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This episode, Caitlin is joined by Dr. Aaron Mills, a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada in Charlottetown, PEI, and Steve Howatt, coordinator of the Maritime Yield Enhancement Network with the Atlantic Grains Council. Aaron and Steve share some of the insights that have come out of the YEN over the last five years and talk about how producers can increase the yield of their crop through benchmarking and farmer to farmer learning.SHOW NOTES:Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.perennia.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops SpecialistFollow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nsperennia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nsperennia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nsperennia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: City of Sun by Mark JulyLogo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture CorporationEmail us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠info@perennia.ca⁠⁠Links: ⁠https://atlanticgrainscouncil.ca/yen-application/

Larry Ostola speaks with Patrice Dutil about his book, Ballots and Brawls: The 1867 Canadian General Election. Ballots and Brawls by Patrice Dutil explores Canada's first federal election in 1867, shortly after Confederation. The book vividly recounts the idealistic foundations laid in the 1864 Charlottetown and Quebec City conferences and delves into the chaotic and often violent summer election across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Dutil highlights the key political and social tensions of the time—economic issues, taxation, defence, and cultural divides—while profiling major figures like John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. Drawing on archival sources and poll data, the book provides a compelling, detailed look at the birth of Canadian democracy. Patrice Dutil is a professor of politics and public administration at Toronto Metropolitan University and a senior fellow of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto. He is the founder of the Literary Review of Canada and was president of the Champlain Society from 2011 to 2017. He is the author and editor of several books on Canadian politics and governance, including Statesmen, Strategists and Diplomats: Canada's Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy and The Unexpected Louis St-Laurent: Politics and Policies for a Modern Canada. Image Credit: UBC Press If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

Send us a textJoin us for a deeply personal and inspiring conversation with Sandy MacDonald, President and CEO of Holland College in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. From growing up in a family of 14 children to leading one of Canada's most respected colleges, Sandy shares his remarkable journey through education, public service, and leadership.In this episode, Sandy reflects on:• His upbringing in a tight-knit Island community• The transformative power of education• Building a career in psychology, justice, and academia• His vision for the future of skills-based learning and collaboration• Why Holland College matters more than everWhether you're a student, parent, educator, or leader, this episode offers timeless lessons in humility, resilience, and purpose.

