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Armada pushes the Regiment to the brink of elimination: Recap

Joshua Williams
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Armada pushes the Regiment to the brink of elimination: Recap

This week, round 2 of the QMJHL playoffs shifted back to Newfoundland for games 3, 4, and 5 against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.

Game 3

The crowd was rocking as around 5000 Newfoundlander’s and Labradorian’s poured into the Mary Browns Centre. Despite the spectacular introduction, the Regiment started slow.

Armada’s leading point getter, Justin Carbonneau, put the team up 1 at the 13 minute mark on a power play tally as the Regiment went into the first intermission down a goal.

The second period saw Newfoundland on the penalty kill at crucial times once again but this time would escape unscathed. Dawson Sharkey tied up the game with his own power play marker.

With just eight seconds remaining on the clock, Matt Gosseli put Armada back on top heading into the second intermission.

Armada would add two more goals in the 3rd on way to claiming a 2-1 series lead with a 4-1 victory.

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Buddy the Puffin directs the first intermission light show to welcome the Regiment back to the ice on Friday April 17th, 2026. (The Muse/Anuoluwapo Abosede)

Game 4

In a must win game for the Regiment, the team produced one of the most back and forth games of the entire season. Armada picked up right where they left off the night before, scoring just a minute in. This would remain the only marker on the board for either side after one.

In the second, the Regiment pushed back. Dawson Sharkey would come through on the power play once again. Four minutes later, Dominic Pilote would break the tie with 2 minutes remaining in the second to send the fans back to the concession booth with a heightened sense of hope for a tie series going into Friday.

This hope faded as Armada would score two goals in 39 seconds to begin the third.

A stunned crowd hoped for a miracle, and that miracle came off the stick of Blake Pilgrim-Edwards as he would tie the game with 12 minutes to go.

With a newfound sense of life in the crowd, the Regiment began to tilt the ice. With under five minutes to go, Maddex Marmulak blew the roof off as he put the Regiment up 4-3.

Tyson Goguen would add some empty net insurance and the Regiment would survive a late Armada push to send the series back into a deadlock at 2 games a piece with a heart stopping 5-4 victory.

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All hands on deck as every referee and linesman separate the players as they engage in a heated brawl. Pictured is Dawson Sharkey of Newfoundland Regiment (No. 81) in a brawl with Bill Zonnon of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (No. 15) as well as Tyson Goguen of the Newfoundland Regiment (No. 29) in a brawl with Vincent Desjardins of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (No. 42) on Friday April 17th, 2026. (The Muse/Anuoluwapo Abosede)

Game 5

Off the heals of the wildest game of the year, the Mary Brown Centre hosted a sell out decisive game 5. This was easily the loudest the crowd was all year. The Regiment fed off the crowd, paying back the fans with their best start of the season. Armada would weather the storm and have a push of their own. Despite this, both teams left the ice after one knotted at 0-0.

The second was a different story as Justin Carbonneau would continue his reign of terror on the Regiment this series with a lethal wrister from the top of the right circle.

From here, the period began to snowball. Olivier Lemieux would add both the second and third Armada goals to the scoreboard, the second of these being in the dying seconds of the period to send the Regiment back to the room down 3-0.

Unfortunately, no miracle was in store for the crowd tonight. The Regiment would show signs of life but could not get one past William Lacelle as he posted a 32 saves to earn his first shutout of the playoffs in a 3-0 win to put his team up 3-2 heading back home for games 6 and 7.

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William Lacelle of Armada Blainsville-Borisbrand (No. 35) looks on after resetting the crease in the second period of the game on Friday April 17th, 2026 (The Muse/Anuoluwapo Abosede).

What’s ahead

The series now shifts back to Boisbriand for games 6 and 7. The Regiment now have their backs against the wall with only two options remaining; win both games or go home. Game six will take place on April 19th and game 7, if needed, will be on April 21st.

The winner of the series will move on to face to Moncton Wildcats in round 3. Moncton will have home ice advantage no matter who they face.

