This is PEI

Mar 06 2025 42 ep. 18 mins 281

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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 much land do Buddhist groups own on P.E.I.?

Mar 06 2025 23 mins

There have long been accusations that two Buddhist groups control more land than they’re allowed to on P.E.I. The government is now investigating the land holdings. Reporter Kerry Campbell talks about the rumours and rhetoric.

Same Day, Different Premiers

Feb 27 2025 25 mins

Last Thursday was a wild day in P.E.I. politics. In less than 24 hours, one premier stepped down and a new one was sworn in. We chat with the former and the current premier about what went down.

Welcome to P.E.I. where everything’s expensive

Feb 20 2025 17 mins

For newcomers on P.E.I., the rising cost of living can be particularly hard to deal with. Reporter Steve Bruce finds out how people are making it work — and what more could be done to help.

The iconic Peter Pan burger is back

Feb 13 2025 23 mins

One of Charlottetown’s best burgers is back — from the Peter Pan drive-in that stood on University Avenue for more than 40 years. The Blue Goose restaurant is adding the Peter Pan burger basket to the menu, and they’re not the only ones reveling in the nostalgia. Mitch learns why a burger with its own identity is having a minute.

How to create more affordable housing on P.E.I.

Feb 05 2025 16 mins

Housing expert Steve Pomeroy looks at the latest P.E.I. housing numbers, and explains some of the ways we got into this situation and how we might get out of it.

How P.E.I. will respond to U.S. tariffs

Feb 02 2025 21 mins

P.E.I. depends on the U.S. market for much of what we grow and fish. Those markets could disappear overnight if the 25 per cent U.S. import tariffs are imposed on Tuesday. Mitch asks Premier Dennis King how P.E.I. can fire back, and some growers how they’re feeling.

P.E.I. is getting a lot of new housing. Who will be able to afford it?

Jan 30 2025 19 mins

One way to take the pulse of housing in a community is to look at how many new units are under construction — also called housing starts. But when we look at that number, what are we not seeing? Mitch sits down with the mayors of Charlottetown and Summerside to talk about a record number of housing starts in 2024, and what else needs to be done. This is part one of a two-part ser

Are we asking the right questions about lobster fishing?

Jan 23 2025 17 mins

In the closest U.S. state to P.E.I., new research into the lobster industry is going beyond price and stocks. Mitch checks in with three people at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences about why it’s important to ask fishermen about their health and their communities.

Having trouble keeping your New Year’s resolutions?

Jan 16 2025 19 mins

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions — and often that resolve only lasts a few weeks. Mitch speaks to a psychologist, a dietitian and a mental performance consultant about how to make your goals stick.

Forever young: How the P.E.I. Symphony is aging backwards

Jan 09 2025 19 mins

From a new young conductor to going viral on TikTok, this orchestra is hitting all the right notes when it comes to reaching new audiences. Mitch chats with some of the people who are keeping the symphony young.