http://www.cynthiadunsford.com Stratford-Kinlock, PEI Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:19:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click on Photo to view my flickr photo album: http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/08/20/springsummer-08-photo-review/ This just in via CBC website: P.E.I. liquor stores to move away from plastic The P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission plans to end the use of disposable plastic bags at its stores this fall. The change comes following a campaign by Cornwall town Coun. Marlene Hunt, who wanted Island liquor stores to follow the ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/07/04/more-on-bags/ June 23, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MLA Cynthia Dunsford to Seek New Policy for Plastic Bags Stratford, PE - Cynthia Dunsford, MLA for District 6, Stratford-Kinlock, today announced her intention to ask government to consider implementing a new policy regarding the use of plastic bags. "This is fundamentally an ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/06/23/in-the-media-cue/ Robert Ariail Editorial Cartoon http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/06/17/get-out-your-bike/ Check out The Festival of Small Halls. Word has it that the halls have been packed with people and the audiences love it! 5 days left!! RELEASE Line up announced for first ever CFCY Festival of Small Halls, June 14-22 (Charlottetown, PE) – The inaugural CFCY Festival of Small Halls, a celebration ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/06/17/small-but-big/ Of the many ventures, business, cultural, social and otherwise, that I have been involved with over the years, I have to say that my part in the Queen Street Commons stands out as being the most exciting, innovative and creative. What is the Queen Street Commons? The Queen Street Commons is a ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/05/27/the-island-commons/ 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, ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/05/22/school-trustee-elections/ Once again, yours truly will hit the beautiful Confederation Trail and ride from one end of PEI to the other to raise funds for The Townships Project, a micro-lending project in South Africa. I am asking for your donations. Here is a snippet from The Townships Project website: A ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/05/13/tip-to-tip-for-africa-bike-ride-2008/ 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 ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/04/24/cosmetic-pesticides-on-pei/ 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 ... http://www.cynthiadunsford.com/2008/04/22/how-the-first-earth-day-came-about/