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Growing up in Charlottetown, Christina MacLeod felt a sense of responsibility for the planet, and she also knew she wanted to see lots of it.
Community involvement started at age nine when Christina got fellow students at Spring Park Elementary and...
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Mohammed Moin remembers the brush with illness that set him on a path to founding bioscience company Somru BioActives.
“I was in my last year in high school - at home in Bangladesh - when my father became seriously ill...
Terry Nabuurs has always loved cooking and teaching, and moving back to Prince Edward Island has allowed him to do both in the same place.
At 27, Nabuurs has already done more than some people in their entire lifetime. Those in Charlottetown know him...
Dans le premier numéro publié par Sandstone Comics, les lecteurs peuvent voir une Île-du-Prince-Édouard peuplée d’humains aux superpouvoirs, de policiers grognons, de primates hyper intelligents et de voyageurs extraterrestres.
Greg Webster, Sandy...
Prince Edward Island scientist Dr. Subrata Chowdhury has developed an environmentally safe answer to the chemicals previously used to destroy fish-killing fungus.
Fungal infections kill 160 million tonnes of fish and costs the worldwide aquaculture...
New steel fabrication facility in Hunter River
Islanders like David Potts are vital to the success of our Island economy. Potts operates Island Steel Ltd. - his steel fabrication facility near Hunter River.
Island Steel Ltd has grown from an start up...
Craig Dodge knew early on he would spend his life making music. Growing up near St. John’s, NL, he loved Elvis's music. Then Craig received his first album, Love Gun by Kiss, and he's had music ringing in his ears ever since.
Today, Craig Dodge is an...
Everyone loves their pets, but do you love yours enough to make a scarf or sweater out of its hair?
That’s just one of the things Belfast Mini Mills customers are doing with unique – and sometimes rare – animal fibres like bison, muskox, camel, and...
With added ingredients such as sriracha, craft beer, smoked chilies, and local honey and maple syrup, Rise & Brine Pickle Company’s handmade vegetable and condiment creations aren’t your grandmother’s preserves.
“We use local produce and traditional...
Now more than ever, Suzanne Keough believes in the power of the fresh juices she sells at her Rawsome Juice Bar on Queen Street in Charlottetown.
Each time she visits her boyfriend Connor Cameron – who plays and coaches hockey in Croatia – Keough turns...
Creating jobs for Islanders
Prince Edward Island accountant Emma Fugate was excited when she learned that government will invest $3.5 million to grow the Island's cultural sector over the next five years.
The Island film industry is one of the...
Island entrepreneur Daniel Ikechukwu Ohaegbu is working hard to build the Island’s multicultural community while researching some of the barriers that make it difficult for newcomers.
Ikechukwu Ohaegbu immigrated from Nigeria five years ago to study...
A western PEI company is having great success sharing Prince Edward Island’s abundant wild blueberries with the rest of the world.
PEI Juice Works General Manager Jackson Platts says they recognized the opportunity to juice in bulk with the explosion of...
Creating jobs for Islanders
Corporate restructuring pushed Roy Abraham toward entrepreneurship, but he credits the Self Employ PEI program – and a conversation with his priest – for helping get his business off the ground.
The Indian-born and educated...
At Confound Films’ office, atop Receiver Coffee on Charlottetown’s historic Victoria Row, there is a unique piece of furniture.
It’s a coffee table made from the trunk of a 100-year-old maple tree that filmmaker Kyle Simpson remembers playing under in...