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A vampire emerges from his grave after 200 years, to find the world he knew has changed. Johnny Depp stars in the new Tim Burton film, Dark Shadows. Matt Rainne offers his thoughts on the film.

Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk. Some of Marvel’s greatest heroes come together in the box office hit The Avengers. Matt Rainnie explains if the movie lives up to the hype.

 

Two young Charlottetown dancers have been invited to a week-long workshop on Broadway. Eleven-year-old Olivia McLeod and 10-year-old Grace Rowan Quansah say they’ll have a chance to learn from the stars.

Here’s a video Pat Martel put together featuring Olivia and Grace.

PEI Rocket coach Gordie Dwyer would have rather had his team in the QMJHL playoffs. Instead he had a chance to coach the Under 18 Canadian team at the World Championships.

MADD Canada says P.E.I. has one of the worst records when it comes to accidents involving drunk drivers. The group also says there are extra measures the Island could take to discourage drunk driving. 

Click here to read the report

Matt reviews the latest from the American Pie cast. The new film is American Reunion. He’ll tell us if the latest movie holds up to the original.

This week Matt reviews the new Julia Roberts movie Mirror Mirror, one of two new movies based on the classic tale Snow White.

Island Morning can’t fool you this year. April Fool’s Day falls on a Sunday in 2012. So we decided to share some of our favourite pranks from the past.

We have posted three of our favourite pranks of all time below.  Have a listen and then vote on your favourite. 

Shelly Ward tells Brendan Elliott about the government's plan not to hire over 200 temporary workers to work on the province's highways this summer.

Jackie Wadell of the Island Nature Trust tells us about the Island's population of amphibians. And where you can see them and hear their songs. 

Falina Dovick is graduating from UPEI, and Moe Chandler is a freelance photographer in Charlottetown. They are both looking for work and blogging about that search for the new Jobs Wanted Series.

Some fans of lacrosse are hoping to revitalize their sport on P.E.I. The newly formed group Lacrosse P.E.I. is trying to revive interest in the youth game. Jason Macdonald is the coordinator of the new group.

Four-year-old Olivia Clow from Montague will soon get her 3 cavities filled. Her mother is on social assistance and says she can't afford the $200 for nitrous oxide to put her child under.

Now Islanders have stepped up to help out.

Pat Martel reached Margaret Clow in Montague, and the manager of the Hunter River Dental office. 

Hear the original story by following this link.

A UPEI history class has had the opportunity to share some fifteenth and sixteenth century books. The class connected by video link to the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto. The CBC’s Denis Calnan dropped by to watch the unique tour.

Bruce Donaldson the coach of the University of Prince Edward Island women's hockey team was named the Atlantic University Sport coach of the year, then a few days later his team won its first AUS championship.

Making the win even sweeter, Bruce coached his daughter Jaime to the team's first title.

PEI's Special Olympics team won 27 medals at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Alberta.

The team arrived hom late on Sunday and were greeted by close to 100 people at the Charlottetown airport.

Julia Cook was at the airport to talk with 17-year-old triple gold medallist Ellen MacNearney, and chef de mission for team PEI, Charity Sheehan.

Wednesday on the show Matt reviewed the new Reese Witherspoon movie This Means War. It is the story of two CIA agent friends fight over the same woman.

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Matt reviews a movie made on a tight budget that has more than paid for itself. Chronicle is about a teenage outcast that videotapes every aspect of his life.

Brooks Carmody is becoming a You Tube sensation after singing a Johnny Reid tune from the seat of the Zamboni he drives at the new Halifax skating oval.

He told Matt Rainnie how the video was shot, and what has happened since then.

A pack of nasty wolves is circling a group of plane crash survivors in the Alaskan wild in the new thriller The Grey. Matt Rainnie tells us about that film, and also a Canadian film up for Oscar.

This time around Matt Rainnie reviews the story of a  young boy who discovers a key in his late father’s closet,a key that sends him on a journey of healing through New York City. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star in the film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Scotiabank Hockey Day on P.E.I. is happening soon.  Dutch Thompson tells us about some of the Island women who played hockey in the 1920s and 30s.

Kay Wood of the 1930s Victoria Union Sisters hockey team

Cora Ferguson - Hampton, P.E.I.

Matt has been to see three holiday releases over the last couple of weeks. He reviews Mission Impossible 2, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and We Bought a Zoo.

Frederick Seller and Joan-Marie Balcom tell Matt how the same holiday card has been exchanged between the two families for 65 years. It is a tradition that has now been passed on to the grandchildren of the generation that started the holiday joke.

