Jane Adey

St. John's

Multimedia Journalist at CBDQ-FM (Labrador City, NL)

Host at The Broadcast from CBC Radio

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Land & Sea: It doesn't get more tight-knit than this 'boot hockey' tournament in Isle aux Morts

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

NL·NewIt's quiet, but there is still lots of energy in Isle aux Morts. Every year, during a few days in February, there is a deep expression of love, not just for St. Valentine, but for the community and a great Canadian game — hockey. This year marked the 10th annual Isle aux Morts Winter Classic.
Land & Sea: One step ahead of nature

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

NL·NewHow a provincial growing program helps vegetable farmers. How a provincial growing program helps vegetable farmersJane Adey · CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2025 5:40 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoKent Fudge owns Mountain View Farms in Wooddale. (CBC)It's a crisp morning in November and an early frost has come over the fields at Mountain View Farms in Wooddale, just outside Grand Falls-Windsor. It's turned the harvest into a bit of a slog.
Land & Sea heads to the lobster grounds to find out why the fishery is booming

Nov 23, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

NL·NewThis past spring, when I was hearing so much about the abundance of lobsters in our waters, I wanted to find out what was going on. Newfoundland and Labrador recorded its highest lobster landings ever this past seasonJane Adey · CBC News · Posted: Nov 23, 2024 9:42 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 minutes agoThere's been an abundance of lobster in Newfoundland and Labrador waters in recent years.
Land & Sea: The legacy of Nellie Winters, a much-loved Inuit crafts legend

Nov 9, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

NL·NewNellie Winters is 87. From the time she was a child, her hands and mind have been busy pursuing her love of Inuit art and craft. Jane Adey · CBC News · Posted: Nov 10, 2024 4:30 AM EST | Last Updated: 9 minutes agoNellie Winters of Makkovik has been promoting Inuit craft and art her entire life. (Paul Pickett/CBC)Nellie Winters has a spectacular view of the ocean from her house near the water in Makkovik. But as the crew from Land & Sea recently discovered, she seldom gazes out to enjoy it.
Land & Sea goes trouting for the big ones in western Newfoundland

Nov 2, 2024 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

NL·NewThe Land & Sea crew heads to an area known for big fish on Newfoundland's west coast. The crew heads to an area known for big fish on Newfoundland's west coastJane Adey · CBC News · Posted: Nov 03, 2024 4:30 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 minutes agoTrout are known to be big and plentiful at Howley Narrows on Newfoundland's west coast. Trouters are allowed 12 fish per day.
A fabulously folksy festival: Land & Sea celebrates mummers' heritage

Dec 7, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

On the nights between Boxing Day and Old Christmas Day, on Jan. 6, mummers will be on the move on Newfoundland's Southern Shore. It's one of the areas in Newfoundland and Labrador where the tradition of going house to house in a foolish disguise has been kept alive. "I'm probably the youngest mummer up the shore. So I'm 32 now and, you know, I have no plans on giving it up," Katie Barbour, who has been dressing up as a mummer since she was a child, told Land & Sea.
Seeking salmon, finding serenity: Land & Sea joins these women on the river

Dec 2, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

Seeking salmon, finding serenity: Land & Sea joins these women on the river | CBC News LoadedNL·NewSalmon angling may have been a male-dominated sport, but things have changed. Join CBC's Jane Adey as Land & Sea heads to the rivers of western Newfoundland, where women too are enjoying the peace of mind of casting a line. Enjoy a full episode from Jane Adey and the Land & Sea teamIn the month of July, anglers in Newfoundland and Labrador are in their glee.
A festival of quilts: Meet the colourful crafters who keep a tradition alive

Nov 11, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

If you visit communities in Conception Bay North and listen intently, you might just hear the whirring of sewing machines. As it is in many parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, quilting is a long-standing tradition in Bay de Verde, Grates Cove and Red Head Cove. Dee Riggs spent her teenage years in Bay de Verde, when her parents moved back to where they were born. She remembers her grandmother's skill at turning scraps of material into quilts. "Old shirts were never old shirts.
Back from the brink: Caribou are thriving once more on the Grey Islands

Nov 3, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey |Mark Quinn

NL·NewIn 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador's wildlife division undertook a project to populate both the upper and lower Grey Islands with caribou. They took 13 caribou from a healthy herd on Fischot Islands in Hare Bay and put them on the Grey Islands. Since then the population has doubled. Populations are rising 4 years after work began to re-establish caribou on the islandsRetired fisherman Paul Bromley steers his longliner toward the Grey Islands off the coast of Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula.
The daring dorymen: Land & Sea digs into the rich history of the Grand Banks schooners

Oct 28, 2023 | cbc.ca | Jane Adey

NL·Land & SeaMaurice Kearley, 96, is among the last of the men who worked the Grand Banks in dories near great wooden schooners. See a full episode from Land & Sea, with host Jane Adey. See a full episode from Land & SeaWhen Maurice Kearley looks out his dining room window at his front lawn in Fortune, he's reminded of his youth and happy days out on the ocean. There, on the grass, sits a big model schooner that he keeps neatly painted.