Prince Edward Island’s election campaign drew attention to the increase in people adopting plant-based diets during a forum on Agriculture. The April 10th meeting saw party leaders and around 150 attendees discuss one of the industries upon which the province has a large reliance. Progressive Conservative Party Leader Dennis King acknowledged a growing percentage of […]
Grief is an ingredient of our existence. An ingredient we would rather never use in a recipe of mixed emotions. We are stuck with it. Even with good coping skills, it can be intolerably unbearable. In letting our sweet boy Leo go, grief has returned. It’s a wave crashing over without warning. It’s a sudden […]
The federal government recently announced that there will be new funding to replace the MV Holiday Island. Built in 1971, the Holiday Island provided steady service between Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick and Borden, Prince Edward Island until the opening of Confederation Bridge in 1997. The Holiday Island joined the new MV Confederation on the Wood […]
Never will I understand the need for most politicians to represent a collective of thoughts, instead of the people who elected them. Never will I understand how in 2019, science and facts are thrown out in favour of groundless fictions in unproven faith. Never again will I understand the need to consume animals in order […]
Last week, an accident happened in Kings County Prince Edward Island involving a horse-drawn vehicle and a car. The horse suffered minor injuries while the drivers of each vehicle were fine. The horse, its’ cart and the cart driver were from the local Amish community. Over the last three years, several Amish families relocated […]
Supermarkets and smaller stores do all they can to minimize perishable waste. Most consumers believe that seeing marked-down produce means there is a quality issue. In most large supermarkets now, there will be a stand somewhere visible in the department full of marked-down product at excellent prices. They might have a 50% off sticker or […]
A frequent criticism I hear about eating a plant-based diet is how it can be “too expensive”. I agree it can be in certain locations. Even in those locations there are people who make it work. You can make it cost-efficient by keeping an eye out for deals in different places. Shopping in one place […]