 

This week Matt has been reviewing some advance screening copies of movies coming out over the holidays.

He offers some of his picks.

Thursday on the show we talked with Brian Enman from Huntley. He told us about going from a carpenter on the Confederation Bridge to a set dresser on Hollywood films. One of his most recent was A&E's Bag of Bones.
 

Angie Arsenault's son Cole escaped twice from a Charlottetown daycare. CBC 

Emile Gallant of Les services de garde L'Île Enchantée child care centre tells Mitch Cormier what changes will be made the Charlottetown-area daycare. A two-year-old boy managed to get out on his own twice in two days.

Matt Crossman of Island EMS tells Pat Martel why the company wants a GPS system that can be easily changed to fit different situations.

Sherwood Elementary school is the first in the Eastern District to offer parents a chance to buy the week's lunch orders online.  Bob Boyle from the Home and School told Mitch it is also giving teachers back precious time in the classroom.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in free trade talks with Pacific Rim countries. And many of these countries want in on Canadian markets, including the dairy market. That has farmers like Harold McNevin of the Dairy Farmers of PEI worried. He spoke with Brian Higgins.

A few decades back, Wayne Wright was approached by an Island political party to draw some campaign cartoons for them. From that a career was born. Wayne tells Matt about a new book that features a few hundred of his cartoons.

The Twilight series nears its finale,and things are getting even darker for Bella, Edward and Jacob. Matt tells us if it's worth breaking out the money to see Breaking Dawn Part 1.

Ben Stiller plays the manager of a high-end New York apartment complex who sets out to steal back money from a swindling tenant. Tower Heist co-stars Eddie Murphy and Alan Alda.  Matt Rainnie reviews the new movie.

It's been a few years since the abortion issue was raised on P.E.I. But it is back with the birth of a new group calling for more abortion information and services. Island Morning's Pat Martel took to the streets of Charlottetown to hear what Islanders think about the issue. And then Brendan Elliott talked to the Health Minister Doug Currie about the possibility of funding the service on PEI.

Island researchers say they're using baby's first poo to find out how many women are drinking during their pregnancy. Stephanie VanKampen talked with Dr. Kathy Bigsby about the project.

Some students at Queen Charlotte Intermediate had to leave a presentation on drinking and driving at the school. Saying ther pictures and video were too graphic. Mitch Cormier talked Norbert Georget was leading the presentation, and Sara Fraser talked with some of the students who were at the presentation.

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The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading to Canada.

It's a leaderless grassroots group that is asking why so few people share so much wealth.

Here on Prince Edward Island, Marlee Cameron is organizing an event.

Jeff Keacher is spending six months on a mission.

He wants to put on his pads and patrol the crease in every province and state.

He's putting 30 thousand miles on his car to meet recreational players from across the continent. 

Mitch caught up with him after his game in Charlottetown.

Many of the stories of young people growing up on a reserve in Labrador have to do with abuse and addiction.

Now, meet Nik Penashue.

He's a champion golfer from Labrador and 1st year student at Holland College. His next stop is the nationals in Charlottetown.

Ryan Gosling stars as a press secretary working with a presidential hopeful played by George Clooney. Matt Rainnie explains if a strong cast in the new film Ides of March is enough to make it a box office winner.

You neven know what will show up on P.E.I. during the fall migration.  This morning we have two pictures sent to us by Dwaine Oakley and Glen Kelly.  The first is a Northern Wheatear found at the Abrams Village lagoon on Saturday. The second is a Fork-tailed Flycatcher that Glen also photographed on the weekend.

The price of furnace oil has shot up almost 30 per cent in the last year. Pat Martel finds out why Islanders will have to dig deeper this winter.

Developer and real estate tycoon Richard Homburg speaks out.  Reporter Jennnifer Henderson shares her conversation with the troubled real estate tycoon with Matt Rainnie.

Maybe your parents sat you down to chat about alcohol, or maybe you learned on your own the hard way. Dave Atkinson hit the streets to seek "Collective Wisdom" about how to teach kids about alcohol.

Julia Cook learns more about a curse that connects a family in western Prince Edward Island to a small island in the South Pacific. Bob and Susan Gordon explain how they were tracked down to lift the curse.

In part two, the Gordons explain how a curse, that has endured since mid 1800s, saw them travel halfway around the world. And how lifing the curse started with a reconciliation ceremony.

Brendan Elliott drops by with one final look at some of the stories behind the stories of this provincial election campaign. 

Nancy, Paul and Ross drop by for some final thoughts on the election campaign and they offer up predictions on how the legislature might look after Monday's vote.  

