IN THE PRESS

July 1, 2026: With wallets feeling the squeeze, nearly half of Canadians are scaling back their summer getaways – but some local tourism operators are finding a silver lining in the trend toward staying closer to home

June 15, 2026: From moose sliders to mustard-pickle fish cakes, Jennifer Bain goes ‘gut-foundered to stogged’ on a St. John’s food tour that’s equal parts feast and folklore.

May 9, 2025: Pierre and Melissa sat down with Don-E Coady, host of Rogers TV’s Out of the Fog to talk about all things walking tours and the upcoming summer season, which kicks off on May 17th.

May 2, 2025: The City of St. John’s celebrated outstanding community contributions at the 2025 Applause Awards gala held at the St. John’s Convention Centre. St. John’s Walking Tours was awarded the Tourism Excellence Award.

February 6, 2025 – Getting stogged in St. John’s: I travelled to Newfoundland and found one of Canada’s most unique food cultures. A travel writer shares our Newfoundland food tour.

November 28, 2024 – St. John’s Leaves You Salivating with Its Stellar Culinary Scene. Melissa Hogan of St. John’s Walking Tours talks about the history behind some of the city’s favourite culinary treats.

August 9, 2024 – As the tourism season continues, On the Go’s Ariyana Gomes joins in on the fun with a group on a walking tour through old St. John’s.

May 29, 2024 – Melissa and Pierre were in-studio guests for The Signal on CBC Radio. The topic for the day was “What has travel or living abroad taught you?”

August 26, 2023 – Le téléjournal Acadie came out to see what our French tours were all about. We know that Francophone visitors would prefer to take tours in their preferred language and so we’ve added it to our roster this year!

Our segment starts at the 13:25 minute mark.

Kayak is a great place to search for flights, hotels, car rentals, and more. Now you can also find great things to do and places to eat. Check us out on the St. John’s travel guide.

August 12, 2022 – Pierre Trowbridge spoke to Adam Walsh on CBC CrossTalk about how he ended up in Canada after almost a decade of teaching abroad, starting a walking tour business, and how the inaugural season is going.

August 1, 2022 – Tales of the City: Downtown St. John’s Has a New Walking Tour. There’s a new walking tour in town. Pierre Trowbridge is taking St. John’s visitors to the streets, and regaling them with tales of the city.

July 27, 2022 – St. John’s Walking Tours is featured in the July 31-August 6 issue of the Newfoundland Herald. Check us out on page 23 along with other tourism operators stepping it up for Come Home Year.

July 22, 2022 – St. John’s Walking Tours was named one of the best new activities for travellers to St. John’s by Atlantic Traveller.

July 7, 2022 – Pierre was interviewed by Beth Penney for the NTV Evening News Hour about the launch of St. John’s Walking Tours.

June 23, 2022 – Pierre was interviewed by Gerry Carew for the Gale Force Wins podcast.