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Charlottetown Weather See the weather page for more...  IslandCam One See the IslandCam page for more...  Daily Island Media Headlines Radio One Live Radio News: Local Latest CBC News: Compass newscast May Require RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to listen/view.  Special Occasions The Premier of PEI recognizes... In 2 days (5/13/2008) Nancy Olender of Belle River celebrates her birthday. Happy Birthday! Love Tom. To request recognition by the Premier of a special birthday or anniversary, please contact Tara Arsenault in the Premier's Office. Please allow one working day to process requests.  News Releases Recent News Releases Islanders Reminded to Update Home Address if Using Internet-Based Telephone PEI Student Attends National Biotechnology Competition Province Waives Late Payment Penalties on 2008 Property Charges until June 20 School Bus Service to Resume Monday May 12 Council of Atlantic Premiers’ Meeting Being Held Today in Fredericton, NB  InfoPEI Search Enter a keyword to search InfoPEI.  Government Directory Enter a last name to search our provincial telephone directory. Advanced Search  Bird of the Day Gray Catbird See our Island Birds section for more birds.  Holidays Coming in the next 21 days... From Canada and the United Nations  Current Time Time when page loaded. Reload to update. 22:37 Atlantic Time  Business of the Day Canadian Red Cross - Summerside in Summerside.

Things To Do Events for May 11, 2008 Agricultural Exhibitions Mayflower Alpaca Show Music PEI Bluegrass and Old-Time Country Music Group The Linus C. MacKinnon Family's Indoor Original & Traditional Scottish Ceilidh Concerts Theatre Children Love To Dance To search for upcoming events, visit our Festivals and Events page. You can also visit The Buzz Arts & Entertainment  Island Radio  Now Playing: » Listen Now » More information  What's New Recent updates to our website.  Factoid of the Day The expulsion of the Acadians from Port La Joie took place in 1758.  Today in Island History On May 11 in Island history... 1970 In her second bid for a seat, Jean Canfield of Crapaud becomes the first woman ever elected to the Island legislature. She takes 1st Queens in a Liberal rout of the provincial Tories. From the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation  Aerial Photo of the Day The Links at Crowbush Cove in Lakeside Click photo for full-size version. See our Aerial Photos section for more. Aerial photograph by Birds Eye View Photo  Island Place of the Day Nortons Creek A bay, Flows S. into Brudenell River. See Our Communities section for more.  The Moon Moon's Illumination for 05/11/2008 Calculated using software from Sky & Telescope  Sunrise and Sunset Information for: 5/11/2008 Sunrise: 5:44 Sunset: 20:35  Environment Tip of the Day Dispose of sharps (needles, syringes, lancets and EpiPens) safely by using an approved Needle Disposal Container, available free of charge at Island pharmacies. When full, these containers may be returned to pharmacies for disposal, at no charge. Do not place sharps into carts or blue bags. From Environment & Energy.  Farm & Forestry Fact of the Day Information provided by the PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee Apples are Canada's number one fruit crop with the average Canadian eating an average of 11 kg (24 lbs) of apples a year. Visit the Agriculture and Forestry Information Centre