"ADD and Loving It" is the name of a documentary featuring Canadian actor Patrick McKenna. It explores his own diagnosis of a learning disability. He tell Matt Rainnie about dealing with the diagnosis.

More than two dozen classes on PEI are taking part in Vote Canada's program designed to teach kids about elections. The CBC's Julia Cook spent some time at Kinkora High School and spoke to one class about the program.

The City of Charlottetown has been working to become a more sustainable city. Gil Penalosa is known as a "liveable city advisor" and he talked to Matt Rainnie about his work.

When Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane couldn't afford to fill his bench with star players he started thinking outside the box or diamond. Matt reviews the new Brad Pitt movie Moneyball.

Josh Nelson knows what it's like to be a kid with cancer.

At the age of 9, he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.

Seven years later, he is cancer free and part of a group of bikers travelling across Canada as part of the Kids Cancer Ride.

Josh and his dad talked to Matt Rainnie from the road.

A certain degree of conflict in the workplace is inevitable.

People have different personalities, different points of view.

Add in stress and uncertaintly and throw in some poor management, and you could have big trouble.

Matt Rainnie talked with Pierre Battah about how to handle it.

Island Morning's Social Media Panel of Beth Johnston and Dave Cormier stop by the studio to talk about how the various parties are using new communications tools in the election campaign.

Here is episode #2.

Nancy,Paul and Ross talk about the second full week of the election campaign and the emergence of the PNP scandal as an election issue.

Debating the issues on Island Morning. All five of P-E-I’s political leaders joined us live in the lobby at the CBC. We talked about the economy….education….health care… the issues that Islanders have been telling us are important to them.

Here is Part One:

Here is Part Two:

Share your thoughts during the Island Morning Leaders Debate. Listen online or at 96.1 FM, and be sure to let us know what you think about what you’re hearing from the leaders.

PC Leader Olive Crane tells Mitch Cormier why she is refusing to participate in CBC Television's debate unless all parties are included.

The plans to set up a Discovery Centre for Charlottetown continue.  Now the organizers need some cash from the community so they can apply for government support for the project. Matt Rainnie talked to two members of the organizing committee. Jordan MacIntyre is editor of Island Family Magazine. Beth Johnstone is the Communications Officer for the City of Charlottetown.

The Great Canadian Roadshow has rolled into town. It's a Toronto business that will cut you a cheque in exchange for your treasures. But there are some things to consider before you hand over your valuables for money. Lindsay Carroll talked to Jill Atkinson, a spokesperson for the Better Business bureau in Halifax. And then she headed forthe Great Canadian Roadshow to talk to the show's manager and some hopeful Islanders.

So far, two businesses have moved into the new Georgetown's new strip mall. Lindsay Carroll dropped into What's the Scoop to meet part-owner Toby Murphy and Gordon Lavers, of the town's development corporation, which owns the building. 

CBC News was at a meeting of fishermen and the provincial government on Monday night.  The lobster fishermen say they can't get by on $3.25 for every pound they catch.

Six-year-old super fan Jay MacDonald can't wait for the Stanley Cup to come to Cornwall on Sunday.

He was too tired to stay up and watch his favourite team when they won the cup after playing Vancouver in the finals.

But he'll get a chance on Sunday when Adam McQuaid gets to spend his day with the Stanley Cup after winning it earlier this spring.

McQuaid will be be part of a Stanley Cup parade along the Trans-Canada Highway.

Sarah Keaveny Vos heard about Jay's great love for the Boston Bruins while visiting his Bruins inspired bedroom.

Richie Bulger visited Glee Camp at the Confederation Centre to meet with some of the kids and talk to Jennifer Cullen, the camp director.

Over the last few days we have been doing stories on the famine in Somalia and some of the efforts Islanders have been making to help raise money for relief.

The CBC has created a page that links to the national organizations accepting donations for famine relief.

The Canadian government will match all donations made until September 16 2011.

Hockey is one of Canada's great national past-times. Though many people assume people who are visually-impaired can't play because it is too dangerous.

Mark DeMontis lost most of his eyesight at 17, but the top notch player kept playing, and dedicated himself to getting other visually impaired players on the ice.

Now he is skating from Halifax to Toronto to raise funds for his charity.  Courage Canada helps start hockey programs for visually impaired players acorss the country.

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Here's a link to Mark's website Courage Canada.

Kevin Callen and his family got a bit more than just land in a recent real estate deal. The Ontario couple ended up with a squatter on their new piece of land in Pisquid. 

A group of kids from Wellington decided to do something about the lack of a bicycle park. So they designed the park, helped get it built, and now will maintain it. Lindsay Carroll went to Wellington, to learn more about this new bike park.