COMIC: Tuckamore

Liam Bowes
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COMIC: Tuckamore

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OPINION: Welcome to the ‘Real World’: You’re on your own

Chloe Reid
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OPINION: Welcome to the ‘Real World’: You’re on your own

Emerging adults are often told to prioritize their mental health. Yet, how are they expected to do so if they can’t even afford therapy after graduating post secondary?

After graduating, emerging adults enter what is lovingly referred to as ‘the real world’. While this should be an exciting next step, the ‘real world’ is becoming an increasingly frightening place. From rising costs of living, the impending doom of climate change and a stark job market, post grad students are faced with countless uncertainties like never before.

If governments truly want young Canadians to prioritize their mental health, they must make psychotherapy freely accessible for young adults entering the ‘real world’.

The silent struggle of young Canadians


It comes as no surprise that young adults aged 18-34 are disproportionately struggling with mental health challenges. This is a very susceptible period of life for the development of mental health disorders. In fact, between 66% and 75% of mental health issues first manifest before the age of 24.

In December 2024, 24% of emerging adults considered suicide in the past year, which is well above the national average of 14%. Young adults aged 18-34 also expressed the highest unmet mental health needs compared to any other age group in Canada.

I know what you’re thinking, how do young adults manage to complete university degrees with
stats like these?

Well, the reality is that in 2022, 1 out of 4 students experienced poor mental health during their post-secondary studies. Some students described their mental health as “worsening by the day,” “terrible,” or “on a downward trend”.

Campus support, while it lasts

According to a national survey, 1 in 2 students reported accessing mental health services through their post-secondary institution, with in-person counselling and virtual counselling services being the most popular.

This is the current situation with access to countless free campus mental health supports and community based initiatives.

What will happen to all of these students once they no longer have access to timely, free mental health support?

Not all Canadian mental health services are covered by public health insurance. Seventy percent of mental health services provincial health systems are delivered outside of provincial health systems. According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the average cost range of a private practice therapy session is between $125 to $225.

Young adults already experience long term anxiety about financial security, resulting in poor mental health. We’re left with a paradox. Individuals must pay for a service to support their mental health, while simultaneously engaging in spending that will worsen their mental health.

A system that leaves young adults to fend for themselves

Research shows that emerging adulthood is a particularly vulnerable time. Despite this, it is challenging for young adults to access mental health support because of the unaffordability of services.

According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, governments across Canada are currently underfunding mental health.

As a soon to be post grad, I am worried about the lack of affordable mental health support available to me after I leave Memorial University. Many of my post grad friends have shared that they are unable to seek mental health because it is simply unaffordable.

I work in the mental health space. I have seen how many students are barely getting by. Sure, they may leave post-secondary with a degree, but they also leave with financial stress, burnout and utter exhaustion.

A stressed, burnt out workforce does not help anyone.

Supporting the well-being of post-secondary grads supports a more resilient workforce. It strengthens our communities.

Support shouldn’t end at graduation.

Does the real world mean a world where young people struggle in silence?

When I enter the ‘real world’, I hope it’s a little softer and kinder. I hope that in the ‘real world’ provincial governments fund publicly accessible psychotherapy for young adults aged 18-30.

Entering the real world should not be threatening. It should be a time of hope and excitement.

Next time you are picking out a graduation card, take a minute to consider its message. Graduates don’t need any more false promises of a bright future. We need you to advocate for better access to mental health services.

And if you, like me, are experiencing the dread of entering the ‘real world’, know that you are not alone.

Beyond the hype: Feminists Tackle AI panel

Emily Torrance
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Beyond the hype: Feminists Tackle AI panel

At the opening of the Feminists Tackle AI Series on March 27th, panellists confront assumptions about Artificial Intelligence head-on in their talk “12 Problems with AI.”

Organized by the departments of Gender Studies, Political Science, and the Nexus Centre, the series brings together feminist speakers to examine the overlooked material, political, and social harms caused by AI. 

The first event featured keynote speaker Dr. Mél Hogan of Queen’s University and respondents Dr. Julia Polyck-O’Neill and Rhea Rollmann, along with Dr. Carol Lynne D’Arcangelis who moderated the session.

Contemporary issue of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming embedded in everyday life as corporations, academic institutions, and social organizations increasingly integrate its systems into their operations. This hype cycle frames AI as neutral, purely technical, and inevitable.