We've all been there, trying to decode a document filled with acronyms and numbers. In this episode of thinkenergy, host Trevor Freeman pulls back the curtain on the typical Ontario electricity bill. Learn about what makes up your monthly bill and exactly where your money goes. From generation mix to infrastructure and provincial differences, tune in as Trevor sheds light on the diverse factors that influence electricity prices across Canada.   Related links   Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-8b612114 Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en     To subscribe using Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405   To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl   To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/ --- Subscribe so you don't miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/user/hydroottawalimited   Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydroottawa   Stay in the know on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HydroOttawa   Keep up with the posts on X: https://twitter.com/thinkenergypod   Transcript: Trevor Freeman: Welcome to a ThinkEnergy Short, hosted by me, Trevor Freeman. This is a bite-sized episode designed to be a quick summary of a specific topic or idea related to the world of energy. This is meant to round out our collective understanding of the energy sector and will complement our normal guest interview episodes. Thanks for joining and happy listening. Hi everyone, and welcome back to another ThinkEnergy Short. I'm your host, Trevor Freeman. Today, I want to pull apart something pretty fundamental to your relationship with your utility, and something that might seem kind of basic on the surface, but there's actually a lot to it. I'm talking about your bill and how you are billed for electricity in this province, in the province of Ontario. A lot of folks may not pay much attention to their bill, other than the total at the bottom, or maybe you also look at the total consumption number. But there are actually several different components to your bill, and understanding them will help you understand a little bit more about the electricity sector and how it works and how it's funded. And we'll also take a minute to look at electricity costs in Ontario compared to other provinces, and why there's a difference. Now, there's a lot to go through here. I'm going to do my best to get through it quickly while still explaining everything. But this may be more of a "ThinkEnergy Medium" instead of a "Short." There's just a lot of content to get through. So, let's dive right in. Obviously, we're coming to you from Ottawa here, so we're going to be speaking in the context of Hydro Ottawa. But really, what we're talking about is pretty consistent across the province of Ontario. Your bill in Ontario is generally divided into a couple of different sections: your electricity charges, which could include things like Global Adjustment; delivery charges; regulatory charges; and then you'll see HST, some credits or rebates potentially, and maybe a few other sections, depending on what type of customer you are. So, let's take it from the top. First off, your electricity charge. This is the cost of the actual power you consume. You will see this expressed as cents per kilowatt-hour. This is the commodity cost of the electricity, of those electrons that you're using in your home or your business to do the things you need to do. In Ontario, most residential customers and a lot of small commercial customers as well are on the Regulated Price Plan, or RPP. The Ontario Energy Board, which is Ontario's independent energy regulator—it's the regulatory body in the province—sets the RPP price for the province based on its forecast of the cost to supply households and small businesses over the next 12 months. So, that's stable, predictable electricity pricing for Ontarians, and new rates generally take effect on November 1 of every year. So you have those rates for typically 12 months, and they change each year on November 1. There are a couple of different options for how you're billed for electricity under the RPP, which you might be familiar with. There's time-of-use pricing, which has a different rate depending on the time of day or the day of the week. So you've got on-peak, mid-peak, or off-peak, and those are aligned to encourage customers to use electricity outside of the peak demand times in the province when everybody is trying to use electricity for things at home or for work, and there's the most stress on the grid. The exact times of those periods do change between summer and winter. The next option is tiered pricing, and so this is a fixed price per kilowatt-hour up to a certain threshold each month. So you can use a certain amount of electricity at one price. If you go past that threshold, the price goes up. And that's kind of a plan for those who like a consistent amount; they don't want to have to worry about what time of day it is, or maybe the way they've structured their lives or their businesses is such that they have to use electricity during peak times, so that may make sense for them. The other option is Ultra-Low Overnight, or ULO, pricing. This is really a rate that's focused on primarily electric vehicle owners because it has a very, very low overnight rate. And the idea is that you would charge your electric vehicle—it's a big load in your house or in your business—and you would move that load to be overnight. You would charge it overnight and avoid doing that during the day, because in order to make up for that ultra-low overnight rate, there's a much higher on-peak rate kind of in the late afternoon and evening. So you'd really want to avoid using electricity as much as possible. The overall goal of all these programs, as I said, is to really reduce strain on the grid during those peak times, and that will in turn reduce greenhouse gas emissions because our fossil fuel generation in Ontario—that's natural gas generation—is primarily used during peak times. So we call them our peaker plants, and those are turned on when we need to make up that sort of highest demand load that occurs just a few times during each day and indeed during the year. The reason that we're able to do these different rates is that over a decade ago, Ontario adopted the use of smart meters for electricity, which accurately measures and tracks electricity usage down to at least the hour, sometimes even more granular than that, and that allows for utilities to really tailor pricing plans around timed consumption. It's worth noting here that if you have signed a contract with an electricity retailer, your electricity charge will be based on the price you agreed to in that contract. So there are retailers out there who will come to you and say, "Hey, we can guarantee you this price of electricity, and it's not going to change for the life of the contract, or whatever their terms may be." And maybe that's a better deal for you, or maybe that makes more sense for your situation. So you can sign on to that. You will be charged at that contracted rate rather than the Regulated Price Plan, and you won't be subject to the changes of that Regulated Price Plan; you'll be with your retailer. That said, you will still see other charges like delivery charges and regulatory charges, which we will get to in a minute. Before we go there, I do want to quickly talk about commercial customers, because that is a slightly different structure to the electricity charge section. So in that electricity charge section, there is a line item that is the market cost of electricity, and that does change month-to-month. And in fact, it also changes from customer to customer. Basically, there's a price every hour, and that customer's usage over that month results in a prorated price. And so on their bill, they will see the price that they're paying, the market cost of electricity that they've used in that month. There is also a line item for Global Adjustment, which is a very unique Ontario charge. To my knowledge, it only exists in Ontario. So let's take a minute to talk about what Global Adjustment is. There is a certain cost to running the electricity grid in Ontario, and that cost factors in maintenance and planning and conservation programs, as well as long-term fixed contracts. So the system operator signs contracts with generators to supply electricity at a certain rate. The market price of electricity isn't always enough to make up that full cost. So what we pay, the market rate, isn't enough; sometimes Global Adjustment is what makes up the difference. Now, every electricity customer in Ontario pays Global Adjustment, whether you see it on your bill or not. For residential and small commercial customers that are on the RPP, Global Adjustment is built into their rates that I just described above. But for commercial customers, you actually see that as a separate line item. And for most commercial customers, that is a rate that's tied to your consumption. So the more you use, the more Global Adjustment you pay. There is an option for the largest consumers to change that equation about how you're paid or how you're charged Global Adjustment, but we're not going to