In part four of his series Brendan Elliott looks at the tax promises made by the Ghiz Liberals during the 2007 provincial election campaign.

In part three of his series Brendan Elliott looks at the promises the Liberals made on the issue of health care during the 2007 election campaign.  And he tracks how many were delivered.

A man with impressive roots in Canada's folk music scene is behind a new 3-day festival here scheduled for next summer. The Malpeque Folk Festival will happen for the first time next August. Mitch Podolak sees plenty of potential top bring top acts here.  He joined Laura Chapin and Rob Oakie of Music PEI to talk about the festival.

Egyptians were shocked at the sight of their former president, Hosni Mubarak. He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, while lying in a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a makeshift courtroom in Cairo. Mamdouh Elgharib is formerly from Egypt, he's watching the trial unfold from Charlottetown.

In part two if his series on the promises made by the Liberals during the 2007 election campaign Brendan Elliott looks at the issues of education.

Vicki Bryanton tells Mitch Cormier how her family spent part of the weekend trying to get the Hal the parrot to come back home after it flew away and into the trees around Charlottetown.

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Matt reviews the latest summer blockbuster, Captain America.

A movie that sees a 98-pound weakling transformed as part of a military experiment to become Captain America.

The photos of funnel-shaped storm clouds spotted across Prince Edward Island on Saturday night have many people talking about what happened. Some are saying they spotted a tornado. To find out more Mitch talked to Gerry Reicheld a retired meteorologist who worked at the Canadian Forces Base in Summerside.

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Click here to see more pictures of cloud formations sent to the CBC.

Former NDP candidate Joe Byrne, who also sits on the federal board of the party, talks about his reaction to Jack Layton's announcement. 

A researcher who studies wild oysters worldwide says P.E.I. needs to do more to maintain its standard as having some of the best oysters in the world. At the same time, Island fishermen say they're getting out of the fishery because the quality of P.E.I. oysters is dwindling. Laura Chapin explores both sides of the story.

On Friday July 8 we broadcast live from the Cavendish KOA campground -- talking about the Cavendish Beach Music Festival.  Here are some of the items from our show.

Year three and getting bigger, Jeff Squires is president of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival. We talked to him about the popularity and challenges this festival brings to the Cavendish area.

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Waye Mason says it is time for government to get out of paying for mega concerts and music festivals.  He tells Mitch Cormier it is better for govenments to pay for infrastructure instead.

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No question the Cavendish Beach Music Festival brings tens of thousands of people to Cavendish in a short time. Mel Gass has a unique perspective on this, both as a motel operator and chair of the municipality. He tells Matt Rainnie where he stands on the concert.

When Will & Kate arrived in Summerside they were greeted by people in various costumes from the Summerside Historical Society. And store windows were also displaying items from past royal visits. George Dalton is with the society, and he spoke to Mitch about the extra efforts.

The royal visit was extra special for the 2500 people who were invited to a reception a Dalvay. Julia Cook was there to speak with some of the guests and catch some of the activities. [an error occurred while processing this directive]

After the royal tour's only media reception the CBC's Sarah Keaveny Vos caught up Georgina Brewer and Michael Harrod from England's ITV News about covering the family.

The Garden of the Gulf Museum wants to be the new home to the Canada Tree sculpture, featuring wooden items gathered from across Canada all built on a base of Red Oak from Kings County. Maggie Brown spoke with museum chair Edgar Dewar.

(Gerard Gallant with fellow Islander and director of hockey operations, Mike Kelly at the NHL Draft in St. Paul, Minnesota) 

A second chance in the big leagues. Now that he's won the Memorial Cup, what's next for Summerside's Gerard "Turk" Gallant. Our reporter Brendan Elliott caught up with the Quebec Hockey League's coach of the year at the NHL draft in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sixteen-year-old P.E.I. musical theatre prodigy Ben Moran is spending his summer as part of an elite program in New York, a program whose graduates include Anne Hathaway and Lady Gaga. He told Matt Rainnie about the course.

(From left to right are:  Monica Corish, Paige Crowell and Ryan Drum from the IB graduating class at Colonel Gray)

Two Island high schools are graduating their first-ever classes of students from the International Baccelaureate Program. It's an intensive two-year program that prepares students in grades 11 and 12 for university. Lori Ronahan, the IB Coordinator at Colonel Gray High School, grad Alex Thompson talked with Matt Rainnie.

P.E.I.'s Fire Marshal is reminding Islanders they can't buy, sell or set off fireworks without a permit. We'll hit the streets to hear what Islanders think, and talk to the man responsible for enforcing the rules.

