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Send us Fan Mail Caron Hawco, ABC, PMP, ICD.D is an accomplished communications and reputation strategist, stakeholder and professional project manager, local content  diversity advisor, negotiator and facilitator. As President of the Caron Hawco Group, she offers deep industry knowledge, business expertise, a strong network and global experience to help manage strategic relationships, build reput...

Send us Fan Mail Kendra MacDonald is the CEO of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster responsible for driving innovation and growth in the ocean economy. Together with a team working across six cities in Atlantic Canada, Kendra is focused on changing the culture of doing business in the ocean, increasing collaboration across ocean sectors and Canada’s global reach. Kendra was previously a Partner in Deloitt...

Send us Fan Mail A Navy Milestone: First female hard sea West Coast Coxswain. By Lookout on Apr 26, 2021 Peter Mallett HMCS Winnipeg made Royal Canadian Navy history when CPO1 Line Laurendeau was appointed senior non-commissioned officer on the ship. She replaces CPO1 Pascal Harel as the ship’s Coxswain, and in doing so is the first female Coxswain, hard sea trade, on the West Coast. “Becoming a n...

Send us Fan Mail Honourable Andrew Parsons, QC Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology Attorney General Member for Burgeo – La Poile Andrew Parsons has represented the district of Burgeo – La Poile since 2011. A lifelong resident of Channel-Port aux Basques, he trained as a lawyer and was called to the Newfoundland and Labrador bar in 2005. Mr. Parsons practiced law in the region before enteri...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Davis was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma with an underlying Follicular Lymphoma in 2011. A former 25 year veteran of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and member of the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature, Paul says it was the last thing he ever expected to face. Paul wasn’t going to allow a cancer diagnosis to stop him from continuing his active lifestyle....

Send us Fan Mail Crowsnest - Spring 2016 / April 25, 2016 By Gary E.H. Green During the Second World War, Russia was in desperate need of supplies for both its civilians and its military operations. In response, the Allies established several supply routes, one of which utilized seagoing convoys to carry goods from North America to the northern Russian ports of Archangel and Murmansk. Ships in the...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Burton has been successfully selling Real Estate in St. John’s for over 34 years. In 1998, Jim founded “Team Burton.” Jim is the owner of www.remaxinfinity.ca , in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada & RE/MAX Destiny in Cambridge and Jamaica Plains in Massachusetts, USA. Jim holds an Airline Transport Pilots License with 15,000 flight hours and operates a seasonal Airline,...

Send us Fan Mail John Steele grew up in one of the most entrepreneurial families in Canada. Never one to sit back and simply enjoy that success John is forging ahead with an expansion to his JAG hotel in St. John's despite the pandemic. Join us on www.galeforcewins.com as we talk with John about his family's beginnings in Gander and  subsequent sale of Newfoundland Capital Corporation to...

Send us Fan Mail From business reporter to CEO of https://baffinfisheries.ca/ , a 100% Inuit-owned company. The Company is jointly owned by five Hunters and Trappers Associations in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut: Pangnirtung, Amaruq (Iqaluit), Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), Mayukalik (Kimmirut), and Namautalik (Clyde River). Chris talks about his varied career starting with The Telegram in St. John&...

Send us Fan Mail CEO Genoa Design International. Gina began her career as a member of the Royal Canadian Navy during a period of transformation that included the commissioning of new warships and first-time placement of women at sea. This experience underpinned her progression over the next 25 years into a senior business leader whose values are driven by possibilities and empowerment. Throughout...

Send us Fan Mail Leonard is Founder and Chair of the Board of Genoa Design International Ltd. He currently works in business operations as Chief Business Development Officer. Leonard formed Genoa in 1995. Genoa provides 3D modeling and production engineering to the Shipbuilding and Offshore industries across North America and is a tier one partner in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy’s non-c...

Send us Fan Mail Craig Tucker is a senior executive specializing in the area of corporate communications, market development and strategy. Craig is the former Managing Partner of Group M5 where he helped to guide the organization and its employees through tremendous growth and development for fifteen years. Craig currently owns numerous business ventures including Crossbeam Education which owns a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by two of Canada's most talented musicians, cellist Ofra Harnoy and her multi-instrumentalist husband Mike Herriott. The episode opens with scenes of Newfoundland and Labrador shot by Gerry Carew set to "Let me Fish off Cape St. Mary's" a wonderful track from Ofra's recently released Analekta album "On the Rock," cel...