get into that in this episode. So that is the electricity portion of your bill. Another quick note here: all the money that you pay for this portion of the bill goes upstream, basically to the generators and the system operators and other players in the system. Your distributor, who actually gives you the bill—so Hydro Ottawa, in my case—doesn't actually keep any of this, nor do they set those rates. That is all upstream of us. That is not the distribution company's territory. We just are the ones that provide the bill and collect what you pay. Next section is delivery charges. So delivery charges cover the cost of getting electricity from the generating stations all the way to your home or business. It's essentially the cost of building, maintaining, and operating the vast network of transmission lines and towers, distribution systems like their lines and poles and substations and transformers, and all the equipment that's necessary to get electricity to you, to your home or to your business, and also to repair outages. So if there's a storm and lines are down, it's the delivery charges that fund the exercise of going out there and repairing that. So if you think of electricity as the product, the delivery charge is the logistics behind that. So it's like the warehouses and the trucks and the route to get that package to your doorstep. The same thing happens with the electricity system. Some of that delivery charge is fixed, and it doesn't change month to month, no matter what consumption you have, so how much you're using. That's why sometimes you'll hear people say, "Oh, you know, my electricity consumption was super low, but my delivery charge didn't change. That's not fair." And the reality is that we still need to maintain that grid. Even if you have a month where you're not using a lot of electricity, you still want those poles and wires and transformers to be there and to be working and ready for you when you are going to use a lot of electricity. There's also a customer service charge within that delivery charge, so that kind of covers the meter reading, the billing, the customer service; maintaining that infrastructure is included in there. There's a distribution charge, and that's kind of the main portion that Hydro Ottawa keeps, as well as that customer service charge, and that is for us to maintain the distribution system. And then there's a transmission charge that is to do the same thing, except for the high-voltage transmission system that brings electricity across the province. There is also a line loss adjustment. Now, it's normal for a small amount of electricity to be lost as heat when it travels over power lines. That's just the reality of moving electricity over long distances, and you will see a small adjustment on your bill to account for these line losses, to make sure that all the electricity being generated is actually being paid for. And your local distribution utility, again, Hydro Ottawa, in my case, collects this money and keeps the portion that's meant for the distribution company and pays the rest to all the various other stakeholders in the system that make up the electricity sector. It's important to know that these delivery rates are reviewed and approved by the Ontario Energy Board based on the specific needs and the priorities of each utility. So this is the nature of us being a regulated industry. Our regulator, the Ontario Energy Board, has to approve the rates that we charge. We have to show to the Ontario Energy Board, "Here is what all of our costs are to maintain the system. Here is what we want to do to grow and expand in order to meet our customer needs. Here are all the programs that we're running, and therefore, here are the rates that we need to charge." And the Ontario Energy Board will actually make a ruling on that to say, "Yes, those are fair rates," or "No, we think you're charging too much," or "Hey, we actually think you're charging too little." The Ontario Energy Board also wants to make sure that utilities are being responsible and maintaining the grid so that it is safe and reliable and affordable for their customers. The next section is regulatory charges. And so that is very simply the cost of having a regulated system of the Ontario Energy Board and having a regulator to oversee and administer the provincial electricity system and ensure that it remains affordable and reliable for everybody. So there is a cost, and that is on everyone's electricity bills. So those are the main sections, but there may be other potential charges and rebates on your bill that you'll see. And so these include things like HST. So electricity is subject to HST in Ontario, so you'll see that tax line. Most customers that are on the RPP, the Regulated Price Plan, are eligible for the Ontario Electricity Rebate, and this is a rebate from the provincial government of Ontario to help reduce electricity costs, primarily targeted at residential, farm, and small business customers. And you will see this on your bill as a pre-tax credit. One last section that you might see if you're a net-metered customer, and a net-metered customer is someone who generates electricity on their home or business and uses some of that electricity, but may also push some back to the grid. So if you're one of those customers, you will sometimes see net-metered generation credits, and so this is a credit that you get that can be used to offset the electricity portion of your bill based on how much you generate and push back to the grid. So to wrap this all up, let's take a quick look at why electricity prices are different in different areas of Canada. What's the difference? Why are we not charged all the same? As we've said before, energy is a provincial jurisdiction, so there are provincial grids, and they're usually operated at the provincial level. And, you know, some of the pricing and the structure is set at that provincial level. Different provinces have different generation mixes, and so in some of the sort of cheaper provinces to run, one of the things they have is a lot of hydroelectricity. So these are dams that use the movement of water to generate electricity. Quebec has a lot of hydroelectricity. Manitoba and BC both have a lot of hydroelectricity. And the reason that this results in lower electricity prices is that while there's a high upfront cost to build a dam, to build a generating station based on, you know, falling water, the operating cost is actually extremely low compared to other options. There's not a lot of input, you know, the water is going to do its thing, and once you've got that turbine there and the right infrastructure, it's going to generate electricity. And so there are costs, but not as much as, for example, a nuclear plant or a gas or a coal plant that require a lot of input in the form of fuel to make that plant run. So when you look at where some of the cheapest jurisdictions are and most expensive jurisdictions, there's actually a report from Hydro Quebec that looks at Canadian municipalities, Canadian cities that have the highest and lowest electricity costs. And the four cheapest cities are Montreal, Quebec; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Vancouver, BC; and Ottawa, Ontario. The four most expensive cities, and these are 2023-2024 numbers, I believe, the most expensive cities are Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Charlottetown, PEI. There are other reasons why different jurisdictions will have different prices. You know, there are different sort of regulatory charges and costs and environments. There's infrastructure and maintenance costs. So an older, more aging grid that has to be renewed and upgraded is going to cost more than something that's gone through that already. If you look at density, also, if you have a very dense population where everyone lives kind of close to each other, it's a lot easier to get electricity to those folks compared to a much more sparsely populated, spread-out area where there are lots of long runs to get electricity to different municipalities and towns and villages. So lots of variables go into the cost of electricity, and it definitely differs from province to province. So that's the bulk of what we wanted to talk about today. I know it's a lot, but it is really important to understand why you're paying what you're paying for electricity, and what your money is going to do, especially at a time when we are looking to grow and expand our grid, to modernize our grid, to invest in making sure that the electricity grid can support us decarbonizing our lives, electrifying our lives, and adding more distributed energy resources like solar and storage and things like that. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of ThinkEnergy Shorts, or ThinkEnergy Medium. I hope this breakdown gives you some of that information, and I always appreciate you joining us. I'm Trevor Freeman, and this has been another episode of ThinkEnergy. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the ThinkEnergy Podcast. Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear from you, whether it's feedback, comments, or an idea for a show or a guest, you can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com.

