From: The Guardian

By: BY WAYNE THIBODEAU

The Canadian Antiques Road Show is coming to P.E.I.
Tourism Minister Philip Brown announced at the P.E.I. legislature Friday morning that the show will broadcast from the historic Charlottetown waterfront beginning June 6.
A television crew of about 70-90 people will be in the provincial capital to produce four 30-minute episodes of the show. The shows will air on CBC over the fall and winter of 2007/2008.
Valerie Pringle will host all four shows. Read More…

From: CNW Telbec

CHARLOTTETOWN, April 12 /CNW/ - The provincial budget delivered welcome
news to Prince Edward Island’s restaurant and bar owners, including an end to
the 10% levy on wines and spirits they purchase for resale to their customers.
The levy is similar to one in New Brunswick that was recently declared illegal
by the Supreme Court of Canada.

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From: Canadian Press

By: James Stevenson

CALGARY (CP) - Armed with fiddlers, lobster rolls and a mountain of fresh oysters, tiny Prince Edward Island is the latest province trying to attract some of Alberta’s petrodollars with a half-million-dollar tourism sales pitch.

About 20 Islanders have set up camp this week in the busy oilpatch headquarters of Calgary with the goal of boosting their province’s somewhat stagnant tourism levels. Read more…

From: The Guardian

By:TERESA WRIGHT-CONSTABLE

P.E.I. has won the bid to host a national skills competition in Charlottetown in May 2009, Skills Canada announced Thursday.

The annual Canadian Skills competition tests student skills at secondary and post-secondary levels in trade and technology occupations. Gold medalists from each province or territory compete in the event. Read more…

From:The Guardian

By: TERESA WRIGHT CONSTABLE

Chefs from the Signature Room At The 95th restaurant in Chicago are on the Island this week, touring P.E.I. facilities to scope out potential suppliers of seafood and other products for their high-end restaurant.

They are visiting processing plants and hearing from local producers in order to create partnerships with Island companies and look for raw materials for their business.

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From: The Guardian

By:WAYNE THIBODEAU

The numbers do not deter Llewellyn. They, in fact, bolster him. He’s confident Georgetown can turn its fortunes around and plans have already been put in place to make that happen.

New programs are being put in place to make Georgetown elementary the top school in the province, a new retirement village is in the works, a business incubator centre has been established and Georgetown wants to go after the workers of an Italian company establishing in nearby Poole’s Corner to live in the community. read more…

From: CNN Mattthews

Callaway Golf Canada and Golf Links Prince Edward Island have partnered to launch the Callaway Golf Performance Centre of Atlantic Canada at Brudenell River Golf Resort, one of the leading golf destinations on the east coast.

Visitors to the Callaway Golf Performance Centre will have access to a custom fitting experience and - for the first time ever - will also be able to test their preferred specifications right away. Callaway Golf will provide players access to fitted clubs where they can swing away at Brudenell’s “Callaway Golf Divine Nine” 9-hole course. Read More…

From: The official site of Mike Weir 

The Links at Crowbush Cove, considered the crown jewel of PEI’s many world-class golf courses, served as a springboard for a young Mike Weir as he proved to himself, and the world, that he could compete with some of the best golfers in the game at the 1998 Canadian Skins Game. On July 29-30, Weir, the only male Canadian golfer to win a major golf championship when he won the 2003 Masters, will return to Crowbush Cove as a Canadian golf legend to participate in the 2007 edition of the Making the Connection® Legends of Golf. read more…

From: The Mayor of Georgeotown

The Mayors of Georgetown and Souris have accepted Montague Mayer Pat McGowan’s “Fitness Challenge”, but it won’t end there. Both Georgetown Mayer Peter Llewellyn and Souris Mayer Joanne Reid are taking it one step further to raise awareness for improved literacy in their elementary schools!

Invoking the rarely used right of the challenged to choose the weapon of combat, both Llewellyn and Reid have made “improved literacy” in their town’s elementary schools the focus of the face-off!
The pair has teamed up to accept the tossed gauntlet from Montague’s Mayor and decree that the outcome will have a more long-lasting focus than their personal fitness! They want to ensure the efforts of both winners and losers make a significant difference in literacy for their schools and for Prince Edward Island.
Therefore, the order of battle is as follows:
The Mayors of all three communities, should they accept, commit to a attending a June 28 public meeting in a neutral PEI community to present their progress both in personal fitness and in their commitments to improved literacy in the local schools.
While in training, the mayors must also take a deep-dive into the state of literacy at their schools and what can be done to improve it. The results and recommendations for both literacy in schools and personal fitness will be presented in the aforementioned neutral community.
The winners of the Fitness Challenge will be decided in a secret vote by an attending panel judges that will be announced in the near future.
The use of any, and all resources, without limit, or restriction, shall be allowed to achieve success or progress in achieving personal fitness and addressing the literacy issue, which have an impact on every citizen.