While the talk was framed around 12 issues that challenge these assumptions, Dr. Hogan emphasized that harms caused by large-scale computation are complex and cannot be neatly categorized. She says that flagging these particular critiques help situate AI within broader systems of political power and global development.

Many of the concerns discussed were drawn from previous conversations with scholars on Dr. Hogan’s podcast, The Data Fix. The following highlights a few of the the critical issues outlined during the talk.

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Dr. Mél Hogan is Associate Professor in Film & Media at Queen’s University. (UCalgary)

Unlearning or corporatizing learning

One concern raised was the growing reliance on AI to automate or streamline aspects of learning. Students, for instance, may use systems like ChatGPT to generate written assignments or summarize course material. 

This reliance is an emerging phenomenon called “cognitive offloading,”—a process that reduces mental effort when external tools are used to perform intellectual tasks. Research suggests that increased reliance on AI may negatively impact critical thinking, memory, and long-term learning, resulting in cognitive atrophy.

Dr. Hogan explained this is because skills like reading and writing are not innate and require active engagement, because learning depends on sustained interactions with ideas as opposed to passive consumption.

Students must be especially familiar with this particular issue as a survey conducted in Canada indicates AI use among university students is expected to increase.

Environmental destruction and extraction

Another issue highlighted was AI’s significant environmental toll. The industry requires enormous amounts of water, land, and energy in order to train and maintain AI infrastructure. 

Producing such infrastructure depends on resource-extractive practices like mining and deforestation, contributing to heavy emissions.

Speakers noted that these environmental effects are felt most acutely by individuals in regions in the Global South.

AI’s entanglement with environmental harm is compounded by the fact that it is also being used to expand and optimize extractive industries.

Bias and discrimination

Dr. Hogan also flagged the way AI systems amplify bias and discrimination. This is because AI systems inherit historical data saturated in existing social inequities. These systems are further shaped by the design choices and institutional priorities of their developers.

AI’s adoption in areas such as hiring, policing and health care infrastructure has resulted in discriminatory consequences, particularly for marginalized communities.

Deepfakes and non-consensual imagery

Advancements in AI have collapsed the cost and skill barrier to creating realistic non-consensual sexualized images, often referred to as deepfake pornography. 

Dr. Hogan pointed out women and girls make the majority of those victimized, with Black women and women of colour being especially targeted. 

Once images are created and circulated, the content can be extremely difficult to fully remove. This phenomenon raises significant and ongoing concerns about consent, privacy, and emerging gender-based harms.

Militarization and settler-colonial violence

The talk also addressed the role of commercial AI in military and surveillance contexts, where systems are actively being weaponized by major political powers in events ongoing in our current geopolitical climate.

Dr. Hogan suggests that data-driven technologies in these contexts turn data into a “key terrain of war,” and function to maintain broader histories of settler-colonialism, imperialism and racialized violence.

Why a feminist lens matters

During the respondent portion of the session, speakers explained how an intersectional feminist lens offers useful ways of understanding AI’s mass effects, as the issues that arise often overlap with each other.

“Although it seems there’s an uncritical mass adoption of corporate AI, many people are resisting this uptake,” said Dr. Polyck-O’Neill. “A feminist lens helps us to understand why the various reasons for resistance are actually interconnected, by giving us a framework for understanding how [these] harms are interrelated.”

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Dr. Julia Polyck-O’Neill is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Communication and Media Studies at Memorial University. (MUN)

Rather than examining problems in isolation, an intersectional framework reveals how harms caused by AI are embedded within existing social structures, drawing attention to whose experiences are prioritized and whose are overlooked.

Dr. Polyck-O’Neill also outlined the importance of how we frame conversations around AI, in that it has potential to unsettle dominant narratives driving the marketing hype behind it.

“We need to colour our discussion of AI in human rights and human centric language,” they said. “We need to refocus our discourse on values, human experience, autonomy, community, dignity and equality.”

