Assignments
QMJHL: Quebec Rempart vs Moncton Wildcats
On January 15, 2023 by jmwebThe Quebec Rempart were embarking on a maritime tour and as per usual, I was tasked with covering all their games. They are now the only QMJHL team I am tasked with covering on the regular. Their first game was in Moncton against the Wildcats, so I left Wednesday and went over. For the first
Assignments . Editorial . Hockey . Nova Scotia . Sports
2023 World Juniors: Canada vs Slovakia
On January 3, 2023 by jmwebAfter the previous 2023 World Juniors game, people were saying that Team Canada vs Team Slovakia was going to be a blowout as well. That turned out to be anything but true. The first period had Team Slovakia coming out strong. They kept the Canadians a bay. After a 20-minute rest for the players, the
Assignments . Editorial . Hockey . Newfoundland . Photos+Stories
Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators in Gander, Newfoundland
On October 18, 2022 by jmwebAfter covering the Stanley Cup in Twillingate, my next task was to cover the Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens game in Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador. While Twillingate won the Kraft Hockeyville, Gander was a bigger nearby centre which could accommodate more people. So off I went… After security completed a semi-awkward clearance of my camera
Assignments . Blog . Editorial . Newfoundland . Photos+Stories
Globe & Mail: Hurricane Fiona
On October 16, 2022 by jmwebOn my last or second last day, one of the photo editors from the Globe & Mail called. She asked if I’d stay and do a few more images for an upcoming Saturday edition of the Globe and Mail. Greg Mercer was coming flying in and I’d be teamed up with Greg. I said sure
Assignments . Editorial . Newfoundland
St. John’s Active Criminal Threat
On October 9, 2022 by jmwebAfter spending some time discussing upcoming Hurricane Fiona with Reuters, a notice came in about a criminal threat in St. John’s, Newfoundland. I had been in Newfoundland for about 10ish days already, covering the Avalon peninsula. Travelling around the county side taking landscape photos of the beautiful sights of Newfoundland. (p.s. in case you haven’t
Assignments . Editorial . Hockey
Team Canada vs Lativa
On August 11, 2022 by jmwebOn August 10, 2022 Team Canada took on Team Lativa in World Junior hockey. The game was played in Edmonton, Alberta and I was tasked with covering the game.
Assignments . Editorial . Photos+Stories . Quebec
Quebec City’s Hôtel de Glace (Ice Hotel)
On March 30, 2022 by jmwebI was assigned to go to cover a storm hitting Bathurst for The Weather Network on March 12th. I covered it for them and while I was up there, a solar storm was brewing which usually causes the northern lights. Sadly, another impact was also brewing. On March 13th I found out a friend had
Assignments . Blog . Editorial . Prince Edward Island
PEI Potato Destruction
On March 26, 2022 by jmwebPrince Edward Island had to destruct a large number of potatoes this year as there was a Canadian ban in place from exporting PEI spuds to the USA. For seed potatoes, this went further as they could not export their potatoes off PEI. This had a huge impact on our farmers. Rod Nickel wrote about
Assignments . Editorial . Prince Edward Island
PEI Potato Ban Causing Economic Pain
On February 22, 2022 by jmwebA couple of weeks ago, the Washington Post reached out asking me to create some imagery on a story they were doing on PEI potatoes being denied access to the U.S. markets. Additionally, seed potato farmers were not allowed to export their products off PEI due to a ban inplace. This had a huge impact