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Welcome to The Rock: Icebergs, Cliffs, & Getting 'Screeched In' in Newfoundland

If you’ve taken a long Air Canada flight in the past year, you’re sure to have seen ads to visit Newfoundland & Labrador before your movie/show starts. And if you’re like me, man did those ads work.  Shots of rowboats bobbing on the water, puffins flapping their wings, green cliffs towering over ocean water, and Irish... Read more »

By Abeona Adiona,
August 31, 2019 at 11:37 am • 

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