On the phone-in: Experts Barry Walker and Eric Murphy answer questions about heat pumps and other heating and cooling systems. And off the top of the show, the CBC's Brettn Ruskin reports live from a polling station in Halifax. And we hear an update from Charlottetown on short-term rentals.

As the election campaign enters its final week, Liberal Leader Mark Carney releases his party's health-care platform at an event in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The plan focuses on building new hospitals, growing the health work force, modernizing the system, investing in women's health and reproductive rights, as well as increasing support for mental health care and substance abuse treatment.  Carney also comments on the passing of Pope Francis, who died Monday morning at the age of 88.   Delivering introductory remarks are Sean Casey, Liberal candidate for Charlottetown, and Greg Naterer, vice-president, academic and research at the University of Prince Edward Island. Carney faces questions from reporters on the Liberal party's election platform, which promises $130 billion in new spending while running deficits until at least the fiscal year 2028-2029. With one week until election day, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in Scarborough, Ont., and lays out his party's housing plan. He pledges that a Conservative government would build 2.3 million new homes over the next five years. Poilievre also comments on the passing of Pope Francis, who died this morning at 88 years old.  Greg Brady, the Conservative candidate for Ajax, provides opening remarks.As the election campaign enters its final week, Liberal Leader Mark Carney releases his party's health-care platform at an event in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The plan focuses on building new hospitals, growing the health work force, modernizing the system, investing in women's health and reproductive rights, as well as increasing support for mental health care and substance abuse treatment. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Today's phone-in: we take your calls on your community's public transit. But first, a Maritimer in Thailand who felt the 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar, and we hear both sides of the fight over a provincially-run emergency homeless shelter on PEI.

Charlottetown's Cliff Stewart swore an oath, and he kept it. Until the laws changed and he could share his story of living in the shadows as a war-era spy. As CBC's Laura Chapin retires after a long career, this week we're sharing her documentary, A Man Most Ordinary, that originally aired in 2009.

On the phone-in: Our guest is Nathaniel Pearre, who's a research fellow at Dalhousie University studying electric vehicles in the renewable energy storage lab. He answers questions about EVs. Off the top of the show, we hear your feedback about a flag controversy associated with the South Shore Regional Centre for Education. And councillors in Charlottetown, PEI, vote to close the province's homeless shelter and outreach centre on Park Street.

On the phone-in today: Jim White who's an expert in painting and staining, provides advice to listeners for the spring and summer projects. And off the top of the show, we hear from a woman in Cape Breton whose brother had trouble getting treatment for drug addiction. And we also hear from people in Charlottetown about the arrival of spring.

PR - or permanent residency - is something Rupinder Kaur of Charlottetown, and so many other newcomers to Canada, hope for. But after back to back immigration cuts, PEI is no longer as welcoming as it once was. Steve Bruce brings us the story and struggle of people trying to call PEI home.

Today's phone-in: Gardening expert Niki Jabbour takes your spring gardening questions live from the CBC living room at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown as part of the PEI Provincial Home Show.

From the Hubcap Comedy Festival, Clare Belford quizzes a Moncton audience about their favourite type of doom. And from Charlottetown, Tanya Nicole shares what it means to have a father in the sewage industry!

Have you ever considered how weirdly beautiful a blood cell can be? Kim Morgan has. The Halifax-based artist has been working with electron microscope scans of blood cells, belly button lint and more for a decade. She joins us to talk about body particles, the intersection of medicine and art, and how her mother sparked this scientific curiosity. Kim's artwork is on display now at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown.

