Isn’t it time men to give women a chance?

“I dance and snowboard…And I am SICK of getting hurt by guys” Tabitha Stepple

Tabitha Stepple identified as the ex-girl friend and murder victim of the suspected triple murderer

The country is shocked to hear the story about three young people gunned down on the highway in Alberta, apparently by the ex-boyfriend of Tabitha Stipple one of the victims says the Calgary Herald.

Mitch Maclean and Tanner Craswell were two young ball players from PEI on their way home for Christmas, being driven to the airport by their female friends.  Continue reading

Charlottetown new-homes in slump developers not in sync with market

Building more single family homes and luxury condos in a Canada’s poorest province

Martell Builders Green Homes in Moncton, sell like hotcakes

CBC is reporting that new home construction is down 9% for the Cornwall, Charlottetown and Stratford region.

Summerside however is booming with 32% increase in new home construction.

The problem lies squarely on the shoulders of the municipal governments and greedy developers who are not in sync with the market.  Summerside is experiencing growth because they are addressing the growth segment of the market.  Continue reading

Occupy Wall Street is not about homeless lazy bums

Many thoughtful people can see the corruption of the economic system

Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis arrested at OWS

City governments and police that are arresting Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters are making a big mistake.

Authorities who refuse to work on the problem are breaching democratic rights to free speech and free assembly. Continue reading

Charlottetown one of Canada’s least accessible cities

The City of Charlottetown pays lips service to accessibility while toasting newspaper heroes like Rick Hansen

Wheelchair cut out at Charlottetown Mall

People in wheelchairs don’t take long to come up against barriers in Charlottetown, PEI.

The City of Charlottetown has the appropriate by-laws for accessibility but will not enforce them.
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Mumford and Sons wow Canada video

Concerts in Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton play folk indie rock to adoring fans


Mumford and Sons live on The Edge 102.1 FM Toronto

Mumford and Sons were relatively unknown before their appearance with Bob Dylan at this year’s Grammy Awards. Mumford and Sons win on Grammys

Since then, the band of West London lads have been on a whirlwind rise in popularity. Three concerts in Canada in October player to enthusiastic audiences.
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3-billion sink into poverty as ‘Occupy Wall Street’ grinds on

It is next-to-impossible to comprehend the magnitude of world poverty. See if you can visualize the faces of three billion people, many of them hungry children, flashing past your face on a giant TV screen, one at a time. Imagine how long that would take. You will have some idea of the extent of world poverty.

By Nick Fillmore

The 2008 financial and economic collapse that has tens-of-thousands of people angrily demonstrating on Wall Street and in more than 100 American and Canadian cities, has hit already-impoverished underdeveloped countries around the world much harder.  Continue reading

PEI will lose more land to flooding

Climate change will affect Alberta and Saskatchewan the least

Flooding in Atlantic Canada

According to CBC and a government sponsored think tank, PEI is at the highest risk of losing land to flooding from climate change.

While Alberta and Saskatchewan will lose zero land to climate change flooding, PEI will lose 1.3% to 1.6%. That will impact highways, bridges, coastal villages and both Charlottetown and Summerside which already experience storm surge damage. Continue reading

Tax system benefits 1% Wealthy

For those with jobs, life is a drudgery – for those with capital, life is a comedy

The 99% protest at Occupy Toronto (photo CBC)

The Canadian and US tax systems reinforce the concentration of wealth in the hands of the 1%.

It will take a major shift in how the government structures the tax system to see any transfer in wealth from the 1% to the 99%.  Continue reading