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life is better Published monthly in St. John’s by Downhome Publishing Inc. 43 James Lane, St. John’s, NL, A1E 3H3 Tel: 709-726-5113 • Fax: 709-726-2135 • Toll Free: 1-888-588-6353 E-mail: mail@downhomelife.com Website: www.downhomelife.com Editorial Editor-in-Chief Dillon Collins Assistant Editor Nicola Ryan Editor Lila Young
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42 And the Winners Are… Your first look at the 2025 Calendar Contest Winners!
58 A Strong Will A Labrador man outlasts the competition in the gruelling survival series Alone Dillon Collins
72 On the Trail of the Caribou
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The enduring monuments of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Nicola Ryan
92 Downhome Recipes Make Ahead Meals
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homefront 8 Between the Lines A note from the Editor
10 Letters From Our Readers From an island to an island, seeing the world through walking and a lens 14 Downhome Asks Some of our favourite callouts and responses from our readers on social media.
16 Downhome Tours Portugal 18 Then & There Recent news, notes, events, anniversaries and more from across NL and beyond.
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20 Why is That? What does it mean to give someone the “cold shoulder”? Linda Browne
22 Life’s Funny A Tractor Like That Mark Samuels
23 Say What? A contest that puts words in someone else’s mouth
24 Lil Charmers Beach Babes
22 life’s funny
26 Pets of the Month Call of the Wild 28 Reviewed Called By Mother Earth by Greg Naterer
30 What Odds Paul Warford and a bird’s eye view
32 Fresh Tracks Wendy Rose reviews Jenina MacGillivray’s sophomore album Perseids 4
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36 on the hunt
36 Adventures Outdoors Early Season Duck Hunt Gord Follett
40 The Labrador Current Coffee, Kindness, and Other Such Blessings Nathan Freake
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features 52 True Meaning of the Unknown Soldier Reflections on the homecoming of the Unknown Soldier Lester Green
66 The Adventure Continues As Adventures Unknown leaps into its fourth season, host Donny Love says the best adventures are yet to come. Pam Pardy
66 adventure seeker!
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home and cabin 82 Stuff We Love Simplify Your Life Nicola Ryan
84 Ask Marie Anything Interior designer Marie Bishop takes your questions.
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88 Todd’s Table Barbecue Ribs Todd Goodyear
reminiscing 100 Flashbacks Classic photos of people and places.
101 This Month in History Fort Pepperrell 6
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102 chasing clyde
102 Visions and Vignettes Adventures of two young scallywags in an imaginary outport in days gone by. Harold N. Walters
106 This Month in Downhome History 110 Remembering Albert The wartime service of Pte. Albert Edward Francis Doug Wells About the cover Many are caught in a rat race of hustle, bustle, and burnout between Halloween and Christmas. Our November issue dials in on some handy, make-ahead meals to help quell the anxiety of the pre-holiday rush. Elsewhere, we salute those who served in a variety of touching stories and tributes, spotlight a Labradorian who tested his mettle on reality television and unveil the winners of our annual calendar contest.
