ISLAND BRIEFS | - Fuel prices are down this morning after IRAC posted an unscheduled adjustment. Gas is now 176.2 cpl (down 5 cpl). Diesel is now 185.3 cpl, and furnace oil is now 137.9 cpl (both are down 9 cpl). The next scheduled adjustment is Friday.
The 2022 lobster fishery in Lobster Fishing Area 25 (map) will open Thursday morning. The season was set to begin Tuesday, but was delayed due to weather. The season will close on October 12. A 28-year-old woman died Tuesday morning, and another person was sent to hospital, after a car accident on Route 1 in Hampton. RCMP say heavy rain may have been a contributing factor in the collision.
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HISTORY | By Muscle, Mast, and Motor: A Transportation History of Charlottetown | |  | | Imagine catching a ferry to Stratford, or hopping on a train to Souris. How about walking on wooden sidewalks, or using a horse and carriage for more than a tourism experience. These are just some methods of transportation covered in a new interactive story map detailing Charlottetown’s transportation history.
Josh MacFadyen, Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities at UPEI, has launched By Muscle, Mast, and Motor: A Transportation History of Charlottetown. The project was created over the last year by MacFadyen and his student Barbara Rousseau, along with other students in the UPEI GeoREACH Lab.
Rich with historical information, photographs, maps, and illustrations, the story map explores the five main ways that people used to travel and transport goods: water, rail, foot, bicycle, and automobile. The project covers the period between the city's beginnings until the interwar period. |
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HEALTH | NEW MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS SERVICES | |  | | A new unit is under construction at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Located behind the emergency department, the new unit will serve Islanders experiencing mental health and addictions issues.
The Mental Health and Addictions Emergency and Short Stay Unit will provide emergency assessments, treatment, short-stay stabilization, support to transition to other community services, and access to an acute bed when needed. |
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#IslandEdition | Breathtaking Greenwich 🐚 | | This stunning shot of Greenwich was taken by Toronto-based photographer Jonathan Gazze. You'll find a few more great shots of PEI peppered in with pictures from across Canada on Jonathan's IG profile, @jgazze. | |  | | Tag @PEIslandEdition or use #IslandEdition to get your post featured in Island Edition! |
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IGNITION FUND GRANTS | | The province has announced the spring 2022 recipients of the Ignition Fund grant. The grant, worth $25,000, is awarded to Islanders seeking start-up capital for a new business venture or to develop and launch a new product. The Ignition Fund has awarded a grant to 75 businesses since it launched in 2014. | | CollaborationSchool.Com: A unique training product that helps teams to manage and prevent workplace conflict to decrease stress, increase productivity, and create healthy workplaces. (Kirstin Lund) | | L’nu Energy Inc.: Focused on helping First Nation peoples design, construct, and implement cleaner energy systems. (Dylan MacLennan) | | Performers’ Health: A health and wellness company that focuses on delivering tailored, accessible, and engaging workouts, nutrition plans, and creative guidance to professional musicians over a digital platform. (Rich Knox) | | Sonola Sweets: An Afro-fusion baked goods company that produces bread mixes for customers to create soft and buttery loaves and buns at home. (Rachael Sonola) | | Tunistrong Technologies Incorporated : The first and only company to commercialize CNC from tunicates as an ingredient useful for the manufacture of a wide variety of composite materials. (Ian Lucas and Dr. Matthew Dunlop) |
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WHAT'S GOING ON? | | Wednesday | | 🎥 Mr. Malcolm's List @ City Cinema / 7:00PM: In 19th-century England, a wealthy, young lady named Julia engages in courtship with Mr. Malcolm, a mysterious, wealthy suitor, unaware that he has a list of qualities required of a future wife. Buy tickets | Watch Trailer | | 🎶 Dana Lee Lynch + Steve Perry @ Olde Dublin Pub / 7:30PM | | 🕯Candlelight Vigil @ Rochford Square / 8:30PM: Protect Our Province PEI is hosting candle light vigil to honour the 52 Islanders who have passed away due to COVID-19. | | Thursday | | 🎥 Mr. Malcolm's List @ City Cinema / 7:00PM: In 19th-century England, a wealthy, young lady named Julia engages in courtship with Mr. Malcolm, a mysterious, wealthy suitor, unaware that he has a list of qualities required of a future wife. Buy tickets | Watch Trailer | | 🎶 Albert Kays & Mike Stratton @ Olde Dublin Pub / 8:00PM | | 🤔 Entertainment Trivia / 9:00 PM: Join host Darcy Campbell at Hunter's Ale House, 185 Kent Street, for some entertainment trivia. | | 👋 Do you have an upcoming event you'd like to promote through Island Edition? Fill out this form to get the process started. |
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WEATHER | | Wednesday | 🌤️ H22°C 🌡️ L17°C
💨 E15 km/h, gusting 23 | | Thursday | 🌧H23°C 🌡️ L18°C
💨 S18 km/h, gusting 27 |
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