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CTV News
16-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
A new store brings a taste of Newfoundland to Cambridge, Ont.
A new store in the Galt area of Cambridge, Ont., is offering customers unique food items you can usually only find in Newfoundland. Off The Rock on Oxford Street is selling different types of meat and pantry goods. 'Salt beef, salt riblets. You've got the frozen cod and the capelin, everything,' said Dale Skanes, a customer originally from Bell Island, Newfoundland. The original plan was to open the store on Wednesday, but the owner, Eric Hutchings, was sitting on his stock and decided to open up early on Monday. 'Everybody has to drive out of town to pick up what they want. And sometimes it's a bit far. Because I know it took me a while to get to where I was going to get some product, so I decided, why are we all leaving town? Let's just stay here. Put a Newfy store back here, so that's what I did,' Hutchings said. off the rock cambridge The owner, Eric Hutchings, with a customer at Off the Rock. (CTV News/Colton Wiens) Hutchings was born in Bell Island, Newfoundland. He's lived in Cambridge for 19 years and said Newfoundlanders in the region have been struggling to find the products they love ever since Stoyles Food Market closed. 'Hard to get would be the Cheetos Nachos, (Lays) Fries and Gravy. All the Purity stuff. I mean, it all comes from Saint John's, Newfoundland or Mount Pearl. Beets and pickles and stuff, that all the Newfoundlanders love. It's all from Saint John's, so, I mean, they have to travel out of town to get it now, but we can get it. We'll stock it up and we'll do the best to have it here all the time,' Hutchings said. Hutchings said one item that's already hard to keep in stock is pineapple flavoured Crush pop. '. It sold out first day. Sold out yesterday. And it's sold out again today. And now I can't find any more anywhere around here. So I'm hoping that when the truck comes next week that it will be lots on there,' Hutchings said. Hutchings is taking requests from customers wanting certain items. 'I'm adding probably $0.50 to some things. I'm not making a whole lot off it, but I have to make something. Otherwise, why am I doing it right? I have to sell a lot of stock in order to make anything. So I'm not really in it to get rich. I'm just trying to provide for local people, local seniors and stuff that can't travel or whatever the case may be. So it's all in one place,' Hutchings said. Customers at the store on Wednesday said while it's already a source for them to get some of the items that are hard to find. 'There's certain items, like the Purity's and the fresh cod and fresh seafood and stuff like that. Hopefully they'll reach out to more than just the Newfoundlanders with all these great products,' said Jackie, a customer originally from Bell Island. The store is also already becoming a source for finding other people. 'We miss Stoyles, you know they closed up a few years ago. So this brings the culture and the heritage back. People are meeting, seeing each other that we haven't seen forever. I went to school with Janet, who is right there. I know Eric's mom and dad from Bell Island. It's just fabulous. We're so excited. All of us. The whole Newfoundland community,' Jackie said. off the rock cambridge Off the Rock in Cambridge, Ont. seen on July 16, 2025. (CTV News/Colton Wiens) Hutchings said it's been a busy first week. At one point there were about 40 people in his store. 'And it's such a small place. And, you know, it's not even about the products or selling the products or the money. For me, it's seeing all the people that come together. They're talking to each other, and they meet old time friends and family. Like I met some family I never even knew I had this last couple days. And It's crazy to see that,' Hutchings said. Hutchings also does have another full-time job and he's going on vacation next week, so he wanted to get the rush of first-time customers out of the way so his employee next week isn't overwhelmed. A grand opening is being planned for September. Hutchings is also thinking about expanding to offer things like fish and chips, burgers and ice cream. But until it expands, the current setup already has customers feeling best kind. 'Next week I'll be coming back. When I come to pick my mom up. We're coming back to buy some more,' Skanes said.
