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Chad Pelley

Chad Pelley

Chad Pelley is an author, songwriter, and journalist who wrote for publications like the Globe & Mail and The Telegraph-Journal before founding The Overcast. Now he spends 25 hours a day keeping up with his email, and has no time to be his former self.

    Archives, Latest Posts:, News June 27, 2018 June 27, 2018

    Why Bigger Is Better: MUN Biologist Challenging Former Theory on, “Why Life on Earth Got Big”

    Competition for resources has been the long held theory as to why life forms of our planet got so big. Until now. Could enhanced dispersal for better colonization be the answer?

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    Archives, Food & Drink, Latest Posts: June 7, 2018 June 6, 2018

    St. John’s Fermentary Filling a Food Niche with Flying Colours

    Kombucha is a 2,000 year old drink the Chinese dubbed the “Immortal Health Elixir,” for claims of its energizing and detoxifying properties.

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    Archives, Cover Story, Food & Drink, Latest Posts: May 30, 2018 June 7, 2018

    The Angry Urchin: Greater St. John’s Greatest New Restaurant?

    A brain tumour, a weekend with a celebrity chef, and 2 well-decorated chef brothers reuniting in, of all places, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. These seemingly unrelated events have blended together to cook up what might become greater St. John’s greatest new restaurant. You can go be the judge of that yourself when they open June 2nd.

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    Archives, Food & Drink, Latest Posts: May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018

    Hay Now! Good News for Farming in NL

    Yesterday, The Conference Board of Canada held the first ever “Newfoundland & Labrador Food Forum” at the Marine Institute, to discuss what the future of food in Newfoundland & Labrador will look like.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News May 4, 2018 May 3, 2018

    Debate Club: Did ArtsNL Pick Pockets That Weren’t Theirs to Pick?

    What Are SPPAO Grants, Who Gets Them, and Why? The Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council, recently rebranded to ArtsNL, is non-profit Crown agency created…

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    Archives, Food & Drink, Latest Posts: April 25, 2018 May 3, 2018

    Quidi Vidi 2.0: Renovations and Innovations; New Beers and Brewmasters

    A lot’s been brewing at Quidi Vidi Brewery, literally, including some delicious new craft beers like a crab apple saison, a crazy good “Mad Mike’s Big Bad Belgian,” and a “Calm Tom’s Double IPA.”

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    Archives, Food & Drink, Latest Posts: April 17, 2018 April 16, 2018

    This Gardener Named Garfield Should Be Newfoundland’s Next Reality Show Star

    “Gardening is like a marriage. If you take something from a marriage, or from your garden, you have to put something back into it.” – Garfield White

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, Music, The Arts April 11, 2018 April 10, 2018

    2018 RPMs You Need to Hear This Year

    A handful of first impressions upon listening to all 130 RPMs from 2018

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    Archives, Cover Story, Food & Drink, Latest Posts: April 3, 2018 April 4, 2018

    Everybody Eats: Taking a Bite Out of Food Security Issues in NL

    In Newfoundland & Labrador, poverty, the unique geography of our province, and a flawed food system combine to  limit our access to fresh, affordable, and healthy food. Food First NL’s Everybody Eats project has been addressing these issues for years, and has just released action points for 2018.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, Music, The Arts March 24, 2018 April 1, 2018

    Kinley’s Killin’ It Hey Rosetta Bandmate & Activist A Top Nominee for 2017 ECMAs

    In the wake of Hey Rosetta’s last concert for the foreseeable future, bandmate Kinley Dowling has picked up 4 ECMA nominations for her solo album, putting her beside this year’s most nominated artists, Jenn Grant, Joel Plaskett and Rose Cousins.

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    Archives, Books, Latest Posts:, The Arts March 23, 2018 April 1, 2018

    Book on Fire: Hynes Credits Arts Funding for His New Book’s Wave of Award Recognition

    There was nothing wrong with this book. That sounds like unenthused praise on the surface, but read the sentence again: there was nothing wrong with this novel. It did everything right.

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    Archives, Film, Latest Posts:, The Arts March 14, 2018 April 1, 2018

    50 (MILLION) PLUS CLUB: A RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR OUR LOCAL FILM INDUSTRY

    It’s a record: the total production value of our province’s film and television industry exceeded 50 million dollars in 2017-18. That’s a lot of tax dollars from film projects going into our provincial bank account.

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    The Overcast is a multi-award-winning media body in St. John’s, NL.

    Best known for its monthly print magazine, its website, TheOvercast.ca, also posts 1-2 articles a day, hoststhe St. John’s Eats dinning and review directory, and administers the $12,500 Albedo Grant to help entrepreneurs get their big idea off the ground, as well as Newfoundland’s richest award for a local album of the year: The Borealis Music Prize.

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