The P.E.I. Special Olympics softball team is representing Canada at the Special Olympics World Games this week in Athens, Greece. The CBC's Julia Cook spoke with the team's coach and one of the players before they headed off on their big trip.

David Pepper helps GLBT refugees find safety. He is travelling across Canada promoting the idea of "Group 5 sponsorships," where 5 Canadians can sponsor a refugee. He talkeed with Matt Rainnie about his idea.

For the past seven years, daycare workers on P.E.I. have been helping kids cope with emotional distress. Now the program is expanding to allow anyone looking after children to participate. Matt talked with Alice Taylor of the Early Childhood Development Association.

This six pound blue-gray lobster was caught Monday by Jason Peters who fishes out of French River. In four years on the water this is the first time Peters has pulled up a coloured lobster. The family had planned to dine on it that night, but decided to hold off for a bit.

Matt Thomson and Melody McInnis were at odds with the city's heritage board. The board said the siding the couple was using for their century-old home on Longworth Avenue wasn't up to snuff.

The ultimate decision though would be left up to council, and it voted to allow them to continue with the restoration work. Listen to  some of the debate from last night's meeting, including the chair of the Heritage advisory board, Rob Lantz.

At least two Montague business owners have been told by the province their signs violate provincial law. We wanted to find out why there's so much confusion about who polices signage. Ryan Hicks talked with Andrew Daggett,the Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Montague. 

Tourism P.E.I. wants to join in on your Twitter and Facebook pages. Three 'digital ambassadors' have been hired to convince people to visit the Island. Brendan Elliott talks to Brenda Gallant about the program.

Nancy, Paul and Ross discuss some of the worries over health care in western P.E.I. and a look at the spring session of Parliament. 

A Rocky Point woman says there's a potential hazard in the Charlottetown Harbour. Mary Matthews is the mother of the fisherman involved in the accident near the Hillsborough Bridge. She told her story to Ryan Hicks.

One decade of publishing, a lifetime of memories.Libby Oughton will be honoured in June by the Association of Canadian Publishers for her work with Ragweed Press on P.E.I. She shared some stories with Matt Rainnie.

The Hangover was the most successful R-rated movie of all time. And its sequel broke box office records last weekend. Matt offers his review.

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Summerside's Bill Schurman was brought in to help the Lewsiton MAINEiacs get on the right track. But it was a bit too late for the money losing club.  He talked with Mitch Cormier about the decision to sell the club and shut down.

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Dianne McQuaid of Cornwall says she is nervous, but being part of the Stanley Cup finals isn't bothering her son Adam too much. Adam plays for the Boston Bruins.

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Career counselling in Island schools is rising to a new dimension.  Kids on P.E.I. can learn about future careers online on something called The N-3-X-T Network. Jaime Lee Mann and Christine Gordon Manley talked with Matt about the program.

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Click here to find out more:

http://n3xt.ca/

Wendell MacDonald has put up 8 flagpoles, each one flying a Canadian flag and a Union Jack. He is hoping the royal couple is going to drive by and see his display. He talked with Pat Martel.

Charlottetown City councillor Rob Lantz says Victoria Park has an identity crisis. He tells Brendan Elliott what he beleieves it will take to make Victoria Park great.

Charlottetown police are investigating an allegation of assault involving a resident at Hillsborough Psychiatric Hospital. Aaron Burke's family believes he was assaulted as staff were trying to restrain him. Aaron is 21, and is autistic and has epilepsy. He had been living at a youth home. But he was moved to the Hillsborough Hospital a few months ago, while he waits for a spot in a group home for adults. The CBC's Sally Pitt spoke with his sister Jenna to learn more.

Eight year old Hannah Faye MacLean is celebrating her birthday in a very special way, raising money for people in Japan. Her parents Keith and Maki MacLean met in Japan.The family still lives in Japan for part of the year, where Hannah attends a Japanese school. They stopped by to talk to Matt about the fundraising effort. 

WikiLeaks released documents last month that show Hydro-Quebec planned to buy Maritime Electric. The documents are written by the US Consul General in Halifax to various high-level departments in Washington. Brendan Elliott explored what the papers say.

The first home and resource centre for young Islanders with autism opens in just a few weeks. It's a $1.2 million project over 10 years in the making.Carolyn Bateman took Matt Rainnie on a tour.

Sara MacLeod, originally from St. Peters, is one of the Alberta residents sent packing by forest fires. Sara actually works for a company that helps to re-fuel the big water bombers that are being used to try to control the Alberta wild fires. Matt had a chance to hear her story.

