Mainstreet PEI
with Karen Mair
Friday on Mainstreet
Join us this afternoon from 4 to 6 at the Summerside Arena for our live show leading up to Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada! Bring your skates for a spin on the outdoor rink and enjoy a hot chocolate. We've got some great guests lined up including Summerside hockey heroes Gerard Gallant and Doug MacLean. Wendel Clark will be on the big ice conducting a skills workshop, and SEVEN TIME Stanley Cup winner Bryan Trottier will be picking the tunes as our guest deejay for Spin Time.Categories: Episode Update, episodes
Friday February 10, 2012
Atlantic Path Research Project
Tracking Three-Hundred Thousand Canadians over thirty years can't be an easy job. Kerry Campbell speaks with Tony Loring, with the Atlantic Path Research Project. They are conducting one of the biggest cancer research projects in the world... and it's based here in the maritimes.
Thursday February 9, 2012
Boyde Beck - A Constitutional Crisis and Ice!
Boyde speaks to Kerry Campbell about a hockey team, a minor constitutional crisis and something named after Lord Stanley. And ice. Lots and lots of ice.
Thursday February 9, 2012
James Rodd - Island NDP looking for new leader
NDP leader James Rodd announced he's stepping down. He'll stay on until a leadership convention can be held later this year. James Rodd spoke with Kerry Campbell in studio about the reasons behind his decision, and the state of the party today.
Wednesday February 8, 2012
Michael Corney - "Gift of Six"
Gift of Six is the first novel by Michael Corney of New Haven. His day job is with Camp Seggie, which provided lots of inside into the developing minds he's been writing for. He is giving away free digital copies of the book.
Monday February 6, 2012
Winter Biking
Biking is a sport and a means of transportation that some are intimidated to try in the summer - let alone in the WINTER.
We've spotted a few winter cyclists and thought we'd ask them what the attraction is to Winter bicycling.
Come along for the ride.
Monday February 6, 2012
Chef Michael Smith
Chef Michael Smith has a new show out this year, shooting starts next month at his home in Fortune. Chef Michael spoke with Kerry Campbell.
Monday February 6, 2012
Spin Time - Heather Wilson
The Islanders by Choice alliance says eventually, they want to OWN Islander Day. And to get there they've planned the biggest kitchen party in island history for this Islander Day, February 20th. Heather Wilson from Islanders by Choice is our Spin Time deejay. She's picked out some classic kitchen tunes. (We are unable to post the music from this segment to the website).
Friday February 3, 2012
Mainstreet on The Map - Richard Reagh
We go to Sweden where former Island resident Richard Reagh went for love. The love didn't last, but he did. He recently became a Swedish citizen, he tells us what's great about his new home, and all the ways it's like his old home. (we can't include the music due to copywrite issues)
Thursday February 2, 2012
Dutch Thompson - Monticello Hall and listener requests
Here is our weekly segment with Dutch Thompson. He has a mixed bag for us - he talks about Monticello Hall and answers some listener requests.
Wednesday February 1, 2012
Moonlight International Foundation's Free Concert
How do you say thank you in Taiwanese? Well, if you're the group of buddhist monks who recently set up a monastery on PEI, you fly a 60-piece choir, along with an eight-peice orchestral ensemble all the way from Taiwan to Charlottetown, you book the Homburg theatre and put on a free concert for Islanders.
Kerry Campbell spoke with Geoffrey Yang of the Moonlight International Foundation. We are unable to post the music from this piece to the web.
