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| Volunteers from Holland College and the Atlantic Veterinary College assist a team from UBC in hacking away clay and flesh from both sides of the blue whale’s skeleton. Photos by Eric McCarthy/Journal Pioneer |
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The Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Research Centre at the University of British Columbia has been granted permission to exhume a 26-metre blue whale, buried near Tignish since November 1987. No other creature grows to the size of a blue whale. (more)
16/05/08 11:58 PM
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Marathon man tells students of global cause
BORDEN-CARLETON – It was no Sahara Desert, but running 80 kilometres across P.E.I. over two days would be enough to put a normal person in hospital.
But ultra-marathoner Ray Zahab is no stran... (more)
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Farmers’ market to open downtown next month
SUMMERSIDE — A farmers’ market will take root in the Holman Building.
“It’s all coming together far better than we could ever have imagined,” said Arthur Davies in an interview.
Davi... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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Father killed in crash
ST. PETERS — A 51-year-old Charlottetown man was killed here Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident when the tractor trailer he was driving went off the road and overturned.
The victim i... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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Filling in
KENSINGTON — As Dr. Paul McCarvill struggled to pull a tooth from one patient, another patient waited right in the room — watching.
But seeing dental work didn’t dissuade eager patients in Ha... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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MADD provides new device to Kensington police
Kensington’s police department has a new weapon in the fight against impaired drivers, thanks to the East Prince chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
The MADD chapter donated a han... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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Whale should stay on P.E.I.
The 26-metre blue whale being exhumed in Norway is a provincial treasure that shouldn’t be handed to British Columbia, says Conservative Mike Currie.
During question period Friday, Currie cal... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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Let the races begin
Summerside — The 2008 race season will official launch Monday at the Summerside Raceway. Post time for the holiday card is 1 p.m.
The legendary oval has attracted some exciting talent for the... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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NHL exhibition game in Summerside has been in works for a while
Sports Editor’s Note:
The following is the first in a series profiling the NHL exhibition game between the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers at Credit Union Place in Summerside Sept. 27. The series will look at the two teams and different events leading up to the first NHL-sanctioned contest in Canada’s smallest province. The features will appear every second Saturday leading up to game day.
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16/05/08 11:55 PM
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Kindred spirits come together
It’s no accident that hockey legend Mark Messier is the one delivering the Stanley Cup to Summerside’s Adam Bourque today.
It’s also no accident that Bourque won CBC’s Bring Home the Stanley... (more)
16/05/08 11:55 PM
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