Captain Newfoundland's challenge
Geoff Stirling implored NLers not to give up on efforts to overturn infamous Upper Churchill contract The following article was published in the March 3d edition of The Newfoundland Herald. By Ryan Cleary The late Geoff Stirling has been described as the “true Captain Newfoundland,” and he was. He may not have worn a cape, but the blood that ran through his veins had shades of pink, white and green. His exploits were as endless as his curiosity (Stonehenge, the pyramids); his patriotism (pre ’49 anti-Confederate) fierce. Stirling always stood on guard, with mystical flare. I cannot think of the seal hunt without imagining sealers on the icy Front dodging Newfoundland Heralds falling from the sky, or batting them away with their gaffs. That particular story, a Geoff Stirling exclusive, began soon after the birth of the publication you’re reading. To draw attention to The St. John’s Sunday Herald (as The Newfoundland Her...