In case you missed this release by the PEI Literacy Alliance back in March of 2008:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 14, 2008
PEI ranks near bottom in health literacy
This is the conclusion of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)’s Expert Panel on Health Literacy.  Their report spotlights health literacy in Canada and the [...]

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singasong.mp3
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First reading of Bill No. 14. Pesticides Control (restriction of lawn-Care Products) Amendment Act. Moved by the Honourable Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry. Seconded by The Honourable Member from Stratford-Kinlock.

This Act includes the following:
- Use of all pesticides containing the active ingredient 2,4-D will be banned from use on commercial and residential lawns.
-The use [...]

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TERESA WRIGHT
The Guardian
A backbench MLA is putting together a private member’s bill proposing to create an ombudsman for the P.E.I. government.
P.E.I. is currently the only province without such an ombudsman, but Stratford-Kinlock MLA Cynthia Dunsford would like to see that rectified.
“(The ombudsman) could take on a lot of different inquiries and different complaints that people [...]

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THIS is good news!! Congratulations and thank you to the PEI Chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society and The PEI Environmental Health Coalition. Without your help this would not have happened.
TERESA WRIGHT
The Guardian
Use of certain dangerous cosmetic pesticides will soon be banned when the province introduces its new Pesticide Control Act during the fall session [...]

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Charlottetown Environmental Roundtable

Originally uploaded by cynthia dunsford

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 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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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 [...]

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Do your part and take part:

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