PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Berry growers cross fingers for sunny skies & lots of heat; This year's crop of strawberries may be a bit later than usual, but growers are hopeful for good weather and a bountiful harvest., ***unscanned

: Best farms now in receivership; "John David Best and J. David Best and Sons turned to the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo in an attempt to raise $200,000. While the campaign fell short, they were able to renegotiate terms with Farm Credit Canada and a mortgage sale scheduled for earlier this year was cancelled.", ***unscanned

: Best in class; DeltaWare Systems Inc. from Charlottetown (page 48) was the only Island company that was included in the top 25., ***unscanned

: Best in class; Profiles Mathieu-Marc Poulin of Delivra Corp in Charlottetown. Poulin was awarded the inaugural Catalyst Award which recognizes an outstanding young employee of a Canadian biotechnology company. [Includes a photograph.]

: Best of shellfish; Lists the winners from the 2016 PEI International Shellfish Festival Competition and includes a mention of the world's longest lobster roll, created by the Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association as part of the Festival.

: Best of the east 2014; PEI winners include PEI Convention Centre for "Best large event space," Holman Grand Hotel for "Best place to stay to combine business with a vacation," Singing Sands Beach for "Best beach," and Cavendish Beach Music Festival for "Best festival." Some PEI businesses were also runners-up in some categories., ***unscanned

: Best places, best practices; Four Prince Edward Island companies are nominated in the top 31. These companies include the number one spot, MRSB Group from Charlottetown (page 36), number 5 is Provincial Credit Union from Charlottetown (page 37), number 17 is Jasper Wyman & Son Canada Inc. from Morell (page 40), and number 22 is Timeless Group of Companies from Charlottetown (page 42)., ***unscanned

: Best practices for workplace promotion of violence prevention Premier's Action Committee on Family Violence Prevention

: Beth MacKenzie; [feature columnist]; memorial for Beth MacKenzie, former MLA, Park Corner-Oyster Bed

: Better cows mean better lives in Kenya; Dr. Shauna Richards, a PhD student from UPEI, is part of a delegation (which includes participants from Farmers Helping Farmers, the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), and Veterinarians without Borders Canada) that is working with farmers in Kenya to explore ways to improve the health of their dairy cows. The group has produced a "Handbook for Kenya Dairy Farmers" that is aiding local farmers in increasing their milk production. On this trip Dr. Richards will focus on cow shelters to measure if improvements in comfortable housing for cattle will result in greater milk production. [This article is associated with a page 1 photo story (peipad 11777) from the same issue.]

: Betting the fish farm; Open-net pen aquaculture has attracted political favour on the promise of rural jobs and a revitalization of the fishing industry. One example is the Victoria, PEI-based Halibut PEI has sold from its land-based tanks since 2009., ***unscanned

: Beware...there are pirates among us!; Editorial by Chad Gallant about the annual convention and keynote speaker Dave Burgess' presentation and book Teach like a PIRATE: Immersion, Rapport, Ask/Analyze, Transformation, Enthusiasm., ***unscanned

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