Cover Index A Strong Will • 58 Emotional Homecoming • 52 Meals Made Easy • 92 Calendar Contest Winners • 42 Stories of Service • 110 & 112 www.downhomelife.com
112 A Tragic Loss Remembering Pilot Officer Harry Maxwell Gill Ena (Gill) Pringle
116 A Life Remembered A threepart series reflecting on a simpler time in Newfoundland and Labrador Albert Butt
124 Puzzles 136 Colouring Page 138 Classifieds 140 Mail Order 144 Photo Finish November 2024
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between the lines I write this robe-clad, sitting up in bed surrounded by mangled tissues and a long cold cup of tea. There are expressions for times like these, paraphrased here from lapsed memory: You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape the fall flu. That’s not it, but you get the sentiment. It’s a certainty, right up there with death and taxes, that when the weather turns and the precipitation mounts, noses will run, throats will tighten and eyes will redden. Men Benjamin Button back to boyhood, sooking themselves into woe is me purgatory. If you have a partner like mine, putting up with the amount of whining one can withstand from a “man flu” is worth a thousand I-do’s. A broken arm or torn muscle? No problem. Sniffles and wet cough? Give me something for the pain and let me die. It’s days like these that I’m thankful for the art of planning ahead. No one, not a single solitary soul should enjoy cooking, cleaning or productivity of any sort when they’re sick. On this day of congestive unrest, I am Thanksgiving thankful for my saint of a wife and her penchant for meal prep. The fridge is stacked with chicken bakes, soups and salads to get us through another grinding work week, and the sick boy in me is extra happy for the leg up in quelling the-how-the-heckdo-you-expect-me-to-fend-for-myself-with-a-cold, line of thinking. Because anything outside of a set it and forget or reheat in the slow cooker or microwave today is a fridge too far. Forgive me, I might be delirious with fever, but while I am a shell of a man, I am a well fed shell. With this and many muddled thoughts in mind, our November issue serves up some handy and helpful tips and dishes that are ready made, make ahead classics to serve your household. Sick husbands are, of course, optional. Dillon Collins Editor-in-chief
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You could WIN $100! Every reader whose PHOTO, STORY, JOKE or POEM appears next to this yellow “from our readers” stamp in a current issue receives $10 and a chance at being drawn for the monthly prize: $100 for one photo submission and $100 for one written submission. Prizes are awarded in Downhome Dollars certificates, which can be spent like cash in our retail stores and online at shopDownhome.com.*
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Hidden somewhere in this issue is Corky Sly Conner.
Can you find him? Look carefully at all the photographs and in the text of the stories. If you spot Corky, send us your name, address and phone number, along with a note telling us where he’s located. Your name will be entered in a draw and the winner will receive a coupon worth 25 Downhome Dollars redeemable at our store, or through our website.
Send your replies to: Corky Contest 43 James Lane St. John’s, NL, A1E 3H3
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Congratulations to William Collins of Holyrood, NL who found Corky on page 88 of the September issue!
*No Phone Calls Please. One entry per person
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Asks How do we learn? From you, dear readers. Downhome routinely takes to social media to pose all manner of questions to our followers. From favourites to memories, opinions and everything in between, Downhome Asks, and you answer. Here are some of our favourite callouts for questions and responses from our followers.
What’s the FIRST concert you ever attended? Anne Murray at the Rebecca Cohn in Halifax, sometime in the 70s. She was in bare feet! Ruth Blades Great Big Sea with openers Liam Titcomb (now goes by Liam Russell) and Jimmy Rankin - December 18, 2004, at what was then known as Mile One! Delayed to that date because of Alan Doyle’s back injury! Krista Danielle Culture Club, opened by Corey Hart in the early 80s. Robin Fry Paradise Rocks 1998 in Paradise, NL. Heart, Peter Frampton, John Lay & Steppenwolf, Billy and the Bruisers, Biscuit, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Holly Woods & Toronto, Darby Mills & The Headpins, The Gravel Pit Campers. Debbie Hedd Pike
If you had to lose one thing from your plate of Jigg’s Dinner FOREVER, what would it be? The fork. I’ll eat with my hands before giving anything up! Harvey Conway Salt meat, but I wants me veggies. And I’ll take the salt meat liquor from the pot! Judy Milley LeDrew Cabbage can frig off!!! Kim and Ryan Gould Guess I’m one of the odd ones, I wouldn’t want to lose anything. I love it all. Anne Lynch Vincent The plate! Put everything on a big serving platter and dig in. Jocelynn Cardy
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What’s your hometown known for?
Where do you go on a Sunday drive?
