Gale Force Wins

Send us Fan Mail Joshua Mcintosh is a Turks and Caicos entrepreneur operating numerous businesses. Known locally as Big Josh Mcintosh he was born in Kew, North Caicos. He built a bakery because that is what he knew but a beer company approached him to sell beer and so he built a bar. He has worked in the hotel industry for decades with Pine Cay: a secluded private island on the edge of the world’s...

Send us Fan Mail Bill Newton was born on Bell Island and is an accomplished engineering entrepreneur and volunteer board member of Perchance Theatre. Bill worked with two or three engineering firms but felt he could do it on his own and created Newton Engineering in 1982. “One thing in business is you have to have the right personality and don’t burn any bridges. That was key... and hire the right...

Send us Fan Mail Director General Maritime Equipment Programme Management, Flag Officer, Chief Engineer of the Royal Canadian Navy, and proud Newfoundlander. Gale Force Wins exists to help individuals and companies tell their stories and inspire more optimism in people, products, our economy and our lives. The podcast focuses on conversations with leaders, business owners and change-makers THAT IN...

Send us Fan Mail Mary Walsh created and starred in This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC’s wildly popular take on current affairs. The series earned her many of her numerous Gemini awards and showcased her dynamic range of characters, including the flagrantly outspoken ‘Marg Delahunty’. Walsh wrote, produced and starred in the Gemini award winning series Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, which returned...

Send us Fan Mail Geoff Cunningham graduated in 1983 from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador with a Bachelor of Commerce. He has been in the oil and gas industry since 1987 where he started in the downstream in his capacity as Industrial Sales Manager (Newfoundland and Labrador) for Petro-Canada through Harvey’s Oil, Petro-Canada’s Newfoundland partner. In this role he was responsible...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we speak with 14 year old Danya Russell. She was recently crowned Miss Teen Grand Turk 2023. We met her by chance after a meeting and she spoke to Gerry saying she liked his Royal Turks and Caicos Golf Shirt. Of course that's all Gerry needed to hear, someone interested in golf, so a conversation began. When we found out how articulate she was and saw a video...

Send us Fan Mail Wayne Power is Manager of Power’s Ambulance Service Limited, a family business which has been providing Emergency Medical Services to the Placentia Region since 1984. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Memorial University and has completed numerous leadership and professional development programs through the Regional Cadet Instructor School, Fire and Emergency Se...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan studied political science and sociology at MUN.  He started out his career working as a special advisor at the house of commons in Ottawa and then moved into senior roles in the departments of health and justice.  Then he spent 7 years in the policing division of the department of justice. Jonathan was elected as a St. John's city councillor and worked with Nunacor D...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #177 features Sister Geraldine Mason with the Sisters of Mercy. ​Perchance had the great honour to meet Sisters Geraldine, Ellen Marie, and Ruth, the last of the Mercy Sisters living in the the Immaculate Conception Convent, in Conception Harbour, before they moved into St. John’s. Along with the convent, Perchance acquired a companion property that once housed St Anne’s s...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew started at Integrated Logistics as a partner and the first employee. Built the business to reach across and number of locations and service offerings to create employment for a team that today includes over 150 persons. Starting as GM, leading in all areas of the company's development and all major customer relationships. Lead the development indigenous business, with...

Send us Fan Mail Cindy grew up in Fox Harbour Newfoundland and she always knew that her father was a US marine. Not until she was 18 did she decide to search for him. She searched and searched and after 22 years she finally found him. This is the story of that search and the subsequent coming together of father and daughter after 40 years apart. This is heartwarming and she received the best gift...

Send us Fan Mail Placentia has been welcoming explorers for centuries. The history and culture has been shaped by the many personalities and nationalities that have called Placentia home. Their collective legacy has infused the community with a strong sense of pride. Today, Placentia’s residents enjoy all the quality services, facilities and community programs that make the town such a great place...

Send us Fan Mail Justin Horvath and Terry Hines - from Chandler joined us on the podcast after Justin saw a post from Gerry about standing up to do a Zoom using three ottomans. Justin's business development reach out was an excellent example of how to break through the clutter and his timely message prompted Gerry to call him in for a chat about his journey. Terry Hines Chandler's divisi...