One of Charlottetown's best burgers is back — from the Peter Pan drive-in that stood on University Avenue for more than 40 years. The Blue Goose restaurant is adding the Peter Pan burger basket to the menu, and they're not the only ones reveling in the nostalgia. Mitch learns why a burger with its own identity is having a minute.

From the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Sean Devlin loves animals - maybe too much? Maybe not enough! And from Charlottetown, Taylor Carver loves the Minions. Definitely too much.

One way to take the pulse of housing in a community is to look at how many new units are under construction — also called housing starts. But when we look at that number, what are we not seeing? Mitch sits down with the mayors of Charlottetown and Summerside to talk about a record number of housing starts in 2024, and what else needs to be done. This is part one of a two-part series about housing on P.E.I.

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; traffic cameras in Toronto a meteorite in Charlottetown, PEI bird feeding WITH YOUR FACE a stolen rock in Kelowna Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepcanadaweird Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Subscribe to the show: nighttimepodcast.com/subscribe Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; traffic cameras in Toronto a meteorite in Charlottetown, PEI bird feeding WITH YOUR FACE a stolen rock in Kelowna Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepcanadaweird Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Subscribe to the show: nighttimepodcast.com/subscribe Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Editor's Note: Apologies for the hissing noise, all! Other episodes in the season won't be like this, but this was indeed a hardware and environmental-related issue that struck our equipment at the time of recording and was not caught. There's still some fantastic conversations to be had here, so thank you very much in advance for the continued support and for bearing with us this one time. :)* Why do we keep archives? Who uses them? What kind of material can you find there? Hosts Matthew McRae and Samantha Kelly are joined by archivist John Boylan to answer these questions and more. Listen in and discover how the province's Public Archives and Records Office (PARO) opens a window onto our past, and why any visit to the archives can quickly turn into an exciting history mystery. John Boylan has been working in Island heritage since the 1980s. After stints with the PEI Museum, Provincial Heritage Office, and the City of Charlottetown he was hired as the Public Services Archivist at the Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island in 2006. John has a diploma in museum studies from Algonquin College and a master's degree in archival studies from the University of British Columbia.   

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community organizer and researcher Ryan MacRae who works with the Cooper Institute in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Ryan speaks about housing justice organizing in PEI and the specific context within a wider framing of housing justice organizing in Canada. Ryan organizes with the PEI Fight for Affordable Housing campaign and has been campaigning in the context of PEI as being one of two Canadian provinces that has wide reaching rental control legislation, similar to Manitoba, while having no credible enforcement mechanisms for addressing landlord abuses that go against legislation. Learn more about Ryan's work and the campaign in PEI here: https://www.cooperinstitute.ca https://peifah.ca This interview is being shared as part of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: housingjustice.now This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

In this very special episode, we have edited together the funniest, weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful moments in horse racing from 2024. Sit back and enjoy: + The bad beats - A sulky explodes in deep stretch; a leading horse jumps the fence just before the wire + Shamrock wins on March 17, Count Dracula wins on Halloween and Saturday wins on Thursday + How mature are we that we loved it when Nobals won? + Appearances by Belichick, Lucille Ball, Rosa Parks, Nyquist, Koufax and a happy horse named Ha Ha Ha + Frank Mirahmadi on the Price is Right + A sample of the wonderful race calls of Larry Lederman + When a deer tried to beat the thoroughbreds + Darryl Ezra on cheeky horse names - Horizontal Helen, Tiny Tinker, Abolish It and Toilet Paper + James MacDonald proving he is much better as a harness driver than a race caller + The horse players' anthem performed at Mohawk + Santa Claus defeating The Grinch in Charlottetown.

From the final day of racing at Woodbine, we check out the Steady Growth Stakes and the individuals who dazzled in 2024. On Saturday, the La Prevoyante Stakes came down to a very close photo between a heavy favourite and the longest shot. We celebrate the career of Justin Stein, who has quit riding to become a steward. Ron Sadler's Northern Ruby, a 10-year-old, ran for the last time and finished her career in the winners' circle. Another extraordinary milestone for driver James MacDonald, but he's got a long way to go to match what 84-yearold Don McKirgan did last week. Western Fair's Drivers Challenge means a lot of children will get toys this year. We've got a race from England in which brothers James and Sean Bowen dead-heated and perhaps the most important horse race of the year took place in Charlottetown when The Grinch went up against Santa Claus.

On the phone-in: We speak with Gloria Mark, She is the Chancellor's Professor Emerita with the department of Infor-matics at the University of California in Irvine. And she is the author of the Future of Attention substack and has written a new book called, "Attention Span: A groundbreaking way to restore balance, happiness and productivity." And off the top of the show, we hear from the police chief in Charlottetown about how people are feeling about their personal safety since the Outreach Centre moved to Park Street. We also hear your comments about hidden gem diners.

On today's phone-in: dog behaviour expert Silvia Jay takes your questions. But first - a dentist weighs in on the fluoride in drinking water debate, and a taxi driver in Charlottetown explains why accessible cabs are few and far between.

We first met Jordan and Joelle at the East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown, PEI, where a brief live-stage interview left us eager for a longer conversation. Recently, we got that chance during their Nova Scotia stop on the album release tour for their latest project, Red Sky. This talented duo from coastal Newfoundland has hosted countless house concerts and artist residencies, making their home a vibrant hub for creativity. Deeply rooted in Newfoundland's culture, heritage, and traditions, they weave these influences into their storytelling and songwriting. Performing regularly aboard Adventure Canada Cruise ships, Jordan and Joelle share their music with audiences from all over the world. In our conversation, they spoke about life as a creative couple, their family influences, and even treated us to a live off-the-floor performance of a new track from Red Sky. We're proud to share this episode with our inspiring new friends.  Us on the web: www.mikeandkristen.ca Instagram: www.instagram.com/mike_and_kristen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikeandkristencreative Shoot us a message! Say hello, tell us who you think we should have on the podcast, and your deepest and darkest secrets: mikeandkristencreative@gmail.com  Review our book "You and Me" on Amazon (it helps a lot!!): https://amzn.to/3qqNCMo Intro song: "The Walk" Outro song: "The Jam" both by Mike's band The Town Heroes - www.thetownheroes.com Mike's site: www.michaelsryan.com Kristen's site: www.kristenherringtonart.com Jordan & Joelle's website: https://www.oldehouseshows.ca/ Ever Sweet Band's IG: https://www.instagram.com/eversweetband/

