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Mainstreet PEI | Mar 19, 2013 | 7:59

Poet Clea Roberts - Author Reading Series

Clea Roberts is A poet visiting from Whitehorse, Yukon. She's here as part of the Winter's Tales Author Reading Series taking place this evening at UPEI.

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Mainstreet PEI - PEI's Piping Plover PopulationJun 17, 2013 | 5:07Mainstreet PEI PEI's Piping Plover Population Audio
Mainstreet PEI PEI's Piping Plover Population Jun 17, 2013 | 5:07Strong winds, heavy rain and high tides have taken a toil on PEI's piping plover population. Right now, only 59 of the tiny shorebirds have been spotted on PEI. CBC's Brian Higgins spoke with Shannon Mader in North Rustico.
Mainstreet PEI - SpinTime - Charlie A'CourtJun 17, 2013 | 11:12Mainstreet PEI SpinTime - Charlie A'Court Audio
Mainstreet PEI SpinTime - Charlie A'Court Jun 17, 2013 | 11:12His blues recording Triumph and Disaster won two ECMA's - so what kind of music influences Charlie A'Court? We'll find out when he joins us on SpinTime?
Mainstreet PEI - Devastating virus hits strawberry fields in PEIJun 14, 2013 | 4:58Mainstreet PEI Devastating virus hits strawberry fields in PEI Audio
Mainstreet PEI Devastating virus hits strawberry fields in PEI Jun 14, 2013 | 4:58A devastating virus has hit at least two strawberry fields on PEI. That could mean a smaller berry crop this year...and big losses for some growers. Stephanie vanKampen spoke to Arny Nabuurs, president of the PEI Strawberry Growers Association.
Mainstreet PEI - The Indian River Festival - Melissa MackenzieJun 14, 2013 | 5:12Mainstreet PEI The Indian River Festival - Melissa Mackenzie Audio
Mainstreet PEI The Indian River Festival - Melissa Mackenzie Jun 14, 2013 | 5:12The Indian River Festival Opens this sunday. Violinist Connie Yun, percussionist Leo Han and soprano Melissa MacKenzie will perform their repertoire from the festival. Melissa mackenzie visited our studio.
Mainstreet PEI - St. Paul's Family Resource receives awardJun 14, 2013 | 9:57Mainstreet PEI St. Paul's Family Resource receives award Audio
Mainstreet PEI St. Paul's Family Resource receives award Jun 14, 2013 | 9:57Close to a million people in this country are helped by Food banks each month and 40 percent of those people are children and youth. Kristen Hollery and Lorna Gabriel are with St. paul's Family resource Institute in Halifax.
Mainstreet PEI - Strength program focuses on aftercareJun 13, 2013 | 7:43Mainstreet PEI Strength program focuses on aftercare Audio
Mainstreet PEI Strength program focuses on aftercare Jun 13, 2013 | 7:43Health PEI says 58 per cent of the young people who've gone through the treatment program have relapsed. Sean Morrison, supervisor of the Strength program, talks about the program's new focus on aftercare to prevent youth from relapsing.
Mainstreet PEI - Boyde Beck - Queen of the Northumberland StraitJun 13, 2013 | 13:19Mainstreet PEI Boyde Beck - Queen of the Northumberland Strait Audio
Mainstreet PEI Boyde Beck - Queen of the Northumberland Strait Jun 13, 2013 | 13:19As far as car ferries go, the SS Charlottetown was royalty...and Queen of the Northumberland Strait during the 1930s. But it was a short reign that ended when she struck something and sank off Nova Scotia. Historian Boyde Beck is here now to tell us more.
Mainstreet PEI - Mainstreet Q-Line - Kevin O'learyJun 12, 2013 | 9:18Mainstreet PEI Mainstreet Q-Line - Kevin O'leary Audio
Mainstreet PEI Mainstreet Q-Line - Kevin O'leary Jun 12, 2013 | 9:18Kevin O'Leary is the chairman of O'Leary Funds and co-Host of the Lang & O'Leary Exchange and Dragon's Den on CBC TV, He's famous for making money. He's also famous for being blunt, even mean. Today he is in the hot seat for the Mainstreet Q-Line.
Mainstreet PEI - Mark Lynas - British Environmentalist and AuthorJun 12, 2013 | 7:40Mainstreet PEI Mark Lynas - British Environmentalist and Author Audio
Mainstreet PEI Mark Lynas - British Environmentalist and Author Jun 12, 2013 | 7:40In his earlier days the British environmentalist and author, Mark Lynas, would sneak onto test crops and destroy genetically modified crops. A couple of months ago he went public writing about the anit-GMO conspiracy theory in his book The God Species.
Mainstreet PEI - Atlantic Public Arts Funders Creative ResidencyJun 12, 2013 | 6:54Mainstreet PEI Atlantic Public Arts Funders Creative Residency Audio
Mainstreet PEI Atlantic Public Arts Funders Creative Residency Jun 12, 2013 | 6:54Island artists can take part in a residency in a province in Atlantic Canada that's not their own. It's called the Atlantic Public Arts Funders Creative Residency and it's supported by Arts organizations in the four provinces. Darren White explains.
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Mainstreet PEI - Author Wayne Gillis - Moving ForwardJun 11, 2013 | 8:38Mainstreet PEI Author Wayne Gillis - Moving Forward Audio
Mainstreet PEI Author Wayne Gillis - Moving Forward Jun 11, 2013 | 8:38He was on his way to becoming a lawyer, but an accident left him with multiple injuries and a traumatic brain injury. Eight years later Wayne Gillis has written a book which will be launched this Saturday at Indigo in Charlottetown.
Mainstreet PEI - Breaking Bread - Women in AfghanistanJun 10, 2013 | 8:00Mainstreet PEI Breaking Bread - Women in Afghanistan Audio
Mainstreet PEI Breaking Bread - Women in Afghanistan Jun 10, 2013 | 8:00Invitations went out to get together, break bread and learn a bit about the challenges facing the women of Afghanistan. Sue Hartley is with the Atlantic Chapter of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan.
Mainstreet PEI - SpinTime - Rebecca ParentJun 10, 2013 | 10:41Mainstreet PEI SpinTime - Rebecca Parent Audio
Mainstreet PEI SpinTime - Rebecca Parent Jun 10, 2013 | 10:41She's juggling two roles at the Montgomery Theatre this summer and she's adding DJ to her list of characters. Rebecca Parent is our SpinTime DJ.
Mainstreet PEI - Marlene Beaton - Bus Driver RecognizedJun 7, 2013 | 5:15Mainstreet PEI Marlene Beaton - Bus Driver Recognized Audio
Mainstreet PEI Marlene Beaton - Bus Driver Recognized Jun 7, 2013 | 5:15Marlene Beaton is outstanding in her driver's seat. Each year, the PEI Home and School Federation recognizes one of those drivers, and this year Marlene has been recognized as going above and beyond the call of duty.

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