This Monday, May 29th, Islanders will elect their school board trustees. It still appears to be a challenging task to encouarge people to put their name forward to serve on one of the three boards on PEI. In the West only 1 of the 9 zones is offering an election, the others have won by […]

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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 and adults to […]

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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. […]

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At the beginning of the Stratford Winter Carnival last weekend was an evening of discussions and displays on ‘Creating Stratford’s Future’. It was a great opportunity for Stratford residents to drop by and chat with people working on ideas and with groups promoting sustainability, environmental awareness, programs and services and community work.
Here is the booth […]

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Next weekend (February 27th - March 2nd) is the Town of Stratford’s Winter Carnival celebrations featuring a multitude of events for all ages. Here are some highlights:
Snow sculptures, sports, pancake breakfast, trivia, family skate, games.
Presentations and displays on ‘Celebrating Island Life’ and ‘Creating Stratford’s Future’.
There will be lots of fun for kids and youth with […]

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I had the privilege to attend part of a Town Youth Particiation Strategies conference this weekend in Charlottetown. The invite came from the Stratford Youth Can Do Facebook site.
Let me tell you about Stratford YCD.
On their website YCD is described as “a not-for-profit youth group open to Stratford youth between the grades of 5 and […]

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Stratford, Brookvale, New Zealand, Willowdale, Switzerland…Places of interest for me this week.
And here’s why:
STRATFORD
Well, first off, as I was riding my bike into town yesterday, I couldn’t help but stop at the farm on the corner of Kinlock and Stratford Rd. How many times do we drive by this beautiful sight and never stop to […]

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The one and only beauty pageant I ever entered was at Camp Ta-Wa-Si in 1972 (when beauty pageants were cool). I can remember preparing for the big event. While the other entrants were busy deciding what bathing suit to wear and what song to sing, I was off negotiating with other campers the loan of […]

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I attended the unveiling of this new commemorative plaque on the Stratford bank of the Hillsborough River a couple of weeks ago. Congratulations to the Hillsborough River Association and all their hard work.

The plaque reads:
“The Hillsborough River watershed, totalling over 350 square kilometres, is the largest river system in Prince Edward Island. As a river […]

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Yesterday was indeed a day to celebrate in Stratford!
Hundreds of children, teachers, parents and guests were invited to Glen Stewart School to help celebrate the official opening of the new boundless playground “Eagle’s Nest”. What’s so special about this playground?

This beautiful, colourful, interactive, playground is accessible to ALL children. Children with any special type of […]

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