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Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers’ decades of performing has earned them MusicNL’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which the band members are set to receive on Saturday.

After post-tropical storm Fiona ripped through the southwest coast of Newfoundland half a year ago, residents there are edging forward, and some are making tough decisions about their future in the coastal community.

For 40 years, the Newfoundland musicians have been making their audiences keel over from laughter with their own brand of humour stemming from their cultural roots.

Five more Newfoundlanders were appointed to the Order of Canada on Thursday, adding their names to the over 7,600 people honoured since 1967 in which recognition of residents across all sectors who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions to the country. 

A new Atlantic Voice documentary explores folk healing in one Newfoundland town, and how belief in him has persisted into the 21st century.

Thanks to a professor of paleontology at the University of Iowa, some newly discovered fossils have been named after the legendary Newfoundland trio.

Posted: Jan 03, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 3 Musician and songwriter Wayne Chaulk stands at the site of the long-gone Baxters General Store.(Todd OBrien/CBC) Despite being a touring musician, Wayne Chaulk doesnt stray too far, or for too long, from his hometown of Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay. While he has criss-crossed the country many times as part of the trio Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers, he balances the hectic pace of the road and stage with the peace and calm of li...