A whole bunch of friendly people. You are welcome to our home. Juanita Ings
Dad and Mom would take us to many spots around western Newfoundland. My favourite was when we would meet the fishermen to buy lobster. Then we would have a boil-up on the beach. Dad would always have a hammer to smash open our lobsters and have some newspapers in the trunk of the car to clean up the mess. Nothing like fresh lobster. Other Sundays we went to Hammon Farm to buy fresh milk, cream and eggs. My brother and I would sneak in the back of the station wagon and slurp some lip-smacking cream out of containers without Mom catching us! Some good b’ys! Grace Elvik
I live in the U.S. right on Lake Erie. We love our perch and walleye and we have tons of beautiful covered bridges. Renee Philip Martin A rusted fish plant left in mothballs. Carol Dawn In most recent days, the Lucky Seven. Cindy Gillingham Sandbanks Provincial Park. Miles of beautiful sand. Ellen Mardsen-Hurlbert
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Tractor Tales Joke told to me by my father-in-law, who was born in Markland in a farming family: A farmer from Newfoundland meets a farmer from Texas at a farming convention. The Texan boasts, “Yep, when Ah git in ma tractor and start drivin’, it takes all day to get from one end of ma property t’other.” The Newfoundland farmer replies, “Oh, I once had a tractor like that me’self!” Mark Samuels via downhomelife.com
Do you have any funny or embarrassing true stories? Share them with us. If your story is selected, you’ll win a prize! See page 9 for details.
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rdo “Meet Leonajust da Pinci, I from up picked him cean!” the busta n – Caroline
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Say WHAT? Downhome recently posted this photo (submitted by Deanne Hussey) on our website and social media platforms and asked folks to imagine what the dog might be saying. Caroline Beaton’s response made us chuckle the most, so we’re awarding her 20 Downhome Dollars!
Here are the runners-up: Care to join me for dinner? Crab’s on the menu. - Bernice Goudie For crabs sake! What is on my head?! - Yolanda Luesink Back off! I’m crabby! - Angela Troke
Play with us online! www.downhomelife.com/saywhat
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And the Winners are... The entries in this year’s Calendar Contest were nothing short of breathtaking. Out of hundreds of vibrant, captivating images submitted by talented photographers like you, only 13 could claim a coveted spot in our 2025 Photo Calendar. Congratulations to this year’s winners! Each of them will receive ten complimentary copies of the calendar and a one-year subscription to Downhome. Thank you to everyone who shared their beautiful work!
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Sunrise at Cable John Cove Sheldon Hicks
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January Winner Winter Sunset in Bonavista Barry Langdon
February Winner Frosty Morning in Corner Brook Gail Rideout 44
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March Winner Fox Yoga Nicole Bishop
April Winner Evening in Port au Choix Trinda Hamlyn www.downhomelife.com
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May Winner Historic Homes of Salvage Alan E. Mason
June Winner Humpback Whale in Trinity Bay Megan Wiggins 46
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July Winner Atlantic Puffins in Elliston Lisa Murphy
August Winner Cruise Ship in the Harbour Jason Jones www.downhomelife.com
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September Winner Colourful Stages in Champney’s West Marilyn Melay
October Winner Into the Tablelands Richard MacKinnon 48
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November Winner Serene Beauty of Greenspond Waqas Ali
December Winner Aurora show in Labrador West Keith Fitzpatrick www.downhomelife.com
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We’re wasting no time preparing for the next Downhome Calendar, . . . and neither should you! Submit your favourite photos of scenery, activities and icons that best illustrate the down-home lifestyle. We’re looking for a variety of colourful subjects – outports, animals, laundry lines, historic sites, seascapes, hilltop views, and so much more – and photos from all four seasons.
And you could win right away! Downhome staff will select four 2026 Calendar Contest entries submitted November 1-30, 2024, to be put to a public vote at Downhomelife.com. The photo that receives the most votes will be turned into a postcard. The lucky photographer will receive 10 postcards and $50 Downhome Dollars, gift certificates that can be used like cash to purchase products from Downhome Shoppe locations and online at ShopDownhome.com.
What are you waiting for? Submit today, using one of these ways:
by mail: Downhome Calendar Contest 43 James Lane St. John’s, NL A1E 3H3 online: www.downhomelife.com/calendar Must be original photos or high quality copies. Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi, file sizes of about 1MB. We can’t accept photocopies or photos that are blurry, too dark or washed out. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want your photos returned.
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Labrador man outlasts the competition in gruelling survival series Alone BY DILLON COLLINS
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THE PHRASE TOUGH AS A TWO-DOLLAR STEAK comes to mind when referring to commercial fisherman turned survivalist and television star William Larkham Jr. The William’s Harbour native outlasted the field of ten competitors to walk away the sole survivor of the popular reality series Alone, which dropped applicants north of the Arctic Circle to battle the elements and isolation in a race to capture the pride, glory and cool $500,000 prize.
