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Squirrel blamed for massive P.E.I. blackout

Squirrel blamed for massive P.E.I. blackout

Late in April there was a power outage that affected almost a third of the people on Prince Edward Island. It turns out that the cause was a squirrel chewing on the wires inside of a substation which lead to a fire.

Wind takes $10,000, but passing strangers return it

Wind takes $10,000, but passing strangers return it

Small towns are great. Where else would you be able to drop $10,000 on the ground, have the wind blow it around and get all of it back?

Buckley’s Mixture – It tastes awful, and it works!

I’m currently home sick. I think this is the first time I’ve ever taken a sick day from work. Strangely enough, I don’t tend to get this sick when I’m working. Really good colds are usually saved for when I’m traveling or otherwise on vacation. For some reason my immune system [...]

$4 theft brings 15 days in jail

I was checking out the CBC news from Prince Edward Island this morning and found this rather humourous article about a man who was going to spend 15 days in jail for stealing $4 from a charity donation box.
Apparently the guy stole the Children’s Wish Foundation donation box from a gas station but got caught on [...]

Groceries for downtown Charlottetown

Groceries for downtown Charlottetown.
Sounds like there is a new grocery store opening in Charlottetown PEI. It will be nice for the people who live in the downtown area as they will be able to walk to get groceries now. Yeah, so the topic in general is sort of boring but there’s one quote in [...]

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