Jillian Trainor

1 week ago | peicanada.com | Jillian Trainor

While reading a recent e-edition of our sister paper, the Eastern Graphic, this reporter was recently reminded of a phenomenon known as the pink tax. For those unaware, the pink tax is the tendency for products marketed specifically toward women to be more expensive than the exact same products marketed toward men. Some of these products can be up to 50 per cent more expensive, though that number is sometimes even higher. kAmp A24< @7 H@>6?’D 5:DA@D23=6 C2K@CD[ 7@C 6I2>A=6[ 42?

1 week ago | peicanada.com | Jillian Trainor

With the creation of the men’s mental health night, the hope is it will help end the stigma about men not being able to talk about their mental wellbeing. “If somebody has got something they want to say, everything is validated,” said Kendal Hackett, the coordinator of the group. “Their feelings are validated. That’s what these nights are about, and it’s good.”Hackett said he wasn’t sure anyone would show up to the first event back in November 2024. In total, 28 men showed up.

1 week ago | peicanada.com | Jillian Trainor

The 2025 Easter Seals Ambassador, Remi Dean, was welcomed to her school, Ellerslie Elementary, with great fanfare on her final stop of the Ambassador School Campaign on April 30. “I was happy, and I was super excited,” she said. kAm#6>: H2D 2 >:4C@ AC66>:6[ 2?5 DA6?E D6G6C2= H66<D :? E96 ?6@?2E2= :?E6?D:G6 42C6 F?:E :? w2=:72I] pD 2 C6DF=E @7 96C AC6\E6C> 3:CE9[ D96 H2D 5:28?@D65 H:E9 r6C63C2= !2=DJ[ 2?5 C646:G65 2? 6A:=6ADJ 5:28?@D:D :?

2 weeks ago | peicanada.com | Jillian Trainor

Leading up to the start of the spring season, oyster fishers are already finding dead shellfish, killed by the MSX parasite, causing concern over how this year’s season, which begins on May 1, will go. “As growers are starting to lift their bags (out of the water), we hear tell of 60 dead in the bag, 90 dead in the bag,” said Bob MacLeod, president of the PEI Shellfish Association. “Which is pretty high considering a lot of these growers put 200 fairly big oysters in a bag.

2 weeks ago | peicanada.com | Jillian Trainor

Product waste is always a concern with grocery retail, something the owner and operator of Moe’s Independent Grocer is aware of. “We have to be conscious of what we produce and what we waste,” said Morris LeBlanc. “For me, it’s about how can we reduce our footprint here in West Prince. We’re on an island, the landfills are only so big, and you hate to see good food waste go into a dump. “kAm(9:=6 E96 DE@C6 AC@;64ED H92E E96J’C6 8@:?8 E@ D6== @? 2 52:=J 32D:D[ E92E 5@6D?’E >62?