After 84 days, William was deemed the season 11 winner, combating the internal and external pressures of grizzly country and frigid temperatures in the Mackenzie River Delta. But to ask the proud Labradorian, he was only beginning to scratch the surface of what his mind and body would tolerate. “It was 84 days, but I was good for 105,” William says with a chuckle during a sit-down at Downhome’s headquarters in St. John’s. “I was doing ten-day cycles. I’d done a lot of hunting and trapping throughout my life. I knew if I had enough food for ten days, I’m pretty certain I’d be able to catch something within those ten days to get me towards the next ten.” www.downhomelife.com
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have long shared a passion for Newfoundland and Labrador, one that has only deepened since filming their popular television show, Adventures Unknown. “You would think that we would have to move on from Newfoundland because we’ve done so much here, but we found that there are endless things to do, and we can be filming this show here at home for the next 15 years or more. There’s always some sort of adventure to tackle,” Donny explains.
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Like other ponds within the Robert’s Arm area, Fifield’s Pond played a major role in the Bowater’s pulpwood operation during the 1940s and 1950s. This deep-water body, equipped with a dam on Long Pond Brook, served as a link in the network of ponds, lakes, and brooks, all interconnected to float pulpwood from remote areas west of Long and Crescent Lakes. After emptying into Long Lake, the pulpwood would be floated down the lake to continue its journey into Lake Crescent. The drive would then continue downstream on the Tommy’s Arm River until the pulpwood was boomed, debarked, and loaded aboard ships. Thousands of cords of pulpwood were harvested there to be shipped overseas for the newsprint industry from the port at Tommy’s Arm. Following my retirement in June 1992, we embarked on a cabinbuilding project at Fifield’s Pond. The location was just a short distance southwest of Crescent Lake, Robert’s Arm. Our friends, Bill and Linda, had already acquired a permit to occupy a cabin site at the southeast end of Fifield’s. After some exploration and deliberation, Betty and I settled on a spot at the very end of the pond about 300 yards below theirs. The site was selected for many obvious reasons: it was close to the snowmobile trail emanating from Long Pond, it was located in the direct path of the prevailing westerlies (especially for summer and fall occupancy), the site was on a raised dry bank the exact distance (30 meters) from the water, and the natural environment offered us the raw materials necessary for our construction projects. An application was made for a permit to occupy, permission was granted, and construction commenced early in the fall. Before the start of construction, a permit to cut logs was secured and Bill and I harvested them together. Not only did we cut a sufficient number of logs for the basic framing, sheathing, and siding of both structures, but we also sawed a high percentage of these logs ourselves with the proper chainsaw attachment. This lumber
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Chicken Stew 1 tsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1 (32 fluid oz) container vegetable broth 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes 2 sweet potatoes, diced
1 cup uncooked quinoa 1 tsp ground black pepper 5 mushrooms, chopped 2 tsp dried oregano 2 tsp curry powder 5 green onions, chopped 1 bay leaf
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion and garlic. Cook and stir until onion and garlic have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker; add onion, garlic, vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, sweet potatoes, quinoa, green onions, mushrooms, curry powder, oregano, pepper, and bay leaf and mix well. Cook on Low until chicken is tender, seven to eight hours. Discard bay leaf. Remove chicken; shred using two forks and place back into the stew, mixing well before serving. Yields eight servings.
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Eggs in Purgatory (Shakshuka) 3 tbs olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 1 red bell pepper diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp ground cumin 1/8 tsp hot sauce
1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes 1 (4.5 oz) can chopped green chiles, drained 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 6 large eggs 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a 12-inch oven-proof or cast-iron skillet over medium heat, in hot oil, cook onion, red pepper and garlic for about five minutes until tender-crisp, stirring occasionally. Stir in cumin and hot sauce; cook for one minute. Add crushed tomatoes, green chiles, salt and pepper. Over high heat, heat to boiling; simmer for six to eight minutes until the mixture has thickened and flavours are blended. Make six indentations in tomato sauce. Gently crack eggs into indentations. Place skillet in oven and bake for five to 10 minutes, just until eggs are just set. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Yields four servings. 1-888-588-6353
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For over 35 years, Downhome Magazine has been at the heart of all things Newfoundland and Labrador. A comforting, familiar and constant presence in our province’s media climate, Downhome has been a name synonymous with ‘home’ for over three decades and counting. In this Month in Downhome History, we dive through our archives to give readers snippets of days gone by, highlighting major events, unique facts and the stories that matter to our readers.