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guests Walker McDonald and Phillip Homburg (of the new upcoming independent Tivoli Cinema in Charlottetown, PEI) help us bring Spooktober to an end and kick off Noirvember at the same time with a double feature of 40s-noir-meets-90s-supernatural-horror paranormal detectives in Martin Cambell's Lovecraftian LA Noir HBO movie CAST A DEADLY SPELL (1991) and Clive Barker's attempt to merge his sadomasochistic body horror with hard-boiled private eye neo-noir aesthetics LORD OF ILLUSIONS (1995). Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on LOST HIGHWAY (1997) + FEMME FATALE (2002), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast Intro // 00:00-18:05 CAST A DEADLY SPELL // 18:05-1:16:07 LORD OF ILLUSIONS // 1:18:59-2:15:51 Outro // 2:15:51-2:21:02 Check out and support the Tivoli Cinema: https://www.instagram.com/thetivolicinema/ https://twitter.com/thetivolicinema MERCH: www.teepublic.com/stores/sleazoids?ref_id=17667 WEBSITE: www.sleazoidspodcast.com/ Pod Twitter: twitter.com/sleazoidspod Pod Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/ Josh's Twitter: twitter.com/thejoshl Josh's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/thejoshl Jamie's Twitter: twitter.com/jamiemilleracas Jamie's Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/jamiemiller

PodChatLive 150: ChatGPT can diagnose foot conditions, new intrinsic foot muscle strength paper, and run streaking for behaviour change Contact us getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Foot clinic owner facing disturbing criminal charges, Charlottetown police say Can ChatGPT-4 Diagnose and Treat Like an Orthopaedic Surgeon? Look, over there! A streaker! – Qualitative study examining streaking as a behaviour change technique for habit formation in recreational runners Strengthening the Intrinsic Muscles of the Foot and Its Action on Foot Posture and Self-Reported Function in Individuals With Lower Limb Injuries

Alistair Ogden tells a Parry Sound audience how his full legal name conjures up all kinds of misleading info. And PEI's Britt Campbell shares her hurricane experience with the folks in Charlottetown.

From Ottawa, Cassie Cao performs for her parents in the audience. We think they stuck around for her set?  And from Charlottetown, Katherine Cairns paints a lovely, sometimes expensive, picture of what life in PEI is really like!

Today joining us is Kerri Einarson who just won the Hearing LifeChallenge in Charlottetown….her first big winof the season. What's Happening Around the Curling World?This past weekend the Hearing LifeChallenge, the first Grand Slam of the seasontook place in Charlottetown, PEI with a Tier Iand a Tier II event one the ice…..We willreview both events and give you thehighlights. The Aaron Sluchinski teamannounced Tuesday that Aaron has left theteam…..we will talk about where he is going?I think we have talked about thehogline and violations on two of our showsalready this year but because of email and FBcomments this past weekend we will addressthe issue one more timeHot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection ofsomething new and different could two personstick curling maybe be the answer to thatquestion could two person stick becomecurling's “Cornhole” or “pickleball” We will talkabout how this take on curling could be a way toget people into a curling facility and not justolder curlers who can no longer slide…?We have had lots of comments inemail and social media about the addedbroadcasts of the GSOC this past week on videostream. We will take a look at one of them. Curling Moments toRemember, A look back into curling's richhistory. Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to an experience or observation tosomething that has happened in curling's richhistory……Today Warren will look back to a majorhappening that took place in March of 1977 inMontreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeopardy! continues its slow descent into horny madness and we can't help but follow them there with the absolutely ridiculous category, "An Ocean of Lotion". There's an ocean of great content on this episode too as John records at 1 am in Charlottetown, PEI and we get delirious. It's a slow week for anecdotes and JFAF, but the horniness comes to save us all. Plus, John visits a legendary literary locale, Emily celebrates her birthday, and we dive deep on the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk. SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine: "The Real Robinson Crusoe" by Bruce Selcraig. Special thanks to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan. This episode is produced by Producer Dan. Art by Max Wittert. Music by Nate Heller.

Hostilities continue in the region on the eve of Oct. 7th anniversary. Blackfoot First Nations in Alberta are copying beaver dams to tackle drought. Charlottetown is wondering what to do with a statue of Sir John A. MacDonald.

Greetings again everyone and welcome to this Special Edition of Inside Curling......Known as Inside the Slam!The first Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the final eight have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II.Please take a second to subscribe to our NEW YoutTube channel and like and comment on the videos, it helps the show out a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCurlingInside Curling is Hosted by World Curling Hall of Famers Kevin Martin and Warren Hansen...and also legendary broadcaster and undisputed King of the Patch, Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the playoff's have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II?Broadcasts will start at 11ET / 9MT / 8MT on saturday, regardless of what Jim says...listen to the episode, you'll see what I mean.Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson.Please take a second and subscribe to our NEW YoutTube channel, it helps the show out a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCurling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discover Red Island Cider on Prince Edward Island Guest podcaster Al Saxs interviews Red Island Cider owner and maker Robert van Waarden in this episode 426 of Cider Chat.   Red Island Cider is located on Canada's reknown “Prince Edward Island” capital “Charlottetown” this cidery has helped revive the island's apple heritage while creating unique, story-driven ciders that reflect the culture, history and spirit of the region. Whether you're an orchardist, a cider maker, or simply a cider traveler, visiting Red Island Cider is an experience that goes beyond the glass. The Art of Crafting Ciders with Local Stories At Red Island Cider, every cider has a story. The flagship cider, Father Walker, is named after a local priest who inadvertently created a legendary batch of cider that fueled an unforgettable community gathering in at The Picnic at Groshaut 1897. The story goes that between having the apples pressed for the Groshaut picnic and the actual picnic the cider had begun to ferment. The song details the events that day as the now fermented cider was being drunk. To listen to the full song sung by Art Cahill, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplercollection/19/ Father Walker's is a dry cider, made with Northern Spy, McIntosh, and Cortland apples and recently won a gold medal at the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition (GLINTCAP), cementing its place as a top-tier craft cider. Another standout is Devonport, a hop cider named after a historic bar in Charlottetown known for growing its own hops in the 1830s. This cider offers a citrusy, grapefruit-forward profile that appeals to both beer drinkers and cider enthusiasts alike. Red Island's Ghost Series is a collection of limited-edition ciders, each named after historic shipwrecks off the coast of Prince Edward Island. These ciders, draw inspiration from the tales of ships like the Conqueror and Castalia, which met their fates in the island's treacherous waters. The Rose made with locally sourced haskap berries has a vibrant rosé hue and notes of raspberry, blueberry, and cranberry notes, is a true taste of PEI's agricultural bounty. Loyalist Road Cider is a complex blend made from 27 different apple varieties sourced from a small orchard near Charlottetown. Robert on the French Cider Tour next to one of the many massive barrels at Manoir de Montreuil Al Saxs steaming mussels with Red Island Cider Contact for Red Island Cider Website: https://redislandcider.com/   Mentions in this Cider Chat French Cider Tour #xpromotecider @spacetimemeads #xpromotecider @puntadefierro #xpromotecider @tomoliverscider #xpromotecider @woodyperennialguthrie #xpromotecider

