Column: Cooking with Colby
Focaccia al Rosmarino (Rosemary Focaccia bread). – © Colby Lillington Welcome to Cooking with Colby! This month’s recipe is Focaccia...
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Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Rose Blanche – Harbour Le Cou council highlights: January – June 2020
The historic lighthouse at Rose Blanche – Harbour Le Cou remains closed due to COVID-19. – © J. Rene Roy The town council of Rose Blanche...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
Port aux Basques autism resources entice new families
Kayla & Koston, Gerry McDow. This spring, Port aux Basques welcomed two families who moved here thanks to its reputation for being autism...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Tourism drops but outfitter remains optimistic
Chris Farrell of Margaree Outfitters has been feeling the COVID-19 crunch. – © J. Rene Roy Chris Farrell estimates that he’s lost about...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Port aux Basques council notes
The new town depot is nearing completion. – © J. Rene Roy PORT AUX BASQUES – The most recent meeting of Port aux Basques council took...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Fire department update
The current Port aux Basques pumper truck is around 30 years old and will soon be replaced by a larger truck. – © J. Rene Roy PORT AUX...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Letters to the editor: Mayor John Spencer
Send your letters to: [email protected]. Congratulations! The birth of a new media outlet within our community during this...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Letters to the editor: Mayor Clayton Durnford
Send your letters to [email protected] In these trying times, the Town of Rose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou, is still moving forward...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
From the editor’s desk
Rene. J. Roy is the editor-in-chief for Wreckhouse Weekly. The world has certainly changed, and our small corner of it hasn’t been...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Marine Atlantic updates ticket booths
The new ticket booths in Port aux Basques. – courtesy of Marine Atlantic It may not be the usual summer season for Marine Atlantic thanks...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
MHA Andrew Parsons on new challenges
MHA Andrew Parsons (Burgeo – La Poile). – submitted PORT AUX BASQUES – On July 20, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources Gerry Byrne...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
Music Row: featuring Gordon Cormier
Gordon Cormier will be hosting a Codroy Valley Virtual Jamboree on Facebook and YouTube in late August 2020. – © J. Rene Roy CODROY...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5 min
Welcome to the Wreckhouse
Meet your new local news team. From left: reporter Rosalyn Roy, editor-in-chief Rene J. Roy, sales consultant Thelma Dominey. Launching a...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Salvation Army serves again
The Port aux Basques branch of the Salvation Army fed meals to provincial fire crews battling a week-long blaze in the Codroy Valley...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Vardy’s island removal begins assessment
A rainbow appears to touch Vardy’s island. The tiny island in Port aux Basques harbour is being tested to determine if it can be removed,...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
From the editor’s desk…
Contact J. Rene Roy via email at [email protected]. There are certain things we all know. We are all of us, aware of unwritten...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Matador Mining makes progress
Gold nugget. – © Dave Varabioff / Pixabay PORT AUX BASQUES – Matador Mining, the Australian corporation that is developing the Cape Ray...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
On the bookshelf: Becoming Autism Friendly by Anne Laurie
It takes a special town for people across Canada to pack up their belongings and move to a town of 4,000 people, on the southwest coast...
Wreckhouse Press
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
School fire safety during COVID-19
Standing, from left: Greg Cook, Colin Leamon and (far right) John Collier. Kneeling, from left: Wade Francis, René Roy, Josh Legge, Jerry...
Wreckhouse Press
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
On the bookshelf: The Reckoning
Operation Wormwood: The Reckoning is available through Flanker Press and in Port aux Basques at the Butterfly Book Boutique. Operation...
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