Send us Fan Mail Aleksandra is a board member of https://www.perchancetheatre.com/ and director of https://lennika.ca/ She has experience working with municipal, provincial and federal government agencies, and community organizations. She has a BA and MA in Political Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is completing a PhD at Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine. Some of her...

Send us Fan Mail #GaleForceWins was invited to a special recording of the Raven KASTER podcast. We video recorded the podcast team in action. They are a sharp group of inspiring students. Stephanie Evans and Angelina talk with Mayor Darrin Bent and Deputy Mayor Andrea Gosse about the Raven KASTER Project, the  town of Town of Conception Bay South (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and the 50th a...

Send us Fan Mail Lindsay is the founder and practitioner of Central Wellness.  She is a Registered Natural Therapist of Canada, a Certified Foot and Ear Reflexologist, Reiki Master, Certified Kids Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher, Indian Head Massage practitioner, Level II Healing Touch Practitioner and Certified Meditation guide.  The services offered here at Central Wellness are covered under most i...

Send us Fan Mail Jodee Richardson is one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most diverse and dynamic performers. A renowned singer/songwriter, actor and playwright, Jodee enjoys traveling the province writing about the people he meets and the places he visits. He is dang thrilled to be with working with Perchance again, with this brilliant cast and crew and really, just so happy to be out of the...

Send us Fan Mail Prior to joining the Port of Argentia, Scott held progressive operational leadership roles with Pennecon, most recently as the General Manager of Marine & Logistics. Before joining Pennecon, Scott honed his business acumen and skills in business development, financial management, and community relations working with Bell Aliant, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and...

Send us Fan Mail The Men Who Paint have painted across Newfoundland and this episode is a series of interviews with each of the painters as they painted in St. John's on the day of their St. John's exhibition. In addition local painter Peter Lewis was with them and #GaleForceWins took an opportunity to talk to him about his painting.  Gale Force Wins started out simply as an inspirationa...

Send us Fan Mail Kate Connors joins us on #GaleForceWins from her Yoga studio in St. Michaels which is under construction. Kate is building a studio on the edge of the ocean overlooking beautiful Caplin Cove. When this studio is up and running it will be a place to recharge and become one with nature. Stay tuned! If you are interested in contacting Kate to find out more email her at kathleen.conno...

Send us Fan Mail At #galeforcewins we love business journeys and we particularly enjoy startups.  In this episode Amber Dechief: Creator and Tour Guide of Come from Away Adventures takes a selection of her family members on a tour in advance of her first day of operation. We think she is on a wonderful path and we hope you enjoy this video and refer people to her.  Originally from Saskatchewan, Am...

Send us Fan Mail General Rick Hillier is a retired Canadian army officer who served as the Chief of the Defence Staff, the top-ranking officer in the Canadian military, from 2005 to 2008. Throughout his career, General Hillier has had the privilege and pleasure of commanding troops from the platoon to multi-national formation level within Canada, Europe, Asia and the United States. He has worked a...

Send us Fan Mail Dwight Rehel a bellman at the Fairmonth Queen Elizabeth takes us on a tour of room 1742 at The Fairmonth Queen Elizabeth Hotel in downtown Montreal, where The second of two bed-ins took place.  Their second bed-in was planned to take place in New York, but Lennon was not allowed into the U.S. because of his 1968 cannabis conviction.[8] Instead they intended to hold the event in th...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician, union leader (b at St John's 5 Jan 1937). He was a grandson of Sir Michael Cashin, sometimes known as "King of the Robbers" for his south shore salvage operations, who was frequent Cabinet minister and prime minister of Newfoundland, and he was the nephew of Peter J. CASHIN. Cashin was himself elected Liberal MP for St John's...

Send us Fan Mail Inspired by the work and adventurous spirit of the early Canadian painters the Men Who Paint (Facebook) began painting together in 2007. Their preference for painting outside brings a feeling of urgency and excitment to their landscapes. The combined artistic experience of the group offers a unique diversity and their collective dynamic thrives on each individual's passion fo...