Lighthouse at Confederation Centre

March 1, 2012 one of the all-time big Canadian rock bands


Back when Chicago brought big band rock to the US, one year later in 1969 Canada had Lighthouse a full rock orchestra.

The band still performs year round making them one of the longest lasting and hardest working rock acts of all time. Catch them this week at the Charlottetown Confederation Centre Theatre.

Check them out on Wikipedia.

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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Ron Petrides plays Victoria Row

New York City jazz guitarist is back in town

Ron Petrides is back in Charlottetown performing on Victoria Row. Petrides first came to PEI 14 years ago when the Always on Stage jazz festival was in its infancy.

Last night was only my second time on Victoria Row this summer. Between bad weather and a broken leg, it hasn’t been the best summer for people who enjoy life on Victoria Row. Continue reading

Homburg Theatre hosts strip club

Boyzone playing Full Monty "almost" totally nude (Mail Online)

Exotic nude show disguised as play dishonors purpose of Confederation Centre and contravenes liquor laws

The Confederation Theatre production of The Full Monty is a new low for the theatre.

One has to travel to Angie’s strip club in Moncton to see anything like this, and no one thinks Angie’s is a high class establishment.  Continue reading

PEI Government Washes Hands in Senior’s Death

Bureaucratic double speak tries to paper over neglect of disabled senior dead in her apartment for five months  evoking “sad emotions” in civil service

Faye Martin, director of PEI seniors policy " We would hope that this is not the type of thing that would happen frequently"

There is more to the death of Elizabeth Berrigan than the Province of PEI wants to admit.

Nor is the media telling the whole story.

Berrigan was a person living with a disability in a subsidized government housing unit and largely abandoned despite her needs.

Berrigan’s ignominious and tragic end – alone and dead in her apartment for five months – should be a wake up call that things are not OK.   Continue reading

Disabled senior found dead after five months

Neglect from PEI government to blame, officially sanctioned abuse of elders

60 year old woman lay dead in her apartment for 5 months (photo Google Street View)

A 60-year-old disabled woman was found dead in her apartment Tuesday this week in Charlottetown.

She died apparently in November 2010, almost five months ago, of natural causes.  Continue reading

Lee Harvey Osmond touring Atlantic Canada

Canadian acid-folk group and alter-ego of Tom Wilson playing PEI Friday and Saturday, Halifax next

Tom Wilson alter-ego of Lee Harvey Osmond

Lee Harvey Osmond is in the midst of it’s Canadian tour with a swing through the Maritimes this week and next. The four performances will be the some of the best nights’ entertainment this winter.

Mike Campbell says “these shows will make the Top Ten Shows in 2011 list of anyone who’s smart enough to be there” about the two shows at The Carlton in Halifax.

Friday night they play the popular The Dunk on Dixon Road, Breadalbane, PEI. Saturday is Hunter’s in Charlottetown.  Sunday and Monday they play The Carleton in Halifax.

People have tried describing Lee Harvey Osmond as “acid-folk”. Formed in a musical partnership with Tom Wilson, The Cowboy Junkies and ex-Junkhouse members, the band is running hard on the energy of folk/roots artist Tom Wilson.   Continue reading

Be nice if someone cared at the QEH

Accessible parking is inaccessible because QEH can’t be bothered to shovel the snow around the meters

January 12, 2001 - 2 Celsius at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital entrance and snow blocking those with disabilities from the meters (photo Stephen Pate)

If a person in a wheelchair, walker, or using a cane can’t get to the meter, will they get a ticket? Probably.