Rollmann emphasised AI as a political project that can be resisted rather than a technology whose global domination is imminent. She argued that, whether it be feminists, community groups, or academic institutions, there is a “dissonance” and a “lack of critical thinking” in organizations readily adopting AI systems, adhering to the idea of an inevitable AI future.

“I think the political project of what one might call fascism, patriarchy, colonization… is telling us something is inevitable,” said Rollmann. “We need to be deploying the critical thinking to not accept the idea that anything is inevitable.” 

Graduate Students vote against dissolution of GSU

John Harris
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Graduate Students vote against dissolution of GSU

Graduate students have decided to keep their student union representation in an online vote.

Out of a total 440 votes, 244 voted against dissolution and 157 voted in favour.

The vote was prompted by a petition for dissolution from two executive members of the Teaching Assistant Association of Memorial University (TAUMUN) that cited the significant debt owed by Memorial’s Graduate Student Union (GSU).

GSU owes $1.6 million to its healthcare provider, Greenshield, and $355,260 to the Canadian Federation of Students’s (CFS) national and provincial chapters.

Since the release of the petition, GSU announced that it has negotiated a new benefits agreement with Prosum, Greenshield’s parent company, that will serve as a repayment plan.

Students are set to pay the same rates but with reduced coverage.

Compared to the previous year, prescription maximum coverage will be reduced from $10,000 to $2,500 per benefit year with the introduction of a 20% copay.

Dental maximum coverage will be reduced from $1000 to $750 with the introduction of a 20% co-pay.

Under this agreement, the $1.6 million debt will be cleared within four years

In a joint statement from CFS National Chairperson Mary Feltham and CFS-NL Chairperson Nicolas Keough say that GSU’s $355,260 debt to its provincial and federal will be repayed over 10 years.

Muse-ic Review: ‘No Matter The Time’ by Bread Clip

Lee Hurley
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Muse-ic Review: ‘No Matter The Time’ by Bread Clip

Max Steffan, otherwise known as Bread Clip, self-produces what he calls “avant-garde Atlantic power pop” from his bedroom in St. John’s.

If Bread Clip’s recent EP, No Matter The Time, is any indication, avant-garde Atlantic power pop might be my new favourite subgenre.

If you don’t know, power pop essentially signifies “immediacy,” and “catchy choruses, chiming guitars, and hooks that refuse to leave your head.”

Pioneers of the genre are often described as ‘Beatlesque,’ though many bands and artists draw from other diverse influences.

Bread Clip leans significantly more lo-fi than power pop heavy hitters like Big Star and Jellyfish, but Steffan’s endearing DIY musicality is warmly welcomed on any playlist. 

With captivating sound design that can be likened to bands like Radiator Hospital, Girlpool, This is Lorelai, and, I would argue, of Montreal’s earlier, more stripped back projects like Cherry Peel, Bread Clip offers listeners another ever-charming 4-song EP. 

In the few years I’ve followed Bread Clip’s music career, I’m repeatedly amazed at the maturation of Steffan’s sound and how he captures coming of age in song. 

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Perhaps more lo-fi, DIY-forward genres indicate this feeling due to their accessibility, but regardless, Bread Clip’s bedroom recordings practice a degree of sincerity evocative of the clumsy realities of growing up. 

This book I was obsessed with as a young teenager had a conversation between two characters about how we are “accumulating new selves all the time,” and how one person can be made up of fragments of a lot of people, or marks left on them by relationships, good or bad.

One character proposes that “each new self stands on the last one’s shoulders until we’re these wobbly people poles.”

Bread Clip’s music reminds me of this concept, in the way he lyrically captures interpersonal relationships.

He has a whimsical air of both acceptance and indifference, and an aim to find joy in mundanity, while acknowledging that we often define ourselves in terms of other people. 

The tracks “Idle Way” and “Yr Eyes” really instill this feeling, and the fact that they sound absolutely fantastic certainly doesn’t hurt. 

Something compelling about the project, even outside of the subgenres, influences, and narratives carried throughout the EP, is Bread Clip’s recording process. He recorded the EP on a compact 8-track recorder.

This digital/analog recording device contributes to creating pleasing lo-fi sounds. 8 tracks are not as commonly used in contemporary recording.

