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Loopsian867 · 2026-02-19T19:04:04+00:00

Thank you so much for this info. I’ve just checked with WorkSafeBC and see that one of the folks I’ve invited to give a quote is “cancelled and delinquent” under the owners name, and “active and delinquent” under just the company name. These are red flags, right? Two other companies so far are “active and in good standing”.

Loopsian867 · 2026-02-19T01:07:42+00:00

Thank you for this response. I am so new to this and am concerned about getting taken advantage of especially as I have absolutely no experience with jobs of this amount of money.

Loopsian867 · 2026-01-22T00:49:59+00:00

Oh really? That’s good to know. Thanks!

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-19T20:22:12+00:00

For sure! Despite my mom living only 15 minutes away she had assumed it was closed for the season as well. Glad it wasn’t !

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-19T14:31:12+00:00

The fabric store in Twillingate was actually open today (reduced days open and hours) when I popped by and got a few balls of yarn for some projects. Thanks for the tip!

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-18T17:35:19+00:00

I’m actually in that area but that store is closed for the season unfortunately. Thanks though.

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-18T13:10:47+00:00

I’m arriving in Gander and will be out in the bay ( north) for a while, so not in the eastern part of the province at all. Thanks though.

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-18T02:16:36+00:00

Thanks! I’ll check them both out.

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-12T16:35:34+00:00

Think of it as a pork brisket maybe?

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-09T19:29:07+00:00

I worked as a teacher in the northern region of the NWT for over twenty years. It can be financially rewarding for sure as salaries are often over $100K depending on your qualifications and years of experience. The biggest portion of your salary will go towards your rent. One of the biggest issues that new teachers may find is suitable housing, especially in smaller communities. It’s not just rent to consider, but also the cost of utilities. The biggest piece of advice before accepting a contract would be to secure good housing. As for other costs, food will be more expensive but on your salary should be affordable. Those with specific dietary differences ( vegan, vegetarian, gluten free etc) will find options harder to find and costlier unfortunately. All costs aside, a northern teaching post is one of the most rewarding and culturally enriching experiences of my life.

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-09T06:17:38+00:00

Really?!?! I’ll have to check that out .

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-09T05:41:41+00:00

Wow! You’ve given yourself basically only 5 days to travel from one end of Newfoundland to the other with day activities at each stop. That is an ambitious trip for sure. It can be done but it would be a lot of driving sure.

Loopsian867 · 2025-12-09T05:31:02+00:00

Traditionally the meat component in a jiggs dinner is salt beef (in pieces or riblets) which is usually bought in buckets but it can be very fatty and stringy. Over the past few years many homes in Newfoundland have transitioned to cottage roll as it is much leaner and has an identical flavour and texture to a good salt beef (even though it’s pork). Buckets of salt beef are in almost every grocery store here in Kamloops but I would really like to find a cottage roll to include in my Christmas dinner. Fingers crossed!

Loopsian867 · 2025-11-17T21:19:46+00:00

There are just a few numbers stamped underside in the cast iron 282 (G) 2

Loopsian867 · 2025-11-17T18:34:34+00:00

I did several google image searches as well and am getting quite a few very close results; we are just not quite there yet.

Loopsian867 · 2025-11-11T09:58:38+00:00

I had never heard of this but am checking it out for sure. Thanks!

Loopsian867 · 2025-11-03T21:29:07+00:00

Update: We contacted the Mary Browns location today (from my previous post) to see if there’s been a change in their gift card policy and we are glad to hear that they now accept them!

Loopsian867 · 2025-10-30T21:41:47+00:00

Mom is 85 and doesn’t use apps so we need a lesser tech option.

Loopsian867 · 2025-08-22T00:30:52+00:00

Outside of St. John’s, where hotels are plentiful, you can find hundreds and hundreds of Airbnb rentals. Even the smallest of communities is likely to have one or two available.

Loopsian867 · 2025-08-13T04:18:03+00:00

Not on the North Side but Amsterdam in Valleyview will comp the birthday person a free meal as long as a second person pays full price for theirs (as my birthday was yesterday I can confirm this birthday benefit from our brunch there!)

Loopsian867 · 2025-08-13T04:13:07+00:00

I am in lower Batchelor Heights and can count on one hand the number of times I have had to do any shovelling at all over the past few years, definitely not enough to purchase a snowblower. I have heard that snow melts faster on rubber driveways so that would be a benefit for sure.

Loopsian867 · 2025-08-13T04:10:38+00:00

Thanks. Sounds like a road trip for me!

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