Cosmetic Pesticides on PEI

Published in April 24th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in community, environment, health

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First Quebec, now Ontario… is PEI next for a province-wide ban on the use of cosmetic pesticides? The report by the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Environment on cosmetic pesticides is now available online. Another interesting tidbit of information points to major retailers (including Home Depot and Canadian Tire) voluntarily pulling pesticides off their [...]

How the First Earth Day Came About

Published in April 22nd, 2008

Posted by Cyn in environment

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by Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day What was the purpose of Earth Day? How did it start? These are the questions I am most frequently asked. Actually, the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. For several years, it had been troubling me that the state [...]

Youth ConneXt PEI

Published in April 20th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, community, events, youth

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Last weekend at the Stratford Town Hall a very enthusiastic group of young Islanders were gathered at a “cross generational symposium on community engagement” to… -Share stories… -Learn from one another, the community and its members… -Inspire ideas for further development… -Commit to meaningful and measurable action… What does this really mean? We want youth [...]

Change

Published in April 13th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in Speeches, Stratford, community, economy, education, environment, family, youth

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Tuesday, I had to honour of seconding the motion in the legislature to accept the Speech From The Throne. The opportunity allowed for me a chance to interpret and find perspective. It was a chance for me to dig deep and bring to the surface what (I feel) is important to PEI’s future. Of course [...]