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Jun 11, 2013 | 13:01Mainstreet PEI Erskine Smith - A True Storyteller AudioMainstreet PEI Erskine Smith - A True Storyteller Jun 11, 2013 | 13:01Erskine Smith passed away Saturday at the age of 67. Erskine was so many things and among them, a true storyteller. Here's he is with the story "When Johnny Strue went up on the bar and I got in trouble again." recorded in 1999.
Apr 24, 2013 | 7:39Mainstreet PEI Dear Johnny Deere - A Musical AudioMainstreet PEI Dear Johnny Deere - A Musical Apr 24, 2013 | 7:39Struggles keeping the farm, urban expansion into rural areas, and a plan to build a highway through the countryside. Sound familiar? Dear Johnny Deere is making it's east coast debut at The Mack. Cam MacDuffee and director Wade Lynch explain.
Jun 13, 2013 | 13:19Mainstreet PEI Boyde Beck - Queen of the Northumberland Strait AudioMainstreet 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.
Jun 14, 2013 | 9:57Mainstreet PEI St. Paul's Family Resource receives award AudioMainstreet 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.
Jul 17, 2012 | 7:12Mainstreet PEI Woodleigh Replica's - Tim Archer AudioMainstreet PEI Woodleigh Replica's - Tim Archer Jul 17, 2012 | 7:12It's been four years since Woodleigh Replica's shut down. It features dozens of miniature replicas of buildings from the UK, including the Tower of London and St. Paul's Cathedral. There's a renewed interest in the property these days. Tim Archer hopes to be able to re-open the park next year.
Jun 5, 2013 | 6:53Mainstreet PEI Singer Songwriter Ashley Condon - New CD AudioMainstreet PEI Singer Songwriter Ashley Condon - New CD Jun 5, 2013 | 6:53Singer songwriter Ashley Condon has just released a new CD entitled "The Great Compromise". We'll hear about some of her upcoming plans, her writing, and about the new album produced by JUNO Award winner David Francey.
Feb 22, 2013 | 7:17Mainstreet PEI Chef Domenic Serio - Buying Local On-line AudioMainstreet PEI Chef Domenic Serio - Buying Local On-line Feb 22, 2013 | 7:17We've heard a lot in recent years about the merits of buying local. Now a new website is encouraging people to buy local food products on-line. Domenic Serio is the Chef at the Inn At Bay Fortune and
had the opportunity to take part in foodiepages.ca and he joined Karen Mair in the studio.
May 31, 2013 | 10:04Mainstreet PEI Ten Strings and a Goatskin - New CD AudioMainstreet PEI Ten Strings and a Goatskin - New CD May 31, 2013 | 10:04Caleb Gallant, Rowan Gallant and Jesse Periard make up the talented trio... Ten Strings and a Goatskin. Their touring with their new CD "Corbeau" and will launch it in PEI this weekend at the Carrefour and the Old Triangle in Charlottetown.
May 31, 2013 | 5:29Mainstreet PEI PEI Agriculture Sector Council - Mary Conway AudioMainstreet PEI PEI Agriculture Sector Council - Mary Conway May 31, 2013 | 5:29The PEI Agriculture Sector council wants Islanders to know it's available to agriculture employers and employees. Mary Conway is an employment officer with the PEI Agriculture Sector Council.
Jun 11, 2013 | 8:38Mainstreet PEI Author Wayne Gillis - Moving Forward AudioMainstreet 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.
Jun 14, 2012 | 9:29Mainstreet PEI Boyde Beck - John Hamilton Gray AudioMainstreet PEI Boyde Beck - John Hamilton Gray Jun 14, 2012 | 9:29John Hamilton Gray is celebrating his 201st birthday tomorrow. Or he would be, if he hadn't died. And that would certainly have to make him PEI's oldest-living former premier. Kerry Campbell talks with Historian Boyde Beck about the man who was host to the Charlottetown Conference back in 1864.
Jul 12, 2012 | 6:17Mainstreet PEI Summer Camps - Camp Seggie AudioMainstreet PEI Summer Camps - Camp Seggie Jul 12, 2012 | 6:17The kids at Camp Seggie are raving about the Mac and Cheese, the Wibbit, they even think the earwigs are pretty cool. It's all part of the camp experience. We continue our series on Summer Camp on today's show.
Oct 17, 2012 | 9:00Mainstreet PEI Learning Disabilities - Angie Demarco AudioMainstreet PEI Learning Disabilities - Angie Demarco Oct 17, 2012 | 9:00Even though the cruise ships didn't make it into Charlottetown today ...there were still lots of extra people around. This is the first day of the annual PEI teachers convention. Two days packed with workshops and opportunities to learn about learning. The keynote speaker for the conference is back on PEI by popular demand. Many educators heard Angie Demarco speak at last year's National Conference on Learning Disabilities. So she's here to speak with teachers and also give two workshops for anyone interested in learning more. Angie Demarco is the education coordinator with the Learning Disabilities Association in Sudbury Ontario. She stopped by earlier.
Dec 12, 2012 | 7:32Mainstreet PEI Gracie Finley - The Montgomery Theatre AudioMainstreet PEI Gracie Finley - The Montgomery Theatre Dec 12, 2012 | 7:32Gracie Finley is the epitome of Anne of Green Gables - so it's no
wonder she played Anne for the longest run in the Charlottetown
Festival. That gig started in 1968 when she was all of 16. These days
Finley calls Buckinghamshire England home. She returns to PEI in the
summers and over recent years she's been getting involved in another
theatre - The Montgomery Theatre in Rustico. Next year Gracie Finley
will return to the stage in an original production. Gracie Finley was
home for a few days and stopped by for a visit.
Jan 25, 2013 | 6:02Mainstreet PEI Sherwood School Music Class - Patrick Faller AudioMainstreet PEI Sherwood School Music Class - Patrick Faller Jan 25, 2013 | 6:02Patrick Faller takes us for a visit to Mrs. moar's music class at sherwood school. These music lessons are pretty unique in this province, and when you hear them, you just might want to be part of it too. for 20 minutes, every second day, a small group of children with special needs get together to sing, dance, spin, bang on drums, twirl ribbons, jump around, and do just about any other activity you can think of, to music. We hear from principal Jean boudreau and the teacher - and the driving force behind this class - Jennifer Moar.
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