Travelling across the country driving a tractor and hay wagon, with a camera along for the ride.

John Varty's adventure will start here on Prince Edward Island. He's a history professor from McMaster University in Hamilton.

Matt asked him how he plans to record the trip and eventually produce a documentary after the voyage is done.

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Clifton Stewart, a spy in World War Two. has died at the age of 91. He was recruited by the British for his radio operating skills. He was one of several hundred allied troops trained at a special covert facility in southern Ontario called Camp X. Laura Chapin profiled Stewart a few years ago and shares some of her memories.

Bob Creed the director of social programs for the province explains how the province is looking to close the gap between social assitance payments and the ability to buy a healthy basket of groceries.

Patty Williams is an associate professor at Mount St. Vincent University. She's also Canada's Research Chair in Food Security and Policy Change. She just released a new study showing that eating healthy is getting even more challenging as food costs go up.

The first of the summer superhero movies has hammered its way into theaters.

Over the next few months there’ll be a number of movies featuring characters lifted from the pages of comic books.

In “Thor” a norse god is sent to Earth to learn humility in the latest Marvel comic adaptation.

Matt Rainnie tells us if this this God of Thunder left him thunderstruck.

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A spider showed up on the lens of our webcam on Thursday morning.  We grabbed a quick picture of it.

Since its inception four years ago,Spay Aid PEI has helped pay for the neutering of 700 dogs, cats and rabbits. Now demand is exceeding the organization's funds. Elizabeth Schoales talks about a new way to raise money for the group.

The P.E.I. Rape and Sexual Abuse centre is hoping a workshop and conference this week will help men who have been sexually abused to get the help they need. Matt talked with psychotherapist Mike Lew.

Some Liberals in Ottawa are floating the name of Wayne Easter as interim party leader. We talked to the Malpeque MP to see if he's even interested in taking the job.

McGill University has come out with a new blood test that can detect dementia in its early stages. We wanted to hear what this could mean for Islanders with Alzheimer's disease so we talked to Jackalina VanKampen of the Alzheimer's Society.

Island Morning talks to officials from Credit Union Place and Prince County Hospital about the latest news on the gas leak, and it's aftermath.

Murray River's Wayne Burke just returned from working with an organization called Lifeline Haiti. And he says he'll keep working for the country. Wayne is in the middle, with Bob Davisson, Lifeline Haiti Coordinator on the left and Pastor Wilbert Placide, Lifeline Haiti Bishop in the Jacmel Diocese.

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Click here to find out more about Lifeline Haiti.

A smaller field, and fewer players. Eleven and 12-year-old soccer players on P.E.I. will see changes to how they play the game this season. Our reporter Ryan Hicks headed to the field to get the details, and reaction from players.

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Sheila Simpson wants to know why she was fired.

But under P.E.I. labour laws, employers don't have to give a reason why they let someone go.

Yet in other provinces employers have to give dismissed employees a letter outlining why.

Pat Martel reports on the growing demand for change in the Island laws.

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Nancy, Paul and Ross drop by the studio to offer thoughts on the Conservative majority, and what it means for P.E.I.

Finding treasures during the 70 Mile Yard Sale,and hidden gems in the barns of the province.  Scott Cozens of the reality TV show Canadian Pickers shares some of the highlights of his visit to the province.

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Follow this link to the Canadian Pickers website

On election day some newcomers who hoped to cast a ballot can't. That's because their Canadian citizenship is delayed. Laura Chapin has been working on why.

Retired soldier Owen Parkhouse has planted the signs of all the candidates running in the Cardigan riding on his front lawn. It is all in an effort to encourage Prince Edward Islanders to vote.  He talked about his efforts with Matt Rainnie.

With a few days to go the panel gets together for one final chat about the federal election, and offers up some predictions for Monday night.

Not many of us have seen eagles fall from the sky.That's exactly what happened to Andrew Trivett and his wife Lanabeth Barkhouse. Julia Cook went to Trivett's house in Stratford to hear his story.

For our final riding debate we invited the candidates from the Cardigan riding into the studio to discuss a number of issues including the decision to close the Ocean Choice plant in Souris.

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Erin Moore also had a chance to speak with voters in the riding about the issues they're worried about.

Dave Hyndman is on the hunt for Islanders willing to take a chance on a good deal. He and his partner,Troy LeBlanc, are starting the province's first group buying website, called GroupBuyPEI. They dropped into the studio to talk about the plan.

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Here's a link to the GroupBuyPEI website.

People in other provinces plaster their lawns with election signs. But lawn signs on P.E.I. are few and far between. Pat Martel took to the streets of Stratford to find out why.

