Mainstreet PEI
with Karen Mair
Thursday May 23, 2013
Mainstreet on the Map - Julia McKillop
If you're making travel plans, and a revolution begins in the place you're planning to visit, most people make other plans. Julia McKillop is not most people. She signed a contract to teach in Egypt just as the Arab Spring was taking hold. Find out what life's been like in revolutionary Egypt today on Mainstreet on the Map.Download Flash Player to view this content.
Categories: Mainstreet on the Map, Teaching
Thursday May 23, 2013
Senator Percy Downe - On Mike Duffy
Joining us is PEI Liberal Senator Percy Downe, who sits on the senate's Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee that is once again looking at the expenses of Senator Mike Duffy. Kerry Campbell spoke to him earlier.Joining us is PEI Liberal Senator Percy Downe, who sits on the senate's Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee that is once again looking at the expenses of Senator Mike Duffy. Senator Downe says Stephen Harper created this mess by appointing a PEI senator who doesn't actually live on PEI. Kerry Campbell spoke to him earlier.
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Categories: Government, Politics
Tuesday May 21, 2013
Lionel F Stevenson - Fifty Years of Photographs
PEI Photographer Lionel Stevenson and Confederation Centre Gallery Curator Pan Wendt discuss Lionel's lifetime of photographs. This weekend, Lionel will be giving an art talk and launching the new book Lionel Stevenson - Fifty years of Photographs. The book is co-published by the Gallery and Acorn Press.Download Flash Player to view this content.
Categories: Book/Author, Confederation Centre, Events
Tuesday May 21, 2013
SpinTime - David Celia
World class musician David Celia drops into the studio as our SpinTime DJ, and shares some of his personal musical connections and his music picks.Chris Merritt - Surfin
Michael Holt - Way Up Past
Invisible Inc - Welcome to the Show
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Categories: Music/Artist, Spin Time Segment
Friday May 17, 2013
Duff Conacher - Is it time to get rid of the Senate?
Parliament Hill is abuzz with the latest revelations about Senator Mike Duffy's expenses. Today, they're focused on whether he billed the Conservative campaign in the last federal election when he claimed he was on Senate business. Duff Conacher is the founding director of Democracy Watch and he says it's time to get rid of the Upper Chamber.Download Flash Player to view this content.
Categories: Government, Politics
Friday May 17, 2013
The 7th Annual Dandelion Festival - Stratford
The 7th Annual Dandelion Festival takes place in Stratford this coming Monday. Karen Mair Marion spoke with Marion Copleston with the PEI Environmental Health Coop and Tracy Brown, who's with the Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association. On Monday, the Hall workshops begin at 10 AM and the music, facepainting and food gets underway at 12:30 PM.Download Flash Player to view this content.
Categories: Environment, Events
Thursday May 16, 2013
CBC's James Cudmore - PEI Senator Mike Duffy
PEI Senator Mike Duffy's expenses just won't go away. The latest development that has political and senate watchers spinning is the news that the 90 thousand dollars owed by the Senator was actually paid by the Prime Minister's right hand man. James Cudmore is a CBC reporter on Parliament Hill.Download Flash Player to view this content.
Categories: CBC Television, Government, Politics
Thursday May 16, 2013
Historian Boyde Beck - 1830's Missing Treasury
Mainstreet's Historian Boyde Beck takes us back to 1830, where money and politics were handled a bit differently. In May, 1830, a committee from the legislature dropped in to see the colonial treasurer and discovered that about a fifth of the colonial treasury was missing.Download Flash Player to view this content.
Categories: Boyde Beck, History, Politics
Wednesday May 15, 2013
Beating Breast Cancer - Double Mastectomy
Sue Power decided to have a double mastectomy 8 years ago, in hopes of beating breast cancer. Karen reconnects with Sue to discuss her decision after Angelina Jolie, a popular actress, announced recently that she had opted for the same operation. Sue Power stopped into the studio.6 questions about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy.
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Categories: Awareness Campaign, Health/Medicine
Wednesday May 15, 2013
Literary Awards - Lori Mayne and Jennifer Tasker
The 26th annual Cox and Palmer Literary Awards deadline is on May 31st. Lori Mayne, co-ordinator of this year's celebration and Jennifer Tasker, winner from last year's awards dropped into the studio. For more information visit peiwritersguild.com.Download Flash Player to view this content.
