PEI Periodical and Article Database
The PEIPAD database provides selective indexing of a wide range of Island newsletters, magazines, etc.
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- Blockhouse Point light
- From "Well worth a peak" column.
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- Bloody Easter
- by J. Clinton Morrison.
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- Blue whale remains unearthed
- Photo by Virginia MacSwain-Jackson.
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- Blueberries and cranberries on rise as Canadian fruit crops
- Erik Dorff of Statistics Canada compares horticultural data from the 2011 Census of Agriculture to figures from the 1941 census. The results show that today's technology makes possible a greater mix of commodities and that there has been a greater effort in recent years to match production to consumer demand. The emergence of mechanical methods of harvesting have facilitated the rapid growth of the wild blueberry and cranberry industries.
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- Blueberry growers optimistic as coming season looms
- PEI Wild Blueberry Growers Association members meet for their AGM in Cornwall and note promising changes and trends in their industry. Wyman's Canada, a major processor in the province is making a major expansion in their processing facility on PEI, and many growers have made significant improvements to their production practices over the past ten years, which has resulted in increased yields. The association has developed a strategic plan that focuses on for major areas: providing a better investment return to growers; better communication between growers; an increased effort to work together cooperatively and to support industry research; and hiring Amy Swallow MacDonald as an executive assistant for the association. Growers also heard about federal and provincial research being done on the Spotted Wing Drosophila, a major pest challenge to the blueberry industry
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- Bluefield offers happy days at annual school musical
- Bluefield High School's musical for 2014 is Happy Days. Public shows are being held from April 24-27.
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- Bluefin premiere
- Profiles John Hopkins and his award winning documentary, Bluefin, which explores the commercial and charter bluefin tuna industry in North Lake, Prince Edward Island. [Includes a photograph.]
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- Bluegrass finale
- Country Prose [column]
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- Bluegrass old country jamboree
- The Bluegrass Old Country Jamboree will be returning to Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside for the first time since 2010. The concert will take place on March 28, 2015., ***unscanned
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- Blueshank Farms a heritage sheep operation
- "Blueshank Farms, which [Robert Paynter] now operates with his wife, Jackie and daughter Emily, was recently designated as a heritage farm. That means it was a working farm when the Fathers of Confederation arrived in the Island capital 150 years ago and has remained in the same family since then" [International year of family farming special insert]., ***unscanned
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- Board pleased with reaction to date on packaging project
- PEI Potato Board have been working with Toronto-based consultants, Hunter-Straker, to develop new potato packaging and a brand icon., ***unscanned