This is PEI

Dec 05 2024 29 ep. 17 mins 280

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Your home, in less than 20 minutes a week. Host Mitch Cormier brings you the stories The Island is buzzing about. Every Thursday.

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How a food bank donation is making a big difference

Dec 05 2024 12 mins

The Canadian Automobile Association recently donated a fully tricked-out electric cargo van to Charlottetown’s Upper Room Food Bank. Mitch talks to both the food bank and the CAA about why this kind of donation matters.

How to beat the seasonal blahs

Nov 28 2024 13 mins

Non-stop rain on P.E.I. leaving you feeling blah? You’re not alone. We talk about how to deal with the emotional toll of the changing season and shorter days with someone who deals with Seasonal Affective Disorder and a person who helps treat it.

These experts can help you navigate P.E.I.’s health care system

Nov 21 2024 14 mins

It’s a complicated health care world. Before giving up, you should know there’s extra help. Meet P.E.I.’s patient navigators and find out they help make sense of a complicated and complex system.

Does the early bird catch the doctor?

Nov 14 2024 14 mins

It’s 4:45 in the morning and, as always, there are cars outside the Sherwood Medical Centre, filled with Islanders desperate to see a doctor. We talk to some patients who are having to get up in the middle of the night to get the care they need.

The cold reality of community fridges

Nov 07 2024 20 mins

Community fridges on PEI are supposed to help hungry Islanders — but some volunteers are seeing cracks in this approach. We speak to food security experts about what’s going on, and what can be done to help those in need.

Why do the Irvings own so much land on P.E.I.?

Oct 31 2024 20 mins

P.E.I. limits who can own land, and how much. But are the rules being followed? Reporter Kerry Campbell discovered corporations with ties to the Irving family own more than four times what’s allowed. This week, we dig into, whose land is this land?

Reintroducing: This is P.E.I.

Oct 23 2024 1 mins

New name, same must-listen podcast. This is your connection to the stories P.E.I. is talking about. Hosted by proud Islander Mitch Cormier.

How do we divide up P.E.I.?

Jun 25 2024 20 mins

We venture out to answer how our counties got their names, but end up with a stickier geography lesson. Can Islanders come to a consensus? And who has the final say?

The dairy bar episode

Jun 18 2024 18 mins

Islanders love their ice cream. To celebrate summer, we're talking about what makes us go nuts for dairy bars. And as it turns out... business is booming!

Are community schools a P.E.I. thing?

Jun 11 2024 17 mins

We’re going to school this week... community school. So what is it? Who can attend? And how has it lasted almost 60 years?