It’s great to see audio technology companies revitalizing older products, maintaining the majority of analog qualities, albeit with a few updated features for ease of use.

Major props should be extended to indie/DIY artists, like Bread Clip, who are rekindling more ‘retro’ technology and taking their time with their art – especially during our insatiably fast-paced and highly digital current moment. 

I’ve yet to hear a Bread Clip project I didn’t love, but with No Matter The Time, Steffan has mastered intricate subtleties that elevate his music further.

The EP balances jangly, lo-fi sounds without veering into gratuitously abrasive or messy territory, and it has an awkward, yet playful vibe that contributes to its relatability and listenability. 

Series Preview: Regiment face off against the Armada

Andrew Connors
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Series Preview: Regiment face off against the Armada

It’s a quick turnaround for the Newfoundland Regiment. The team only found out that they would be travelling to Blainville, Quebec, on Tuesday, and are now gearing up to face off against the Armada on Thursday and Friday for round two of the Gilles-Courteau Playoffs.

The Regiment enter this series as underdogs, as the Armada feature six players that are drafted to an NHL team. The team includes defender Xavier Villeneuve, who is expected to go top-15 in the NHL draft this year, the highest out of any player in the QMJHL.

How both teams shape up ahead of the series

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Regiment defender Noah Laberge and Armada defender Xavier Villeneuve in their matchup earlier this season (nlregiment/Instagram).

It’s hard to critique Newfoundland’s offence heading into this series, as they were only shut down once by the Eagles in the first round, en route to a 4-2 series victory over Cape Breton.

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Louis-François Bélanger had 4 goals and 3 assists in the first round (Anuoluwapo Abosede//The Muse).

A big key to Newfoundland’s offense in the first round was Louis-François Bélanger, who earned a point in all six games of the series.

Other key contributors were captain Justin Larose, who scored four goals, Dawson Sharkey, who missed two games but still contributed in the games he played in, including the series clinching game with four total points in said game, and Marek Danicek, who also earned seven points throughout the first round.

Meanwhile, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada entered the playoffs as the fourth ranked team in the QMJHL standings, which resulted in getting an easier opponent in the first round, the Victoriaville Tigres, whom they would sweep.

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Armada forward Bill Zonnon ranks second in the league in scoring through the first round of the playoffs (armadablb/Instagram)

Bill Zonnon was instrumental in the Armada’s success, putting up nine total points in only four games. The first round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins ranks second in QMJHL playoff scoring, and will be an absolute handful for the Regiment to deal with.

St. Louis Blues prospect Justin Carbonneau, also a first round draft pick, scored four goals in the series, and led the QMJHL in scoring during the regular season, with 51 goals in 60 games. Xavier Villeneuve had six points in the first round.

Both teams enter the series with hot goaltending, as Newfoundland’s Louis-Antoine Denault and Blainville-Boisbriand’s William Lacelle played huge roles for their team.

What to expect in this series

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Regiment forward Dawson Sharkey laying a hit on former Armada forward Alexandre Carbonneau (nlregiment/Instagram).

Both teams only played twice this season, which was all the way back in October. The Armada blew out Newfoundland in both games, however, it is a small sample size, and also happened six months ago. A lot has changed since then.

Newfoundland has made a ton of improvements, while the Armada were not as dominant as they were expected to be.

Dominant or not though, no one can take away the skill and the depth of the Armada. The team can attack in a lot of different ways.

It’ll be key for Newfoundland to play smart hockey in this series. Avoid taking bad penalties, and make sure your foot is on the gas at all times. The team can’t give the Armada any free chances.

The Regiment are absolutely capable of making this a close series. There wasn’t a whole lot that separated these teams in the standings this season, with the Armada finishing with only six more points and two more wins than Newfoundland.

Series schedule

Games one and two of the series begin Thursday and Friday in Blainville.

The series will then shift to St. John’s for games three, four and five on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday night, if necessary.

Should this series need a game six or seven, it will shift back to Blainville next Sunday and Tuesday.

GSU has renewed health insurance coverage for next year amid dissolution vote

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GSU has renewed health insurance coverage for next year amid dissolution vote

Graduate tudents are voting on whether to dissolve their student union today. Graduate students are eligible to vote online until 11:59pm today.