Cision Canada
18-06-2025
- General
- Cision Canada
Contributing to a stronger economy for Newfoundland and Labrador: Canada announces a sustainable increase in Northern cod TAC
ST. JOHN'S, NL, /CNW/ - Cod is an important species to Newfoundland and Labrador. Commercial and recreational fishing has shaped the province's history, economy, and culture. Today, the Minister of Fisheries, the Honourable Joanne Thompson, announced management plans for Northern cod (2J3KL) and Capelin (2J3KLPs) for the 2025-26 seasons, reinforcing support for Newfoundland and Labrador's coastal communities. Recent scientific data and assessments confirm Northern cod has remained stable since 2017 and is at a higher level than previously understood from the 2024 assessment, allowing for a responsible total allowable catch (TAC) increase from 18,000 tonnes (t) to 38,000 t. Capelin is a key food source for Northern cod and other species, and plays a significant role in sustaining the marine ecosystem. While Capelin populations are stable, it is anticipated that stocks will decrease to recent average levels. As such, the TAC for Capelin will remain at 14,533 t. To inform future management decisions for the recreational cod fishery – known to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians as the food fishery – the government will launch public consultations. The goal is to gather input on this fishery, and discuss the distinct differences in the health of the province's three cod populations. While the stocks on the south and west coasts remain in the Critical Zone, the Northern cod stock status has improved. Recognizing the importance of cod to coastal communities, the management measures for the recreational groundfish fishery will remain unchanged for 2025. The government is launching a new voluntary pilot program for tour boat operations certified by Transport Canada, giving them the flexibility to retain fish seven days a week while eliminating the catch-and-release aspect. With the new tagging system, passengers can now keep two groundfish per day. As these measures come into effect this season, we remain committed to ongoing assessment, consultation, and adjustments to ensure responsible fisheries management decisions. Quote "Fishing is at the heart of Newfoundland and Labrador, and this is reinforced with every conversation I have with commercial harvesters and crew, plant workers, recreational fishers, and Indigenous groups. There are opportunities now to responsibly grow the industry and reflect on how we manage the food fishery. We often say that the world needs more Canada, but Canada also needs more Newfoundland and Labrador – and a stronger cod fishery will help make that happen." The Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries "Canada is a maritime nation, with more coastline than any country in the world, and the fishing industry plays a vital role in our economy and coastal communities. Fisheries and Oceans Canada's new voluntary tagging pilot program empowers tour boat operators to support sustainable marine practices — advancing conservation and our Canadian economy." The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport Quick Facts The total landed value of Northern cod in 2024 was approximately $37.5 million benefiting harvesters, crew members, plant workers, and Indigenous groups in coastal communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). There are three cod stocks in NL with differences in their overall stock health. While the stocks on the south and west coasts are at lower levels, we recognize that the Northern cod's stock status has improved. People with permanent disabilities can continue to apply for a designation that allows someone else to catch their daily groundfish limit during the recreational groundfish fishery on their behalf. Associated Links Stay Connected
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Contributing to a stronger economy for Newfoundland and Labrador: Canada announces a sustainable increase in Northern cod TAC
ST. JOHN'S, NL, June 18, 2025 /CNW/ - Cod is an important species to Newfoundland and Labrador. Commercial and recreational fishing has shaped the province's history, economy, and culture. Today, the Minister of Fisheries, the Honourable Joanne Thompson, announced management plans for Northern cod (2J3KL) and Capelin (2J3KLPs) for the 2025-26 seasons, reinforcing support for Newfoundland and Labrador's coastal communities. Recent scientific data and assessments confirm Northern cod has remained stable since 2017 and is at a higher level than previously understood from the 2024 assessment, allowing for a responsible total allowable catch (TAC) increase from 18,000 tonnes (t) to 38,000 t. Capelin is a key food source for Northern cod and other species, and plays a significant role in sustaining the marine ecosystem. While Capelin populations are stable, it is anticipated that stocks will decrease to recent average levels. As such, the TAC for Capelin will remain at 14,533 t. To inform future management decisions for the recreational cod fishery – known to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians as the food fishery – the government will launch public consultations. The goal is to gather input on this fishery, and discuss the distinct differences in the health of the province's three cod populations. While the stocks on the south and west coasts remain in