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Articles By Darcy Rhyno
Special Report PEI: Prosperity for Posterity
Will PEI’s four-point plan help it achieve economic self-sufficiency? When I asked Prince Edward Island poet Deirdre Kessler for her observations about the character of her province, she responded, “There is something about islands. There’s a kind of pride that comes from being cut off from the mainland, and a sense of independence, too.” Kessler believes geography and history have …Continue Reading
PEI: Finding their niche
Manufacturers go high-end for market success “We do have fun,” says Sheela Curley, the tour sales manager at Cows Creamery in Charlottetown who starts my tour with a mooing noisemaker and an announcement on the store’s P.A. system. “Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Cows Creamery Factory Tour. Our next tour leaves in two minutes. If you’d like …Continue Reading
Special Report PEI: Local Resources to International Products
Could the cure for cancer be lying in the mud on the ocean floor off Atlantic Canada? Dave Overy and Brad Haltli laugh when I ask what they’re looking for in the waters off Atlantic Canada. Their answer does nothing to conjure the romanticism of the sea. These two research scientists, working out of the Nautilus Biosciences lab at the …Continue Reading
Anatomy of Compassion
THE BUSINESS RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IGOR On Tuesday, September 21, Hurricane Igor assaulted Newfoundland with 140 km per hour winds and torrential rain. It destroyed buildings and vehicles, washed out roads and bridges and stranded thousands without power on the Burin and Bonavista peninsulas. The next day Kevin Jacobs, manager of the Clarenville Co-op, had an idea. “I left for …Continue Reading
Cut to the Quick
Devastated by industrial logging, Atlantic Canada’s forests seek regrowth through merger of science and old-fashioned know-how.
Making History
From near-death experiences to rare archaeological finds, it’s all in a day’s work for this small-scale entrepreneur.
