CBC News' Shane Ross reports on very good news indeed from Charlottetown. If the numbers are accurate, something like 2% of the Island population took part in this march.

Islanders of different ages, genders and ethnic backgrounds marched in Charlottetown on Saturday to show they welcome diversity and oppose policies that discriminate against ( Read more... )

The Guardian of Charlottetown reports on the rapid growth of traffic at Charlottetown Airport, surely a good sign for the airport as for the larger tourism-dependent economy.

The number of passengers who went through the Charlottetown Airport in 2016 increased by 12 per cent over the previous year ( Read more... )

• Apostrophen's 'Nathan Smith announces some of his plans for the forthcoming year.
• C.J. Cherryh talks about her experience of early winter in Oklahoma.
• The Map Room Blog links to a collection of electoral map what-ifs.
• Marginal Revolution looks at the worrying connection between Rogue One and fake news.
• The NYRB Daily shares Tim Parks' reflections on ( Read more... )

Maureen Coulter's article telling the story of the Hells Angels setting up shop downtown caught my attention. What, I wonder, will be done of this?

A building in a residential area in Charlottetown went from being a skate sharpening shop to a laundromat to the first home of a Hells Angels club in the province ( Read more... )

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

The Crow Agenda (1920 X 1080) from Jason Arsenault on Vimeo.
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The Crow Agenda, as described by its Indiegogo fundraising page, is a recent documentary a half-hour long that takes a look at Charlottetown's crow population and the whole complex mixture of thoughts about them. Apparently these feathered apes are common here.

Charlottetown, ( Read more... )

CBC News' Natalia Goodwin notes a major protest in Charlottetown calling on the Island government to honour the results of the recent referendum on changing the electoral system to one based on proportional representation.

An estimated 300 people gathered in front of the Coles Building in Charlottetown Tuesday night to voice discontent over how ( Read more... )

The Guardian's Dave Stewart notes the impact of Middle Eastern immigration, from Lebanon and Syria, on the bread scene of Charlottetown.

A Syrian immigrant walks into Royal Pita Bakery in Charlottetown, takes a breath and said the scent of fresh bread reminds him of home ( Read more... )

CBC News' Nancy Russell reports on the senseless damage caused to a monument to Irish immigrants in Charlottetown. Alas, I've never been there to see it. Hopefully next time I'm on the Island it'll be in fine shape again.

A monument on the Charlottetown waterfront honouring P.E.I.'s Irish settlers needs substantial repairs after vandals appear to ( Read more... )

CBC News' Nancy Russell reports on a study suggesting ways Charlottetown can adapt to relatively limited flooding. This sounds like an interesting study. Does anyone on the Island know if it is publically available?

A new study of the Charlottetown waterfront looks at what wind, waves and sea level rise could mean in the present and into the ( Read more... )

At the very beginning of my flight back to Toronto from Charlottetown, I was able to take some good photos of the world wheeling below me as my Westjet flight rose south over Charlottetown Harbour towards the Northumberland Strait.


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