On the phone-in: We discuss the topic of AI and climate change with David Rolnick, who is an assistant professor and Canada CIFAR AI Chair in the School of Computer Science at McGill University. And off the top of the show, we talk with John Andrew in Kentville about his charity's thrift store burning down. We also hear from high school students in Charlottetown about the new restrictions on cell phones in the classroom.

While average residential sale prices are likely to increase in the majority markets analyzed, there are a couple of outliers where prices are anticipated to be flat or decline, including Toronto, Hamilton, Burlington, Kitchener-Waterloo, Charlottetown, North Bay and London, it said. The report said 25 per cent of Canadians expressed that saving for a home purchase is one of their top three priorities when it comes to financial savings, despite high cost of living and affordability challenges. In a video interview, Christopher Alexander, President of RE/MAX Canada, talks about the company's latest report – the Fall Housing Market Outlook. The video can be seen here. PRESS RELEASE TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2024 /CNW/ — With the long-anticipated decline in interest rates finally starting to materialize, early indicators from RE/MAX brokers and agents across Canada suggest steady housing market activity this fall. Average sale prices across all housing types are expected to increase between one and six per cent in the majority of regions by year's end, according to RE/MAX's 2024 Fall Housing Market Outlook. Ahead of the next Bank of Canada (BoC) interest rate announcement on September 4, two in 10 Canadians (16 per cent) said they will feel more comfortable engaging in the real estate market once they see there is more than a 100-basis-point cut to the BoC's lending rate between now and the end of the year, according to a Leger survey commissioned by RE/MAX as part of the report. Chris Alexander “The fall market is usually a good early indicator for activity as we look ahead to early 2025, and we're headed toward more healthy territory. With interest rates starting to ease, buyers are beginning to come off the sidelines,” says Christopher Alexander, President, RE/MAX Canada. “That's not to say the fall market will be in full swing according to historic standards. Consumers will drive that trend, so we'll need to see a bigger move by the Bank of Canada for that to happen.” Consumer Sentiments Going into the Fall Market Ahead of further anticipated interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada, it seems that even the mere prospect of lower rates has boosted confidence among first-time homebuyers, with one-quarter of Canadians (25 per cent) actively saving for a home purchase and confident they will be able to buy soon (with the majority being younger Millennials and Gen Zs aged 18-24, at 35 per cent). On the flipside, dropping interest rates now may prove too little, too late for some current homeowners, with 14 per cent saying they need to renew their mortgage soon, and with the current higher interest rate, they may need to sell their home. When it comes to financial savings, the Leger survey revealed that while a home purchase is listed among the top three priorities for 25 per cent of Canadians, it has taken a back seat to day-to-day expenses such as utilities and food (58 per cent), and travel (45 per cent). In the search for affordability, one-quarter of Canadians say that they are considering moving to another country (28 per cent) and 25 per cent say they are reconsidering whether to have children or start a family due to housing affordability challenges. “Despite some consumer confidence starting to return to the market this season, the reality is Canadians are still grappling with some serious housing affordability challenges rooted in lack of supply. Yes, borrowing is becoming less expensive, but this won't make housing affordable in the long run,” says Alexander. “Markets ebb and flow, and as buyers re-enter the market and absorb inventory, we'll see more upward pressure on price. “Ultimately, for the long-term health of Canada's housing market, we need a national housing strategy developed in collaboration between all levels of government, that's more strategic and visionary in how we can use existing lands and real estate to boost supply. In the meantime, buyers would be wise to work with an experienced real estate agent to help navigate those cyclical market ups and downs that often accompany this push and pull of supply and demand.” Regional Market Insights As part of the 2024 Fall Housing Market Outlook Report, RE/MAX brokers and agents in Canada were asked to share an analysis of their local market between January and July 2023 and 2024 and share their estimated outlook for fall 2024. The majority of regions (76 per cent) anticipate an increase in sale price between one to six per cent, including Greater Vancouver Area, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Saskatoon, SK; Winnipeg, MB; Halifax, NS; St. John's Metro, NL; Truro/Colchester, NS; Fredericton, NB; Timmins, ON; Sudbury, ON; Brampton, ON; Mississauga, ON; Niagara, ON; Ottawa, ON; Durham, ON; Barrie, ON; Muskoka, ON; Peterborough, ON; York Region, ON; Kingston, ON; Windsor, ON, and Thunder Bay, ON. Exceptions to the upward trend include Toronto, ON; Hamilton, ON; Burlington, ON; and Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, where a moderate decline between two and three per cent is expected, and Charlottetown, PEI; North Bay, ON, and London, ON, where prices will likely remain flat. When it comes to listings, a majority of regions surveyed (82 per cent) saw the number of listings increase between 2.3 and 34.7 per cent between January and July (2023 – 2024). The number of sale transactions also increased between 3.1 and 7.4 per cent in Atlantic Canada, 3.4 to 30.9 per cent in Western Canada, and between 0.6 and 14.8 per cent in Ontario, except for some larger Ontario markets like Toronto, Brampton, Durham Region, Mississauga, Peterborough and York Region, where sales trended downward. According to RE/MAX brokers' insights, 33 per cent of housing markets are expected to be seller's markets, but this may shift as competition increases and market conditions evolve. To view the regional data table, click here. Western Canada and Prairies The Prairies continue to skew towards a seller's market (Edmonton, AB; Calgary, AB; Saskatoon, SK) which is consistent with 2023, except for Winnipeg, MB, which is a balanced market. On the other hand, in Western Canada, inclusive of the Greater Vancouver Area, BC, and Kelowna, BC, a mix of balanced and buyer's markets are anticipated. Heading into the fall, prices are forecasted to increase by two to six per cent in regions like the Greater Vancouver Area, BC, and Kelowna, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Saskatoon, SK; and Winnipeg, MB. Sale transactions are anticipated to increase by five to 15 per cent in the Greater Vancouver Area, BC; Edmonton, AB; and Winnipeg, MB; and a decrease of one per cent in Saskatoon, SK, due to inventory shortages, while Calgary, AB anticipates sales will remain flat. RE/MAX broker feedback in Regina, SK indicates that many factors will dictate how the market pans out for the remainder of the year, including government election cycles, The Bank of Canada interest rate announcements and inventory levels. Historically, Regina, SK sees the markets cool from mid-September through the end of the year. All markets in Western Canada and The Prairies – apart from the Greater Vancouver Area, BC – continue to experience supply challenges, with increased activity in the market, as consumers benefit from recent interest rate cuts. Lower mortgage rates have bolstered consumer confidence in the market but paired with low supply, RE/MAX brokers and agents in the region are reporting aggressive offers in conjunction with sellers raising asking prices for residential homes. Ontario Despite The Bank of Canada's interest rate cuts, low housing supply continues to impact multiple markets across Ontario, keeping prices high. However, some buyers are gaining more confidence as mortgage rates decrease and are slowly re-entering the market heading into fall, keeping prices relatively stable in comparison to the year prior. Housing supply is expected to become a larger issue once further interest rate cuts motivate buyers on the sidelines to re-enter the market and spark more competition. Although some homebuyer confidence is starting to return, buyers in Toronto remain hesitant as affordability continues to be a challenge, especially for first-time homebuyers. Across Ontario, 12 regions are expecting average residential prices to remain flat or increase modestly heading into the fall. Increasing markets include Timmins, Sudbury, Brampton, Mississauga, Thunder Bay, and Barrie (each rising five per cent), Peterborough, York Region and Kingston (rising three per cent), Niagara (up two per cent), Durham Region and Ottawa (up one per cent), and London (rising a nominal 0.5 per cent). The outliers to this upward trend are Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, and Burlington, which are expecting a price decrease. In Ontario, seven markets are expected to experience balanced conditions this fall, while four are anticipated to be seller's markets, and five are buyer's markets. Four markets are expecting a mix, with three buyers/balanced conditions, and one sellers/balanced market. Atlantic Canada Echoing similarities to other regions across Canada, Atlantic Canada is also reporting low inventory supply and increased competition when it comes to buyer activity. Buyers are competing aggressively on affordable housing and new listings, causing prices to spike. This is likely a result of current supply challenges and an increase in out-of-town buyers from Western and Central Canada. Unlike in 2023, average residential prices in Atlantic Canada are expected to increase for the remainder of year, by five per cent in Truro and Colchester, NS, one per cent in Halifax, NS, 1.5 per cent in St. John's Metro, NL, and two per cent in Fredericton, NB, while Charlottetown, PEI is anticipated to remain flat. All markets in Atlantic Canada with the exception of Charlottetown – which is a buyer's market – are considered to be seller's markets. Quebec Like other regions across the country, Montreal's housing shortage coupled with interest rates have resulted in a seller's market, with buyers making multiple offers on properties to remain competitive or opting to wait on the sidelines. Pricing and marketing are crucial for sellers looking to attract hesitant buyers. Additional survey findings: Majority of Canadians (77 per cent) believe steps taken by municipal, provincial, and federal governments to improve housing inventory and affordability are not enough to solve our affordability crisis and more needs to be done 60 per cent of Canadians believe building more diverse types of housing are the key to solving Canada's housing supply challenges For 16 per cent of Canadians, rising cost-of-living and affordability challenges have not deterred them at all, and they plan to purchase another home beyond their primary residence soon (or have recently) 40 per cent of Canadians feel Canada is one of the best countries in the world to purchase/invest in real estate (notably this number is higher at 52 per cent, for new Canadians that have been in Canada for less than 5 years) One-third of Canadians (32 per cent) said they are relying on their home as their only financial plan for retirement. About Leger Leger is the largest Canadian-owned full-service market research firm. An online survey of 1,530 Canadians aged 18 years or older, was completed between August 9 and 11, 2024, using Leger's online panel. Leger's online panel has approximately 400,000 members nationally and has a retention rate of 90 per cent. A probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of +/-2.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20. About the RE/MAX Network As one of the leading global real estate franchisors, RE/MAX, LLC is a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX) with more than 140,000 agents in almost 9,000 offices with a presence in more than 110 countries and territories. RE/MAX Canada refers to RE/MAX of Western Canada (1998), LLC and RE/MAX Ontario–Atlantic Canada, Inc., and RE/MAX Promotions, Inc., each of which are affiliates of RE/MAX, LLC. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX, as measured by residential transaction sides. RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, with an innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great independence. RE/MAX agents have lived, worked and served in their local communities for decades, raising millions of dollars every year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® and other charities. To learn more about RE/MAX, to search home listings or find an agent in your community, please visit remax.ca. For the latest news from RE/MAX Canada, please visit blog.remax.ca. Mario Toneguzzi Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list. He was also named by RETHINK to its global list of Top Retail Experts 2024. About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story #business #CanadasNumberOnePodcastforEntrepreneurs #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #Homes #Housing #RealEstate #smallbusiness

Like us, Canada is part of the British Commonwealth - yet parts of the country also speak French.To get an idea of how Canada as we now know came to be, we're going to look at something that happened on this day back in 1864.

Today on the phone-in:Niki Jabbour takes your gardening questions. Plus,a Charlottetown woman is warning people about a distraction-scam, and a 12 year-old wraps up his summer mini-putt business in St. Andrews, NS.

On the phone-in today: Folklorist Clary Croft talks about superstitions. Off the top of the show, the CBC's Brett Ruskin explains what new services will be offered at Halifax Stanfield International Airport for people with physical and cognitive disabilities. We also hear an update about the community fridge in Charlottetown.

It had never happened before. The King's Plate got rained out! Woodbine CEO, Mike Copeland announces when it will be run. Kevin Attard says Woodbine made the right decision. Attard is also in this podcast talking about his great mare, Moira winning the $500,000 Beverly D Stakes in Virginia. Trainer Blake MacIntosh gets our props for crashing over the $20 million mark with a horse named Mamba. The classy pacer, Nijinsky returned to Mohawk and bossed a field around. Jockey Diego Benitez was the star last week at Ajax Downs, winning 3 races, including the feature. Garnet Barnsale gives us the Gold Cup and Saucer race from Charlottetown. And just how sensational was Yannick Gingras' Friday afternoon at Harrah's Philly? The great Blues singer/guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mambo Number 5 performer, Lou Bega help this podcast along.

