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Upfront
Picture perfect N.L. tourism campaign features montages, homages and a slew of awards Pink gingham aprons and homemade quilts flapping on a line, waving welcome to a stiff onshore breeze. A child clattering a stick along the pickets of a winding fence just for the joy of making noise. An old man steering a dory through the moorings of a …Continue Reading
Home Schooled
‘Parva Sub Ingenti’ – the small under the great, Prince Edward Island’s official motto is getting turned upside down when you look at the great (and innovative) things happening at the smallest province’s two higher education institutions. The University of Prince Edward Island is punching well above its weight when it comes to moving technology developed at the university out …Continue Reading
Rolling out the welcome mat
If you grew up in Charlottetown in the 1960s and ‘70s, a classic Island game of ‘who’s your father’ could reveal a great deal about each person in your classroom: their heritage, religion, political stripe and neighbourhood, among other things. Scratch many of them deep enough and you’d probably find a connection to your own vast family wreath. Today, however, …Continue Reading
State of play
Mature products, flattening profits and increased competition from cyberspace have pushed the Atlantic Lottery Corporation to quietly seek out new opportunities – they just aren’t very keen to discuss them The Atlantic Lottery Corporation says its players have been “dreaming big” since 1976. That’s when ALC began offering lottery games on behalf of the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, …Continue Reading
Upfront
‘The greatest gift’Ten years after 9/11, the legacy of the special bond between stranded passengers and their local hosts remains strong The contributions have streamed in from all over the world. They began the day of Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, with the passengers and crew of Delta Flight 15 making the first pledges as their aircraft completed a transatlantic journey …Continue Reading
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
“Big Break” Golf Sale
Tim Banks says governments create unfair competition.
PEI: Industrial Development
Premier Robert Ghiz is a man with a plan.