This comes after it was revealed that the GSU is in debt to its health insurance provider Greenshield, to the tune of $1.6 million dollars.

Despite this, Memorial University’s Graduate Student Union (GSU) says it has secured health and dental coverage for its members for the 2026-27 academic year.

“We are extremely happy that we were able to work together with CFS, GreenShield, and Prosum to secure a path forward for the GSU without students losing health and dental coverage,” said Gaayathri Sukantha Murugan, GSU Executive Director of Communications, quoted in a press release by the Canadian Federation of Students.

This new plan will have no price increase, but with reduced coverage intended to repay Greenshield. According to a proposed benefit plan summary prepared by Prosum, a health and dental broker, which will serve as a repayment plan the debt will be repaid by year four.

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Proposed benefit plan summary from prepared by Prosum (Courtesy of CFS-NL)

Kieran Knoll, the president of the Teaching Assistant Association of MUN, says that this plan is not adequate.

“Graduate students are going to be cheated, and those 2,500 people who are at risk of losing insurance, including myself, will now be asked to pay 900$+ a year for a plan that students in other provinces pay a fraction for, with significantly limited coverage,” said Knoll via email.

Compared to the previous year, prescription maximum coverage will be reduced by $7500 per benefit year with the introduction of a 20% copay. Dental maximum coverage will be reduced from $1000 to $750 with the introduction of a 20% co-pay.

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Greenshield benefits summary for 2025-2026 (GSU)

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article referred to Prosum as the parent company of Greenshield. This is incorrect, it is a health and dental broker that is autonomous from Greenshield.

‘To Toslow we’ll go’: Cafe Review

Rebecca Jennings
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‘To Toslow we’ll go’: Cafe Review

Toslow’s exterior exudes comfort before you even step into the bubbly teal and pink building.

Upstairs and downstairs live pastel pink and blue walls, cat sculptures & paintings, plants, board games, and couches that resemble your grandparents’ cozy living room. This little cafe is the dream.

I ordered their breakfast sandwich, which consisted of egg, rich cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, spicy mayo, messily resting between their house-made potato bun. Personally, I avoid red meat, so I opted for the breakfast sandwich with veggie sausage instead of regular sausage.

This sandwich was bursting with flavour. The sharp cheddar cheese was poignant in the best way possible. The fried egg, cooked to perfection, was paired wonderfully with the veggie sausage. The sandwich, despite my valiant efforts, fell apart, but I had no problem picking up the remains in an attempt to put it back together.

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As you can see, the breakfast sandwich I ordered was more than generous with the toppings – so much that it was overflowing before I got a chance to tackle it.

It did take me a solid half hour to finish my food, and an abundance of napkins, but if I’m being honest, I went back in the same week and ordered it again.

If you’ve read my previous restaurant review articles, you know what I ordered for my drink. A sweet, delicate iced vanilla latte. This one in particular was so good that I had ordered a second.

Their lattes are fresh and made with just enough vanilla that does not overpower the espresso taste. I’m thinking I need to start reviewing all of the iced vanilla lattes around town, they are my heart and soul.

Sitting in the sun, sipping a latte in a cozy corner (Rebecca Jennings / The Muse)

They offer breakfast and lunch items that can cater to vegetarian/vegan and celiac folk. There is also an exquisite selection of baked goods! Choosing a cafe or restaurant that has accommodating choices for dietary options is important to me, since finding these options is not easy.

As of right now, Toslow is only operating in the daytime. They are open in the evenings for special events and for the entirety of March to participate in the downtown burger battle. The environment undoubtedly transforms into the coziest, most comfortable bar in the evening.

I strongly recommend Toslow as your new location for studying or a midday coffee break. The breakfast sandwiches are a must-have, the lattes are spectacular, and the space is nothing but hospitable.

Series Recap: Regiment move on to next round

Andrew Connors
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Series Recap: Regiment move on to next round

Newfoundland Regiment fans got a great gift on Easter Sunday, as their beloved hockey team advanced to the second round of the Gilles-Courteau Playoffs, and defeated the Cape Breton Eagles in six games.