the Critical Zone, the Northern cod stock status has improved. Recognizing the importance of cod to coastal communities, the management measures for the recreational groundfish fishery will remain unchanged for 2025. The government is launching a new voluntary pilot program for tour boat operations certified by Transport Canada, giving them the flexibility to retain fish seven days a week while eliminating the catch-and-release aspect. With the new tagging system, passengers can now keep two groundfish per day. As these measures come into effect this season, we remain committed to ongoing assessment, consultation, and adjustments to ensure responsible fisheries management decisions. Quote "Fishing is at the heart of Newfoundland and Labrador, and this is reinforced with every conversation I have with commercial harvesters and crew, plant workers, recreational fishers, and Indigenous groups. There are opportunities now to responsibly grow the industry and reflect on how we manage the food fishery. We often say that the world needs more Canada, but Canada also needs more Newfoundland and Labrador – and a stronger cod fishery will help make that happen." The Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries "Canada is a maritime nation, with more coastline than any country in the world, and the fishing industry plays a vital role in our economy and coastal communities. Fisheries and Oceans Canada's new voluntary tagging pilot program empowers tour boat operators to support sustainable marine practices — advancing conservation and our Canadian economy." The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport Quick Facts The total landed value of Northern cod in 2024 was approximately $37.5 million benefiting harvesters, crew members, plant workers, and Indigenous groups in coastal communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). There are three cod stocks in NL with differences in their overall stock health. While the stocks on the south and west coasts are at lower levels, we recognize that the Northern cod's stock status has improved. People with permanent disabilities can continue to apply for a designation that allows someone else to catch their daily groundfish limit during the recreational groundfish fishery on their behalf. Associated Links Northern cod commercial fishery Decisions for Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Arctic - 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador recreational groundfish fishery Application for a Disability Designation (2025) Regional Statistics - Fish Landings and Landed Values Stay Connected Follow the Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Follow the Canadian Coast Guard on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. SOURCE Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada View original content: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
GMA Network
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
'Come From Away': Remembering 9/11, where kindness took flight, through Filipino voices
There's a moment, about five minutes into "Come From Away," where it's easy to forget you're watching a musical. You forget the stage, the lights, even the actors. You fall headfirst into a story that isn't trying to impress you—it's trying to heal you. And here's the thing: it's not about us, but it is. A story about other people, ending up being about all of us On September 11, 2001, the world stopped. Thousands of planes were grounded mid-air. In a remote town called Gander in Newfoundland, 38 planes carrying almost 7,000 strangers suddenly landed, unannounced. The town's population nearly doubled overnight. No one had planned for this. But instead of panic, there was coffee. And hot meals. And strangers making beds for other strangers. People giving up their phones, their clothes, their time. It wasn't perfect. There were fights, there was fear, but there was also grace—a quiet, unexpected grace that stretched across cultures, languages, and broken hearts. That's what "Come From Away" is about. And watching it in the Philippines, told by Filipino actors on a Filipino stage, adds a layer so personal, it leaves a lump in your throat that doesn't go away. This cast isn't just performing—they're remembering You don't watch this ensemble. You watch fifteen souls remembering something for the rest of us. Each of them plays multiple roles—Newfoundlanders, stranded travelers, pilots, bus drivers, mothers, lovers, leaders. But you never lose track. They move like breath. They shape-shift like memory. One second, they're handing out sandwiches; the next, they're breaking down in a school gym, trying to call home, trying to believe this isn't the end of the world. Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, as Captain Beverley Bass, sings 'Me and the Sky'—a song about chasing dreams, flying through ceilings, and then watching those dreams crash on the same day the planes did. It's not just a solo. It's a reckoning. And it hits you like you've heard it from your mother, your sister, yourself. Carla Guevara Laforteza is heartbreaking as Hannah, the mother waiting for news of her firefighter son. Her grief is quiet and full of ache—the kind you don't perform, the kind you carry in your spine. This isn't a musical with solos and showstoppers. It's a wave. Everyone rises, everyone falls, together. It's funny, until it's not. Then it's beautiful. Filipino voices, global story, same heart There's something haunting about watching Filipinos tell this story. Because haven't we, as a people, always opened our homes in the middle of storms? Haven't we always offered food, water, warmth, even when we had so little to begin with? In Gander, the townspeople gave everything they had—not because they were rich or powerful, but because they were kind. And what "Come From Away" teaches us is that kindness doesn't need permission. It just is. You watch this show in Manila, and you feel like you're watching yourself. Your lola making extra rice. Your neighbor handing out candles during brownouts. Strangers becoming family because that's what's needed. And this cast—this breathtaking, disciplined, brilliant cast—carries that truth in their bones. They remind you that compassion isn't cultural. It's human. When the final note is sung and the lights go up, the audience doesn't jump to their feet out of habit. It's not the kind of standing ovation that feels polite. It's the kind that comes from gratitude. From being gutted and lifted in the same breath. The applause goes on for minutes. Not because the audience wants to be heard, but because they want to say thank you- for making us feel something that deep. That clean and honest. "Come From Away" doesn't tell a story with villains. There's no hero's arc. No fireworks. Just people, placed in an impossible situation, who choose decency. It's not flashy. It's not loud. But it stays with you. Let" Come From Away" break you open in the best way. Let it remind you of who you are when everything else is stripped away. Let it show you that there is still tenderness in this world. Still music. Still people who say, 'You are not alone. You can stay here as long as you need.' And when you leave the theater, don't just clap. Be that kindness. Be that hope. Be the person who remembers what it means to come from away—and be welcomed anyway. "Come From Away" runs until June 29, 2025, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati. This production also marks a milestone in Philippine theater as this is the first Filipino-led show from GMG Productions, brought to life by a stellar cast that includes Cathy Azanza-Dy, Caisa Borromeo, Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Gian Magdangal, Carla Guevara Laforteza, Garrett Bolden, among others. The ensemble of 15 actors portrays approximately 84 characters, showcasing their remarkable versatility through lightning-fast transitions, distinct accents, and layered emotional beats—an extraordinary feat that speaks to the cast's depth and precision. Ticket prices range from P952.20 to P5,819 and can be purchased via the Ticketworld website. —JCB, GMA Integrated News
Ottawa Citizen
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Homegrown hockey history: Regiment recruits NL's Veitch, Norman with first-ever picks in QMJHL draft
Armed with an internal plan to select the most talented players available with their three historic first-round picks in the 2025 QMJHL Draft, the hockey gods smiled upon Newfoundland Regiment general manager Gordie Dwyer as he sat on the draft floor at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City on Friday night, June 6. Article content As luck would have it, when Dwyer and the Regiment contingent took to the podium in front of thousands of excited junior hockey fans to make their first-ever draft selections at fifth, sixth and eighth overall, the best players available just so happened to be a pair of talented Newfoundlanders and the son of a prolific former St. John's Maple Leaf. Article content Article content Article content St. John's native and six-foot-four power forward Benjamin Veitch officially entered the Newfoundland hockey history books as the Regiment's first-ever draft pick, coming in at fifth overall. Article content Article content With the very next pick at sixth overall, the Regiment continued to make their growing season-ticket base happy when they selected Conception Bay South native Quinn Norman with their second selection, the first-ever defenseman drafted by the club. Article content Rounding out their trio of first-rounders with the eighth overall pick, the Regiment selected the top-ranked Nova Scotian in the draft in Phenwick MacLean, son of former AHL all-star Donald MacLean, who spent parts of three seasons in St. John's between 1999 and 2002. Article content Dwyer says draft weekend was critical for the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's newest team and wasn't exactly shy about sharing his excitement about the team's newest recruits and what the draft might mean for the club's inaugural season. Article content Article content 'We definitely feel like the draft was a success for us,' Dwyer told The Telegram. Article content 'Truthfully, we were thrilled to be able to land both of those (local) boys with picks five and six. Then, to be able to land Phenwick MacLean with pick number eight, those were our three targets for the first day. We were thrilled about being able to call those three guys' names.' Article content Article content Entering the draft as the seventh-ranked skater from across Atlantic Canada and Quebec, Veitch wasn't worried that he wouldn't get chosen — he was worried that he would get chosen too early and not get the chance to live out his dream of playing at home in front of his friends and family.
