Archive for February 2015

My father marvelled at a man who comes from a well-established Newfoundland family down the coast. Despite having access to both a car and the fuel to operate it, the man had never crossed the peninsula to visit a neighbouring community; not once in his 43 years, not even after the government paved the 80km…

I took a young couple out on a St. John’s / Cape Spear tour yesterday. Not how I expected to spend my afternoon since it’s not exactly our busy season and we wouldn’t normally run a tour bus for two people. But it was a lovely day, the sun was shining, the temperatures were relatively…

With all the focus and attention on Newfoundland’s ‘Foodie’ scene these days – who would believe I’d be writing a story about a Hot Dog? Goodness knows there are “t’ousands and t’ousands” of additional stories I could share;  from Jeremy Charles nomination to MacLean’s Magazine’s ‘Top 50 most Influential People in Canada’  to Mallard Cottage’s run…

Ever wonder why McCarthy’s Party’s Newfoundland tour itineraries seem so perfect? McCarthy family dinner in Topsail followed by an afternoon with provincial maps and wonderful discussion about recent discoveries and what we can tweak to ever improve our products. Yes it s very much still a family business.