Newfoundland

from inhaling the gas. Before the gas mask was invented the only way a soldier had to protect himself was to use a small piece a material that was soaked in urine. The first gas mask to be invented was done so by Cluny Macpherson, a physician from Newfoundland. It was made of a helmet that was lined with material treated with chemicals that absorbed the chlorine…

marathons. This eventually led to his decision of organizing the Marathon of Hope, in hopes to raise funds for cancer research and overcome his own disability. Very few had known about Terry’s cause when he began his trek in April 1980 at St. John's, Newfoundland. However, people had gradually known more about Terry and his run, and eventually, the Marathon of Hope gathered attention…

first speed record she would set. Between the years of 1930-1935, Earhart set numerous speed records, as well as distance. Finally, in the year of 1932, Earhart sets off on her solo mission to fly across the Atlantic. On May 20 she took off from Newfoundland, just like the first time she accompanied Stultz and Gordon. However, her intentions were different from just going over the Atlantic. She wanted to make the same flight that Charles Lindbergh had made five years earlier. This meant flying…

ability to place themselves on Prince Edward Island standing right beside Anne as she progresses through this journey of her life. In Island, there is an art to his storytelling by the way he describes the places in his story such as Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, with such captivating representations.…

This leads to the first reason to why we should have stricter laws and regulation for fishing is for issues including the Cod Moratorium of the Atlantic Northwest where some rare and expensive fish were on the brink of extinction in the waters of Newfoundland and Labrador. John Crosbie, the minister of fisheries imposed a Moratorium in 1992 to protect the Northern cod population. Fishing regulations are also enacted to protect more than the commercial stocks of marine life on the water.…

Research and development (R&D) is a crucial contender in a province’s economic growth, Newfoundland and Labrador’s being no exception. Innovation is a key factor in the competitiveness of a region through the creation of new markets which stimulate employment rates, increase the efficiency as well as the quality of services and goods, and ultimately fuel the economy. Since R&D is both similar to as well as essential to the innovative process, R&D’s importance to the financial status is evident.…

house and after hanging for a few moments, were cut down, whilst life still remained; after which they were quartered and beheaded. Maurice Hayes escaped from Clonmel Jail dressed in his wife’s clothes on 7 January 1776 and took ship to St John’s Newfoundland where he was captured and returned in irons to Waterford to stand trial. A fourth man John Cradock alias Captain Slasher was tried in Dublin, convicted in aiding of the murder and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered at St. Steven’s…

thousand years were the Paleo-Indians, but they wouldn't be alone forever. The Norse Sagas are the only records that indicate the Viking, Leif Erikson, was the first European to discover the "new world" having visited what is now known as Canada and Newfoundland. Visits were few and were not well known to other Europeans at that time. Records do not indicate why the explorations ceased other than to say some of the Europeans were killed by the Native Indians. The 1430's proved to be a…

Three years later, Thorfinn Karlsefni a Viking explorer, who some sources note as Leif Eriksson’s brother and others simply as an acquaintance or companion, sailed to Vinland with his family and a small group of settlers. There he established the first European settlement, besides the short stay of Leif Eriksson. The group of about 130 people “settled there to engage in haymaking, hunting, and fishing.”(Thorfinn). The settlements population grew as the first European child was born at the…

she set seven women's speed and distance aviation records. Earhart and her husband Putnam worked secretly on the plans for Amelia to her solo flight across the Atlantic. On the 20 May 1932, she completed her 15 hour flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland to Londonderry in Ireland. For this she received many honors and became an international hero and an…