IN THIS ISSUE | - Pizza Hut comeback
Another heat pump grant Christmas event roundup
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QUICK HITS | | 🍕 Pizza Hut Comeback: It seems the capital region will soon be home to two Pizza Hut Express locations. Rumours have been circulating about the chain’s comeback since the summer. Attempts to verify the rumour with Yum! Brands were unsuccessful, but Pizza Hut’s website is now listing a location in Charlottetown at 320 Capital Drive (the new Ultramar / Tim Horton’s at the Maypoint roundabout). Additionally, Kinlock Plaza-owner Crombie REIT is listing Pizza Hut Express as a tenant of the plaza (PDF) in its most recent property directory. Pizza Hut made a brief comeback five years ago in Charlottetown’s Kirkwood Mews Plaza, but the location quickly closed. | | 🥵 New (limited) heat pump grant: Ottawa announced a new heat pump program this week to help some homeowners get off oil. The Oil to Heat Pump Affordability (OHPA) Grant will provide up to $5,000 to eligible households to have a heat pump installed, upgrade required electrical services, and help with oil tank removal. This grant can be combined with other efficiency rebate programs. Eligibility is quite limited, however, because it’s based on Statistics Canada’s low income threshold which lumps the entire country into one category. Here’s a table showing the income threshold by household size. Applications will be available early in the new year. | | 🤑 Carbon Tax: If you need further convincing to make the switch from oil heat, Ottawa announced Tuesday (CBC) that it will impose the federal carbon tax on Islanders effective July 1, 2023. Up until now, PEI has negotiated its own carbon tax strategy with Ottawa which included exemptions on home heating oil and propane. The price of home heating oil will increase by 17.4 cents next July and propane will increase by 10 cents. To offset the tax, Ottawa will issue quarterly rebates to eligible households. For added context, the carbon tax on heating oil will increase the cost of an average tank by approximately $175. | | 📕 No One’s Fool: Last month I told readers about a 203-page book being released about former PEI politician Ron MacKinley – No One's Fool: Stories of a PEI Politician. Although the book has been on sale at Bookmark and on Amazon since last month, the official launch and signing takes place this evening (Nov. 23 / 7:00PM) at the Cornwall Library. Proceeds from the book will be donated to the Bluefield Family of Schools Breakfast Program. Co-authored by Sam MacPhail and Bill Hogg, the book features over 30 short stories from MacKinley’s time in office, and includes dozens of stylings from Island cartoonist Wayne Wright.
Note: Chris Hancock, along with four other readers, scrolled to the bottom of the October 19th issue and discovered an impromptu contest for a free copy of the book. Chris, you won! Reply to this email with your mailing address and I will get it sent out to you.
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COMMUNITY CORNER | | 📚 The PEI Literacy Alliance and the PEI Public Library Service are accepting new or gently used books for children and teens. The books will be distributed to families through local food banks in Christmas hampers. Those wishing to donate to the Gift of Reading Campaign have until this Friday to bring a book to any PEI Library location. | | Send a quick message if your organization would like to send out a quick PSA. There's no charge for these. |
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#PEIslandEdition | Victoria Row 🎄 | | Tourism PEI (IG: tourismpei) shared this picture of the Victoria Row arch to help promote the Charlottetown Victorian Christmas Market which kicks off this Friday. | |  | | Tag @PEIslandEdition or use #PEIslandEdition to get your post featured in Island Edition! |
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CHRISMAS ROUNDUP ☃️ | | Friday | | 🛷 Victorian Christmas Market: Atlantic Canada's largest open-air Christmas market returns to Charlottetown this week. Check out the full schedule of events. | | 🎄Christmas Tree Lighting: Charlottetown’s Christmas Tree Lighting takes place this Friday. Featuring entertainment, treats, and a pyrotechnic display. A candlelight promenade will depart from Founders’ Food Hall & Market at 6:15 p.m., with the official Tree Lighting ceremony beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the Confederation Centre of the Arts Upper Plaza (Grafton Street). | | Saturday | | 🎅 Charlottetown Christmas Parade: Ho! Ho! Ho! Feel the magic of the season this Christmas and join Santa in the Capital City on Saturday, November 26th for the Charlottetown Christmas Parade, returning for the first time since 2019! Here's a map of the parade route. | | Sunday | | ⛪ Falafel Sandwich Takeout: Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church is taking orders for vegan falafel sandwiches. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased on the church's website. |
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WHAT'S GOING ON? | | Wednesday | | 🎥 The Return of Tanya Tucker: Feat. Brandi Carlile @ City Cinema / 7:00PM: Decades after Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya's extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history. Buy tickets | Watch Trailer | | 🤔 Friends Trivia / 7:00 PM: UPEI's campus pub, The Fox & Crow, will be hosting 90's hit comedy Friends trivia. | | 🙋♂️ Childhood Favourites Jeopardy / 7:00 PM: Join host Mitch Chaisson on a nostalgic night of trivia at The Hive, 119 Grafton Street, featuring questions from all of your favourite childhood classics. | | Thursday | | 🎥 Triangle of Sadness @ City Cinema / 7:00PM: A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich. Buy tickets | Watch Trailer | | 🤔 Entertainment Trivia / 9:00 PM: Join host Darcy Campbell at Hunter's Ale House, 185 Kent Street, for some entertainment trivia. |
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WEATHER | | Wednesday | 🌤️ H 1°C 🌡️ L -5°C
💨 W 20 km/h, gusting 50 | | Thursday | 🌞 H -1°C 🌡️ L -6°C
💨 NW 30 km/h, gusting 50 |
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