Send us Fan Mail Craig Rowe is an entrepreneur, and an experienced board member who is very involved in the tech and startup sectors in NL. Craig came from a risk management and insurance background and started https://www.clearrisk.com/ in 2006 to solve some of the technology challenges he saw in his industry. As CEO Craig has led ClearRisk to a point where it is the leading provider of risk mana...

Send us Fan Mail In honour of #internationalwomensday2021 #galeforcewins brings you KARINA LEBLANC. Karina is a retired Olympic bronze medalist and professional athlete who has the distinguished honor of being one of the longest serving soccer players for Canada, second only to the great Christine Sinclair. With a prestigious career that spanned almost 18 years at the international level, she part...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Vianne Timmons, OC, took office as the 13th president and vice-chancellor of Memorial in April 2020, coming from the University of Regina where she had served as president since 2008. During her tenure there, the university attained its highest-ever enrolment and diversity, greater recognition for faculty work, and increased levels of external research funding. Dr. Timmons gre...

Send us Fan Mail Master Sailor Matt Corbett is a young man living his best life as a member of Canada's Royal Canadian Navy. Come along for the ride as we dive deep beneath the surface of the ocean, get up and jump out of airplanes with The SkyHawks Canadian Forces Parachute Demonstration Team. Matt takes us with him on his journey high and low and his future seems to be in the clouds. New ep...

Send us Fan Mail Deirdre has decades of experience in the entertainment industry, in such areas as production, public relations, marketing and sales. She has also held positions in the area of business development with Hospitality NL, Industry Canada and the Y Enterprise Centre. In 2006 Deirdre took her place as Studio Head for Other Ocean Interactive after conducting the due diligence and spearhe...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Steve Farmer is an anesthesiologist with a passion for bees and everything beekeeping. In this engaging episode Steve will enthral you with stories of how bees find a home to the fascinating workings of a hive and the Queen. New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit www. GaleForceWins.com To message Gerry visit: www.lin...

Send us Fan Mail Charlie Oliver Is a certified professional life coach, student of integral theory, mediator and meditator, poet with two self published works, trained in Reki, therapeutic touch…a lover of cycling, roller blading and he is a serial entrepreneur for 40 years. Charlie’s philosophy is There is always a solution!! He leads by being part of the team. Charlie’s entrepreneurial evolution...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Adam Fenech Associate Dean, School of Climate Change and Adaptation and Associate Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island join us in an engaging discussion about climate change and what it means for all of us. BA (Toronto); MES (York); PhD (Toronto) Dr. Fenech has worked extensively in the area of climate change since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change F...

Send us Fan Mail CPO1 David Steeves, CD Chief Petty Officer 1st Class (CPO1) David Steeves enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces on March 28, 1989. His first unit was Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Skeena in January 1990, where he sailed for two NATO deployments (1990 and 1992) and served until its decommissioning in November 1993. In December 1993 he was posted to HMCS Nipigon, where he serve...

Send us Fan Mail In this 7th episode we talk to Dr. Budimka Oroz about her early life in Sarajevo, the moment she knew she had to escape and what that was like, arriving in Canada and rebuilding her life. The discussion continues with the success of her kids and her vision of what the future might hold. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it for you. New episodes every Tuesd...

Send us Fan Mail The University of Evansville head men’s golf coach Jim Hamilton has announced the signing of Michael Ikejiani to a National Letter of Intent to begin playing for the Purple Aces in the fall of 2020. A native of Ontario, Canada, Ikejiani qualified for the Ontario U19 Boys Championship, the Canadian Amateur and the Ontario Open last summer. He won the Golf Ontario Champion of Champi...

Send us Fan Mail Tina Smith talks about her son Kirk Taylor who tragically lost his life in Afghanistan on December 30, 2009 while serving his country. Tina's conversation is full of hope for the future despite the unimaginable loss. Thank you to Tina for her courage in talking about her son with us. New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also...