November 1989 Volume 2 • Number 6
NL to Spend $13.5 billion on Churchill Hydro Minister Rex Gibbons says the province will present a $13.5 billion plan for development of the Churchill River to Quebec and Ontario at upcoming meetings on hydroelectric power in Labrador. Dr. Gibbons says power would start to be produced by 1998. The proposal would add a total of 4,300 megawatts to the Upper Churchill, Gulf Island and Muskrat Falls, according to Gibbons. Two transmission lines are included in the proposal, one to Newfoundland and one running west to Quebec, with the Newfoundland line handling 800 megawatts of power. This would allow the Holyrood stations, which are run by oil, to shut down.
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Dobbin Owns Second Largest Helicopter Fleet in the World St. John’s businessman Craig Dobbin has closed a $31 million deal which allowed him to take over a Quebec firm giving him a fleet of 275 helicopters. This makes Dobbin’s company number two in the world. The number one company owns 325 helicopters. Dobbin’s closest Canadian competition owns only 38 helicopters. Dobbin is looking for one more corporate takeover so he can be number one.
November 1994 Volume 7 • Number 6
Hooked on Mats St. Anthony – An exhibit of hooked mats from another era has been hailed as a tremendous success. More than 1,100 people visited the exhibit at the lecture room of Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony during a five-week period, which ended in mid-September. Entitled ‘Northern Sciences: Hooked Art of the Grenfell Mission’, the exhibit was the work of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. The exhibit was coordinated locally by Annie Hornett and Gill Hillyard, who had help from several groups and individuals. Mrs. Hornett says she was overwhelmed by the response from the general public, which included both local people and visitors to the area.
Poachers Fined $15,000 each Corner Brook – An illegal fishing trip to Canadian waters in January 1993 netted six men from StPierre-Miquelon fines of $15,000 each. They made the trip to protest reduced groundfish quotas for French vessels in Canadian waters. The men – four fishermen and two politicians – were among 50 arrested and charged after Canadian patrol vessels seized two French trawlers off Newfoundland’s south coast.
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Remembering Pilot Officer Harry Maxwell Gill BY ENA (GILL) PRINGLE 112
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HARRY MAXWELL GILL, was born January 9, 1922, in Millertown, NL, on the shore of beautiful Red Indian Lake to parents Job and Alfreda Gill. Max had two older brothers, one older sister and one younger sister. He attended school at the old schoolhouse by the water. He was a handsome young man and well-liked by everyone he met. Max enlisted in the RAF on March 3, 1941, and was deployed to Edinburgh, Number 2 Recruits Centre Padgate. He was recommended at this time for service as an air craftsman/pilot/wireless operator or air gunner. Max was deployed to different air bases during his training. He became an AC2 – air craftsman second class. On May 7, 1941, he became LAC – leading air craftsman, then on June 8, 1942, Max became a temporary sergeant pilot and from there became a temporary flight sergeant. Max was the pilot of a mosquito MM441 which took off from its base at Alghero, Sardinia at 20:10 hours on July 16, 1944, for an intruder patrol over the Toulouse-Narbonne areas off southern France with Kenneth Spencer as his navigator. Nothing further was heard from this aircraft after takeoff and it is therefore presumed that the aircraft crashed into the sea with the loss of both crew on board. On July 22nd, this letter arrived to my grandparents from the Government House in St. John’s: Dear Madam, I send you my deepest sympathy in your anxiety for your son who is reported missing in war service. I only trust you may hear that he is safe. 1-888-588-6353
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Poppies blow in Flanders Fields Terry Gullage Corner Brook, NL
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