Mike and Lete Whitty harvest their year’s work on their cranberry farm
Mikita Farms with one of the fields flooded during harvesting.
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Slow news day on PEI – 20 cows killed
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Fire on PEI kills 20 cows (Carroll/CBC)
CBC A large fire at a farm in Springfield, P.E.I. killed twenty cows and destroyed a large structure Sunday morning.
The blaze started in a steel building owned by farmer David Haslam on Route 2 that housed young dairy cattle and about 300 bales of hay.
City Boy in the Chicken Coup
Matheson house in Albion Cross, rented from Dundas Farms (photo HistoricPlaces.ca)
I will never forget the day we served diner guests right in the middle of chicken plucking.
Spring is coming to PEI farms
On the road to Brackley Beach the fields are getting ready for spring
Farm land on the road to Brackley Beach, PEI (photo Stephen Pate from iPhone)
Don’t forget to see the Christmas lights in North Rustico
There is nothing like the gleam in the eyes of children who see James Gallant’s Christmas lights
James Gallant's North Rustico
The joy and wonder of Christmas comes alive in the children and the young at heart who experience the Christmas lights in North Rustico, PEI. People go to North Rustico by the thousands during Christmas to see the famous light display. Continue reading
Miracle in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Yes Alberta, there is a Santa Claus
Santa Party, St. Albert, Alberta (photo St. Albert Santasite)
By Paul MacNeill, Eastern Graphic – The jolly old man looked over the rim of his glasses, sipped lightly from his cup of hot tea and pondered the question from the little girl.
“Is there really a Santa Claus?” she had asked meekly.
It was the type of question that requires a deft touch.
“Yes, Alberta, there really is a Santa Claus.”
She smiled and reached out her hand. Grasping it lightly he began to tell the real story of Santa Claus.
Way back in the late 1960s, Prince Edward Island was an economic basket case, he said. Our million acres were dotted with small family farms and vibrant rural communities. The Elves (also known as The Suits) decided this was inefficient so they set about magically changing the landscape. They promised prosperity for all. Continue reading
Salmon Berry Leaf
Salomon Berry Leaf (photo courtesy Fransen CR)
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Looking for Tropical Storm Earl
We went down east on Sunday to survey the damage
We didn’t find much but the countryside was beautiful.
Dundas PEI service station oldest independent in Maritimes
Campbell’s Service Station in Dundas has been family owned and operated for 50 years
Campbell's Service Station - Gary Campbell, Elaine Campbell (Johnston) his wife and Jason Campbell (son) (photo Eastern Graphic)
The Eastern Graphic has a great story this week on Campbell’s Irving in Dundas is the oldest independent service station in the Maritimes.
When I moved back to PEI in 1975 and opened a bookkeeping practice in Albion Cross, Gary’s father Clem Campbell hired me to be his bookkeeper.
Along with being an astute businessman, Clem was a story teller. I remember so many funny stories from those days. Most of them can never be repeated. Clem had a gruff exterior but he was a great man who treated me well.
Gary was running the garage in those days and we became friends. As everyone knows, Gary has a wicked sense of humor and sarcasm. Continue reading
Investment or handout Tignish jobs look good
We would hate for the self-interest of Charlottetown to totally dictate all government policy on PEI
photo: Red Clay Bluegrass Festival
By Jean Kenny, West Prince Graphic -The Union of Public Sector Employees expressed shock when it heard the provincial government was moving a dozen jobs from Charlottetown to Tignish.
The department of transportation’s paint and body shop, presently located in Milton, will be moving into a new building to be constructed in Tignish as part of the rural development plan.
Current employees will have a longer drive to work but government compensation will defer the cost at least temporarily.
Moving the shop to the new location in Tignish is good news for that community and any new jobs will be welcomed. But the plan doesn’t sit well with everyone.
PEI 3rd of 10 Extraordinary Islands Frommers
Prince Edward Island: Beyond Green Gables Canada
Prince Edward Island (Canada) Photo by Tourism PEI/John Sylvester
By Frommers.com What is it about islands that makes them so intriguing?
Whether it’s a tropical speck in the midst of a vast ocean, or a tree-shrouded hummock in the river of a great city, it’s still somehow set apart, unique, proud, lonely, even mysterious. The waters around it ineffably define it, in a way that no plot of mainland can be defined.
And because effort is required to get there — whether it’s simply driving across a bridge or chartering a private plane — once you’ve reached its shores, you know you’re somewhere different. Our new book 500 Extraordinary Islands began to take shape as a sort of life list — how many islands have you been to, and which have you always dreamed of seeing?