3, 20232 min read
ROZ’S RANT – Through the side door.
I keep imagining that somewhere in the USA a gun lobbyist rolls into work every single morning with a coffee, an unhealthy breakfast and...
Wreckhouse Press
Mar 27, 20236 min read
LETTERS – 50 years of water woes
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The reason for this letter is perhaps to garner an answer to a question that has plagued residents of...
Wreckhouse Press
Feb 20, 20234 min read
OPINION – Municipal bylaw headaches.
Editor-in-Chief and Sales Director René J. Roy is an experienced book editor, photographer, volunteer firefighter, PAB business chamber...
Wreckhouse Press
Feb 6, 20231 min read
ROZ’S RANT – Making the switch.
I hate winter. I’m not an outdoorsy person to begin with, but once I have to drag my arse out of bed to shovel snow in the biting,...
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