2009 Canada Games Opening Ceremonies

Published in August 19th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in Canada, Stratford, arts & culture, community, sports

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Opening Ceremonies, Summerside
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Summerside was alive and rockin’ on Saturday, August 15th for the 2009 Canada Games opening ceremonies. Premier Robert Ghiz, Governor General Michaëlle Jean, and the Prime Minister welcomed over 4500 athletes, coaches and managers to PEI for a what our Premier promised to be the ‘best Canada Games ever’!
Meaghan [...]

Charlottetown Environmental Roundtable

Published in August 11th, 2009

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Charlottetown Environmental Roundtable

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David McGuinty was on PEI recently hosting a roundtable meeting on the environment. Topics covered included: agricultural sustainability; watersheds; wind energy; biomass and other alternative energy sources; the state of nuclear energy in Canada; transportation.

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Strawberry Social Season

Published in July 29th, 2009

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Strawberry Social at Tea Hill Park in Stratford

Originally uploaded by cynthia dunsford

If you can’t depend on warm, sunny weather for Summer, you can always depend on a strawberry social showing up.
Here’s hoping for some good weather for August.

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Cosmetic Pesticides, an idea whose day has gone.

Published in March 9th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in community, environment, health, legislation, nature, photos

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ISLANDERS CAN REJOICE!
PEI will be among the other leaders in Canada. Leaders….not followers.
Quebec, Ontario and now PEI, with New Brunswick ready to make the change soon. There are many people on PEI who have been working so hard for a long period of time toward this end. Congratulations to all those groups and individuals who [...]

Only on PEI

Published in January 31st, 2009

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, community, economy, events, family, photos, press

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Where else can a provincial government hold a press conference and ask people to wait an extra 5 or 10 minutes so we can wait for someone’s parents to show up…
This was the case just before the announcement (pasted below) was to begin. Jason Aspin, a native Islander, and his business partner Neil Kemp, were [...]

A great day to read!

Published in January 25th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, children, community, education, family, health, literacy, parenting, photos, youth

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Can’t say enough about the great little library in Stratford. Jane McKinney, the librarian, does a fantastic job keeping things up to date and organized. But better still, is her ability to attract so many people to the library. What a busy spot. Family Literacy Day went off without a hitch. Silvia Beaton was the [...]

Family Literacy Day

Published in January 24th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, children, community, education, family, literacy, parenting, youth

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Islanders are invited to celebrate Family Literacy Day this weekend at public libraries throughout the province, and participate in a Canada-wide attempt at a new Guinness world record.
Family Literacy Day is a national celebration with literacy-themed events coordinated by literacy organizations, schools, public libraries and families. It is held [...]

7 things meme

Published in January 15th, 2009

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Meme - a unit of cultural information
I have been tagged by Rob Paterson and Hans Connor to participate in “7 Things” where people with websites/weblogs are asked by their ’so-called’ friends to reveal 7 things about themselves to their readers and then to pass along the same request to 7 more unsuspecting ’so-called’ friends on [...]

Happy Holidays to one and all

Published in December 24th, 2008

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Coming soon to PEI??

Published in November 10th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, community, cycling

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Below, a familiar sight stencilled on to the shoulders of most cities in Canada and around the world, making it safer for cyclists to navigate their way through busy streets and highways. I stopped on St. George St. in Moncton in front of Hillcrest School (where I went from grades 1-9) to get a shot [...]

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