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Bird of the Day

Sharp-shinned Hawk

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Business of the Day

Centennial Cottages
in Brackley Beach.

Things To Do

Events for February 9th, 2012

Confederation Centre Art Gallery

Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2012 - Stolen from a Hockey Card Concert

Morgan Saulnier and Michelle Cheramy

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What's New

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Prince Edward Island Energy Commission

Diamond Jubilee

Hockey Day in Canada 2012

Winter driving

Factoid of the Day

The oldest Protestant church on PEI is St. Paul's Anglican Church.

Today in Island History

On February 9 in Island history...

1833 Peter Fisher of Indian River does something unprecedented in the colony: he asks for a divorce from his wife, who has left him for another. The House of Assembly eventually establishes a court of divorce in 1836. We don't know if it ever granted one to Fisher.

From the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

Aerial Photo of the Day

Beach Point in Murray Head

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Aerial photograph by Birds Eye View Photo

Island Place of the Day

Port Hill
An unincorporated area, SE. of Ellerslie.

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The Moon

Moon's Illumination for 02/09/2012

Calculated using software from Sky & Telescope

Sunrise and Sunset

Information for: 2/9/2012

Sunrise: 07:27

Sunset: 17:28

Charlottetown Tides

Tides for Charlottetown
Do NOT use for navigation.
Consult official tide tables.

Today: Dec 31, 2011
High	2:55 AM AST / 2.40 m
Low	9:16 AM AST / 0.93 m
High	3:49 PM AST / 2.43 m
Low	9:54 PM AST / 1.13 m

Tide data from the
Canadian Hydrographic Service

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

Balsam fir has short, flat, long-lasting needles with an overall dark green colour and silver cast. It has a superb fragrance which makes it a very popular tree at Christmas.

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Agriculture and Forestry Information Centre