Sharlene MacLean will be among the throngs watching the royal wedding on Friday.

She talked to us from outside of Buckingham Palace about what is happening in London. And gave us a description of her new hat.

We’ll be talking to Sharlene a couple of times during the program on Friday as she makes her way from Westminster Abby to Buckingham Palace.

A DFO scientist has been studying genetically modified salmon in an effort to predict what might happen if they escaped into the wild. Laura Chapin explains what Bob Devlin has learned so far.

A student from Mont Carmel hopes sport can help kids in Haiti forget about the misery around them for a few minutes.

Catherine Arsenault, who is at University of Moncton, is with Right To Play.

She tells Mitch how she’ll be heading to Haiti with hockey bags full of sports equipment, including some soceer balls donated from P.E.I.

The federal election campaign got personal this week, and a couple of key P.E.I. ridings are still very much in play. Our Island Morning political panel of nancy Key and Paul MacNeill discussed those topics with Matt Rainnie.

CBC was at Glen Stewart and Stratford Elementary schools as 11-year-old Hannah MacLellan wrapped up her Easter Seals tour.

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To find out more about this year's Easter Seals campaign:

http://eastersealspei.org/ 

Matt in the studio with the candidates in the Charlottetown riding. Eliza Knockwood is from the Abegweit First Nation and is running for the Green Party, representing the NDP is Joe Byrne, Donna Profit is running for the Conservatives, and Lawyer Sean Casey is the Liberal candidate.

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Erin Moore was also out on the streets of the riding talking to voters about the issues they want addressed during the campaign,

It’s been a decade since the last Scream horror movie.

Now Scream 4 reunites original cast members Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette.

Matt Rainnie has been to see the new movie and he talked with Mitch Cormier about if it was worth the wait.

A bar mitzvah is a right of passage that Jewish boys go through when they turn 13. These celebrations are rare on Prince Edward Island because the Island's Jewish community is so small. Joel Palter and Rachel Kassner tell Laura Chapin about the decisions and challenges they faced getting ready for son Kass's bar mitzvah.

Charlottetown has dropped to number 108 on Money Sense magazine's list of the best cities to live in.  And the western capital, Summerside, is at 172 on the list of 180 cities rated. Jody White is with Money Sense. He told Mitch Cormier how the survey works.

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Follow this link to see the entire article in Money Sense.

Once a year, students at Summerside Intermediate take on the duties of council and make recommendations to their more senior counterparts.

Listen in as junior Mayor Noah Richardson presents his council’s findings to Mayor Basil Stewart and the real Summerside council.

With two weeks to go before the federal election Pat Martel was on the streets of Charlottetown asking voters if they think a majority government is a possibility.

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For complete election coverage check out the Canada Votes 2011 webpage.

Ryan Hicks was at the 2011 ECMA awards ceremony in Charlottetown and has a look at the reaction of some of the winners.

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And Steve Bruce was also out during the five-day festival.  He talks to Matt Rainnie about some of the business deals for the artisits, and the money generated for the local economy.

The candidates running in the Malpeque riding were in the Island Morning studio for a debate.Peter Bevan-Baker is a dentist, a playwright and musician who has been a member of the Green Party since the early days in 1992. Tim Ogilvie was the Dean of the Atlantic Vet College before becoming the Conservative candidate in this election. Rita Jackson completed a Bachelor of Business Administration after retiring from the armed forces. She is running for the NDP.Liberal Wayne Easter has been Malpeque's elected representative.He served as Solicitor-General under the Jean Chretien government,and in opposition he is the agriculture critic.

The Oscar-winning film Arthur has been remade into a new film starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren. Matt Rainne reviews the story of a spoiled, alcoholic billionaire who falls in love and may lose his money.

And we managed to find this trailer for the original Arthur in 1981 starring Dudley Moore and John Gielgud.

A Stratford youth group is cracking down on its dress code. Some girls have been showing up at the dances in what are called Under Armour shorts.

The athletic underwear is supposed to be worn under clothing, but some girls are are making a fashion statement by wearing nothing but the shorts.

Tanya Craig with Stratford Youth Can Do explained the decision. 

It's going to be a busy five days for many music fans. Moe Chandler and Martin Cathrae are huge supporters of East Coast music, Barbara Bovaird is a Charlottetown teacher and huge fan of East Coast music.  

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Moe and Martin also have a podcast featuring East Coast Music, follow this link to the Facebook page.

This week Island Morning is profiling the finalists in a contest to see who'll get a showcase during the ECMA weekend.  The grand prize includes the showcase and time in a recording studio with David Rashed.