Split first two games

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Newfoundland Regiment’s Pilgrim-Edwards (No. 7) skates towards the puck on opposite side of the rink after a heated play. (Anuoluwapo Abosede/The Muse)

As mentioned in a previous article, the Newfoundland Regiment split the opening two games of this series.

It entered game one with high expectations, but it was an uncharacteristically underwhelming performance for the team, falling 3-2.

Justin Larose scored the first playoff goal in franchise history, but the team was outmatched, especially in the third period, where Cape Breton’s Caden Kelly netted the game winner, giving the Eagles a 1-0 series lead.

Newfoundland was looking to exact revenge the day after and ensure they weren’t going to Cape Breton down 2-0.

They came out swinging with a goal in the first five minutes of the game from Blake Pilgrim-Edwards. They would continue to add in the second period, as Dawson Sharkey and Justin Larose extended their lead to 3-0.

Momentum seemingly shifted to Cape Breton midway through the period when Dawson Sharkey got a game misconduct for a blindside hit (also leading to a two game suspension), giving the Eagles a five minute powerplay, where Reece Peitzsche would capitalize, before Raoul Boilard got the Eagles within one before the period’s end.

Newfoundland would ultimately run away with this one, dominating the third period with three goals, and winning game two 6-2, tying the series 1-1.

Won two-of-three road games

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Alexis Michaud scoring late in the first, tying game 3 for Newfoundland (nlregiment/Instagram).

With that, the series shifted to Cape Breton, where Newfoundland played three games in a row in enemy territory.

It was a perfect start for Cape Breton, which scored 25 seconds into the game, and led for most of the third period, before Alexis Michaud scored his first of the playoffs in the final 15 seconds of the period.

Newfoundland added two more in the second period, thanks to Benjamin Veitch and Tyson Goguen. Cape Breton would score later in the period, but were ultimately shut down after Marek Danicek got a late third period insurance goal, suring up the 4-2 win for the Regiment.

Entering game four up 2-1, Newfoundland was looking to extend their series lead to 3-1, and that they did.

After a 1-1 first period, Ryan Dwyer scored his first career playoff goal early in the second to give Newfoundland a 2-1 lead, before Louis-François Bélanger added insurance late in the period. Newfoundland would score twice more in the third, giving them a blowout 5-1 win.

Newfoundland had the chance to win the series on the road in game five.

It scored three goals in the first period, including a goal from Benjamin Veitch, assisted by Quinn Norman, both of whom are rookies and the only NLers on the team.

Cape Breton nabbed a goal late in the first period, before Newfoundland scored another in the second, meaning Newfoundland entered the third in complete control and 20 minutes away from advancing to the second round.

But in a shocking turn of events, all within the last 12 minutes of the period, Newfoundland gave up three unanswered goals, as Cape Breton tied the game 4-4 and force overtime, where Maxime Sauthier would score the game winner for the Eagles 22 seconds into the frame, sending the series back to St. John’s.

First ever NL-based QMJHL team to win a playoff series

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Regiment goalie Louis-Antoine Denault had a 2.66GAA and a .909sv% in this series (Anuoluwapo Abosede/The Muse).

After the frustration of blowing their late third period lead and squandering their chances of ending the series, Newfoundland entered game six determined to finish the job.

Dawson Sharkey gave Newfoundland a ton of momentum early, as he scored in the opening minute of the game. Reece Peitzsche would tie the game for Cape Breton midway through the period, before Tyson Goguen scored a late first period goal to give Newfoundland a 2-1 lead.

The game got out of control in the second. Newfoundland score four unanswered goals, extending their lead to 6-1 after 40 minutes.

While the Eagles scored twice more in the third, this time, their deficit was too large to overcome, as Newfoundland would go on to score an empty netter and win the game 7-3, giving them a 4-2 series win.

After the series, head coach and general manager Gordie Dwyer said “I like the way our team responded after the last game, coming home and a big Easter Sunday crowd here at the Mary Brown’s Centre, so great to see the building alive and electric, and I really like how our team came out [to play].”

Newfoundland’s round two match-up will be determined on tonight.

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