PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Maple syrup off to slow start this season in West Prince; Salute to Agriculture [special supplement] Archie Dunbar and Mar Arsenault work three weeks each year making maple syrup at Sugar Bush, Woodstock, PEI. The Sugar Bush has 250 maple syrup trees, but Dunbar is only tapping twenty trees currently, as he has been minimizing production in recent years. Dunbar notes that the best weather for maple syrup is usually a the beginning of April, and that cold nights below freezing, with warm days that measure at least five degrees, create the best conditions for maple sugaring.

: Mapping the shorelines; Art in the Open [one-off column] Textile artist and handweaver Rilla Marshall's art project will be featured during the main event during this summer's Art in the Open event in Charlottetown; Marshall will use stakes and ropes to physically show the projected shoreline of Charlottetown in the future

: Marathon of Hope; Review of "Marathon of Hope: The Terry Fox Story", by John Connolly at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse in Waterloo, Ontario. [Includes a photograph.]

: March bursary winners; March bursary winners are Kory Johnson of Margate, John A. MacLean, and Betty Jean Cameron of Miscouche. The money for the scholarships is raised at the PGI Golf Tournament for Literacy held each year in June. Includes photographs., ***unscanned

: March features annual meetings for WI; March 2012 plays host to several Prince Edward Island Women's Institute events, including District conventions., ***unscanned

: Margate Farms champion McCain grower; "Margate Farms Ltd. of Kensington was named the 2011-2012 McCain champion potato grower for PEI during the annual McCain Growers' Banquet held recently at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club." Includes photograph., ***unscanned

: Margot Rejskind; Profiles coral conductor (of Summerside Community Choir and Tapestries Community Choir), Margot Rejskind. [Includes a photograph.]

: Marilyn Sark receives the 2006 Jane Gottfriedson Award; Jane Gottfriedson Award (2006).

: Marine protected areas, Basin Head; A copy of a Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, publication on the back cover of the issue.

: Marion among senior Islander award winners; 2013 P.E.I. Senior Islanders of the Year Award winners : Lois Brown, Kensington; Sr. Norma Gallant; Eric Hammill, Kinkora; John Kenny, Statford; Marion Murphy, Millvale

: Maritime Beef Council formally incorporated; Maritime Beef Council has largely existed as an informal group formed by the industry in organizations in three provinces, but it is now a formal organization that is incorporated., ***unscanned

: Maritime Beef Council rep attends NZ agriculture conference; Interviews Ellen Crane, General Manager of of the Maritime Beef Council, who was part of a group of representatives that attended the International Beef Alliance Conference in Taupo, New Zealand. Includes a brief biographical sketch of Crane, who grew up in Cardigan, PEI. [Includes photographs.]

: Maritime Fall Fair; A recap of the Beef Show at the Maritime Fall Fair in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Robert Holmes from PEI was a judge, while the Dixon family of Dixon Farms had a few award winning cows., ***unscanned

: Maritime cattle hold own at the Royal; A recap of Maritime beef cattle at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, including some PEI farmers., ***unscanned

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