In our first profile we double up.  First Matt gets an overview of the So You Think You've Got the Beat program with Alex Douglas, who is helping organize the event.

Then we speak with Emma Doucette. She's a grade eight student at Stonepark Junior High in Charlottetown.

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To say that Dakota Oliver has grown up with music is an understatement.

She's been performing since age 11 alongside her dad Johnny Oliver.

Now she has her chance to win the grand prize of an ECMA showcase and time in a recording studio with David Rashed.

Dakota Oliver talked to Matt about her music and then shared an original song with us.

Montague's Brielle Ansems is one of four finalists in a competition called So You think You Got the Beat?

She plays the guitar, piano, saxophone, flute, alto sax and piccolo.

It is her singing that has caught the attention of a major player in the Canadian music scene.

Bridgette Blanchard and Allieanna Ballagh are students at Bluefield High School. And they casll themselves The Alphabettes.

They dropped by the Island Morning studio to talk about their musical families and play a song.

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They are years away from being able to vote. However, they have opinions on the topics in this year's federal election campaign. Island Morning's Pat Martel speaks with Julia Cantelo, Alexis MacInnis, Olivia Reddin, Jakob Bryant, Barrington Duffy and Antonio Ong of Stratford Elementary school about the some of the issues.

Listen to our  first two episodes as kids comment on attack ads and the country's economic problems.

Listen in as the students talk with Pat about the potential end of the long gun registry.

In part 3 we ask the students if marriage should just be between a man and a woman.

In part 4 the students talk about assisted suicide.

In part 5 our students wrap up their talk with Pat on the Vote Compass quiz.

Olympic Gold medalist Heather Moyse picked up three Sport PEI Awards on Wednesday night.

She was named senior athlete of the year, received the Bill Halpenny award for international achievement, and for overall achievement Lieutenent Governor’s Award.

And it seems Heather may have her eye on another sport to help take some of the strain off an injured ankle.

She spoke with Matt Rainnie after the awards show.

After a busy week on both the federal and provincial front we gather our Political Panel of Nancy, Paul and Ross to talk about the provincial budget, the report from the province's auditor general and the second week of the federal election campaign.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is back in a new movie.  In Source Code a soldier repeatedly awakens in the body of another man, and discovers he’s on a mission to stop a terrorist attack.

You can live to Matt Rainnie’s review of the new sci-fi thriller below.

Green Party candidate Carl Arnold, Conservative Gail Shea, NDP candidate Jacquie Robichaud and Liberal Guy Gallant gathered in our Prince County studio for a candidate forum hosted by Matt Rainnie. You can hear what they had to say below.

The members of Island Morning's political panel look back at the first week of the federal election campaign. Nancy, Paul and Ross discuss Mike Currie's decision to try and win a federal seat, and what the panel expects from the provincial budget.    

Two British comic-book nerds take a road trip in America, and come face to face with an extraterrestrial being.

His name is Paul. And that's the name of the new movie starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Matt Rainnie reviews Paul for this week's Island Morning review.

A Tory setback in the polls,a new approach to PNP, and the ramp-up to a federal election are all up for discussion when the Island Morning Political Panel gets together. Nancy Key, Paul MacNeill and Ross Young also touched on the spending of Island MPs.

Making origami cranes to lift the spirits of those who are sick, is a tradition in Japan Katsue Masuda tells us about an event she is organizing to make cranes to sned back home to Japan.

Matt, Mitch and Richie headed to West Prince this week to meet with students at Westisle High.

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 The students tell us how they are making up for five lost strom days.

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 And we end our conversation looking forward to the prom.

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Or you can download the items by clicking here to go to our podcast page.

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Rango is a pet living in a tank, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and he's a lizard with a very active imagination.

But escape is soon what happens and Rango ends up stranded outside, in the real world, or at least this animated version of a real world with talking turtles, armadillos iguanas and mole rats.

Johnny Depp as a lizard?  Hear what Matt thinks about "Rango".

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The world of science is a world of complexity... one that doesn't necessarily lend itself to the soundbite or the news brief. We spoke to journnalism professor David Secko about Science and the Media.

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Tune in at 7:50 to hear our conversation with the Williams family from Elmsdale. They found what could be a very old fossil...in a P.E.I. potato field!

We are re-designing our website and so we have temporarily moved our podcasts.

If you're looking for a past Island Morning item, click here:

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For example, you will find our longer interview with lung transplant patient Melissa MacPhail, Katie DeRoche from New Zealand and our story about ice damming.

There are also older items...including our now famous Summerside Concert comedy piece.

Enjoy!