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IN THIS ISSUE

➡️ Trademark dispute heading to US court

➡️ Map showing planned road repair projects

➡️ Island Votes 2023

QUICK HITS

👤 There’s a new boss in town: Charlottetown council has appointed Eleanor Mohammed to serve as the city’s next chief administrative officer. As the city’s senior administrator, Mohammed will oversee a municipal budget of over $180M and a team of more than 400 employees. She takes over from interim CAO Donna Waddell, who was appointed to the office after council fired Peter Kelly last May. Waddell had previously retired from the position when Kelly was hired in 2016. Mohammed will begin transitioning into the role next month.

🚍 New routes and expanded hours: A year-round route connecting North Rustico to Charlottetown will start this spring, in addition to seasonal transit service to Cavendish and surrounding north shore communities, which resumes mid-June. The province is also working with the Capital Area Transit Coordinating Committee to expand transit in the capital region. Plans include adding new routes and beefing up evening and weekend services on popular routes. A schedule for the North Rustico route is still being finalized.

🚧 Road repair packages: The province posted eight road resurfacing tender packages last week for repairs to 28 roads, totalling 26 km. Rather than bore you with all the details here, I plotted the projects on this Google Map so you can easily zoom in to see if your least favourite section of road made the list.

BUSINESS

Anne of Green Gables trademark dispute

Anne of Green Gables is heading to court in Manhattan. Sort of.

A New York-based theatrical production company has filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan federal court to settle a trademark dispute over the naming rights to Anne of Green Gables.

Producers of "Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical" are fighting allegations that the production infringes on trademarks belonging to Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority Inc., a company jointly owned by the province of PEI and the heirs of L.M. Montgomery. The authority claims that it is the sole licensing agent for Anne trademarks.

The big city producers have accused Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority of trying to extend its expired copyright in the book through trademark threats. The lawsuit claims that the licensing authority issued a draft version of a trademark infringement complaint and threatened to file it in court if the producers did not rename their musical, which is being developed for Broadway.

This story broke Tuesday evening when news of the lawsuit was first reported by Reuters. 

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PEI Proud 🙌

John Morris captured this winning moment Monday as Team PEI’s ringette players picked up a 13-5 win over Nova Scotia.

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ISLAND VOTES 2023

👥 Candidate Nominations: Do you know who's eager to make their political debut? Islanders with grand political ambitions have begun throwing their hats into the ring as potential candidates for the yet-to-be-called provincial election. To help Islanders stay in the loop on who's aiming to be the next big thing in each district, Matt Pelletier has been tracking a list of candidates with this super handy Google Sheet.

📝 Voter Registration: As a reminder, Elections PEI will not be going door-to-door to update voter registration information. Island households were mailed a yellow card over the last few weeks. If you have not received one by now, then you should visit the Elections PEI website to update your voter information, or give them a call: 1-888-234-8683.

Island Votes 2023 will appear periodically to help keep you informed as we head toward an election

COMMUNITY CORNER

🤔 Trivia at the Fire Hall: Join host Cpt. Robbie Flanagan for Friday night trivia at the Charlottetown Firefighters Club, 3rd floor of Station 1 (89 Kent Street – stairs / elevator at the back of the building). Trivia starts at 7:30. Everyone is welcome.

Send a quick message if your organization would like to publish a quick PSA. There's no charge for these. Max three per-issue.

WEATHER

Wednesday

🌤️ H -2°C 🌡️ L -13°C 
💨 W 13 km/h, gusting 32

Thursday

🌦️ H -11°C 🌡️ L -14°C
💨 NNW 19 km/h, gusting 35

Island Edition Storm Watch

👀 We're dodging some messy weather this week. A storm tracking across the United States is forecast to just miss us -- parts of Maine could see between 30-60 cm. Either way, you know by now that these systems can quickly change, so keep an eye on PEI weather alerts.

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