Tamara Steele is a long-time arts administrator and non-profit director by day but has always been an artist at heart.Her musical talent was fostered from a young age as she grew up learning from her grandmother to play piano and watching her father sing in calypso/soca bands in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After high school, Tamara moved to Prince Edward Island to study classical music at UPEI.A singer for as long as she can remember, Tamara has sung both lead and backing vocals in many bands over the years covering many genres including R&B, Soul, Rock, Reggae, and Salsa Fusion.Currently, Tamara plays bass and sings backing vocals with the Charlottetown-based Hip-Hop band, The Umbrella Collective.Find out more @theumbrellacollective_

Come along to Prince Edward Island and the 2024 biennial L.M. Montgomery conference with Kelly and Ragon! First we raved about our first conference experience and reflected on the brilliant presentations and new perspectives we heard. Then we shared all about our trip to LM Montgomery historical sites, Green Gables Heritage Place, the musicals inspired by the Anne books, and the beauty and splendor of the Island. It was a phenomenal trip and we can't wait to tell you all about it!  Inspired by: Kelly is inspired by the artisan crafts at The Dunes Gallery on PEI. Ragon is inspired by the Anne and Marilla and Matthew  quotation pencil packs from Lit and Whimsy that she bought from the independent bookstore Bookmark in Charlottetown, PEI.   If you want to get a free logo sticker from us, either leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or share your love for the pod on social media!  Send us a photo of your share or review at either our email: kindredspirits.bookclub@gmail.com or on our KindredSpirits.BookClub Instagram. 

On the phone-in: We discuss the elements that make for a dynamic downtown area in the Maritimes. Our guests are Paul MacKinnon in Halifax and Dawn Alan in Charlottetown. And off the top of the show, Dr Danielle Willliams from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency describes a parasite called MSX that affects oysters. MSX has been detected in Bedeque Bay on PEI and now the CFIA is doing more testing to see if it has spread.

The gang at The Produce Stand are joined by their buddy PJ to discuss Shoresy 3, episode 2: Charlottetown Reds.Final RatingVictor: FreshTanya: FreshAl: FreshMat: FreshPJ: FreshMVPVictor: MichaelsTanya: ShoresyAl: ZiigMat: ShoresyPJ: HitchScientific Twitter PollFresh: -Clearance: -Compost: -BLACK TO THE FUTURE - EPISODE 1The Watch Podcast Featuring Jason Mantzoukas Raving About Shoresy

When Alex Cyr was growing up on Prince Edward Island in the early aughts, the capital Charlottetown was a pretty quaint and homogeneous place.But in 2024, the city looks very different. In the last few years, the provincial government has made it easier for immigrants to flock there – and they have, more than any other city in the country.The city is younger and more diverse, and it's solved a lot of the problems caused by its aging workforce. But housing prices have gone up, and the healthcare system is stretched.These challenges that Charlottetown faces now are familiar to so many cities across the country. Journalist Alex Cyr wrote about the city's immigration growth for Maclean's. His piece is called: “How Charlottetown Became an Immigration Boom Town”.

Truro-based folk duo Champagne Weather join host Jeff Douglas to talk about their new EP and their upcoming performance at the East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown. The duo behind the band are Canadian Folk Music Award-winners and JUNO nominees James Hill and Anne Janelle.

In this episode, we travel back with the Canadian Time Machine podcast to look at the moment Prince Edward Island entered Confederation. Historian Dr. Edward MacDonald takes us back to the Charlottetown Conference, where it's said that discussions about the Dominion of Canada flowed over several glasses of champagne. He'll also help us understand why PEI joined the country six years after it was formed. This episode also features reflections on reconciliation from Julie Pellissier-Lush, an actress, knowledge keeper, storyteller, and the first Mi'kmaq Poet Laureate for PEI. More episodes are available at: https://lnkfi.re/ctmxchehx. To read the episode transcripts in French and English, and to learn more about historic Canadian milestones, please visit thewalrus.ca/canadianheritage. There is also a French counterpart of this show called Voyages Dans L'Histoire Canadienne so if you're bilingual and want to listen to more, visit https://lnkfi.re/Voyages-dans-lhistoire-canadienne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 9: HOT TAKES on Psychologists Plea to Love is Blind S6 Viewers and Mental Health Emergency Rooms Nick and Todd are back with more mental health news, ready to dissect the headlines and spark your critical thinking. Nick wants to discuss Dr. Isabelle Morley's new plea to Love is Blind Fans: The sixth season of Love is Blind is underway. Psychologist and Psychology Today writer Dr. Isabelle Morley published a column pleading with viewers to treat cast members kindly. Nick and Todd discuss Nick's experience on Love is Blind season 2 and how manufactured drama and public scrutiny impact the cast's mental health. Todd shares a Canadian Hospital's new plan to have separate emergency rooms for mental health: Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, Canada, launched a new and separated emergency room for those suffering from a mental health crisis. Todd and Nick examine the pros and potential challenges of the new mental health emergency department. Prepare for passionate arguments, diverse perspectives, and a deeper understanding of the complex world of mental health. Get ready to engage your mind and challenge your assumptions on Mental Health Headlines Hot Takes with Nick and Todd. Sign Nick's Petition to add a disclaimer that asks all reality and unscripted television to include a disclaimer: “Episodes are for entertainment purposes only, and the content can be edited, manipulated, and presented in any order for storyline purposes.” www.moveon.org/reality Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-new-mental-health-emergency-department-1.7123896 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-them-or-leave-them/202402/why-i-wont-ever-write-about-love-is-blind-again About the Show Mental Health Headlines Hot Takes is your go-to podcast for thought-provoking discussions on the latest news and developments shaping the world of mental health. Tune in every episode to join Nick and Todd as they debate and dissect the issues that matter most. We're glad you're here.  Follow Nick:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nthompson513/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eyes-wide-open-with-nick-thompson/id1640110814 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@eyeswideopencontent Follow Todd:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bunnyhugspodcast/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bunny-hugs-and-mental-health/id1560055327YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bunnyhugsandmentalhealth