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Daily Island Media

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Special Occasions

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News Releases

Recent News Releases

Partial Closure of Charlottetown Perimeter Highway on Sunday, March 21

Culture and Heritage Information Sessions Held Across Prince Edward Island

Province and UPEI Introduce New Business Incubator Program

Province Gets Early Start on Road Painting

Attorney General Announces Proclamation of the New Police Act

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Bird of the Day

Golden-crowned Kinglet

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Holidays

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Business of the Day

Canada Post Corporation - Crapaud
in Crapaud.

Things To Do

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What's New

Recent updates to our website.

The Office of the Police Commissioner Website is now available.

Factoid of the Day

Dave "Eli" MacEachern, who won an Olympic gold medal in 1998 in the two man bob-sled, is from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island.

Today in Island History

On March 20 in Island history...

1845 A large crowd watches as teams of horses drag two newly constructed vessels from the shipyard of John and James MacMillan a half mile out onto the ice at Covehead. When the ice melts, the vessels will automatically be launched.

From the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

Aerial Photo of the Day

Elephant Rock in Norway

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See our Aerial Photos section for more.

Aerial photograph by Birds Eye View Photo

Island Place of the Day

Pinette Shoals
A shoal, NW. of South Point..

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The Moon

Moon's Illumination for 03/20/2010

Calculated using software from Sky & Telescope

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Environment Tip of the Day

Of all water on our planet Earth, 97% is salt water. Only 3% is fresh water, and most of that is frozen in the polar ice caps. Less than 1% of Earth's water is available for our use.

From Environment & Energy.

Farm & Forestry Fact of the Day

Information provided by the
PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee

On average, 200 loaves of bread can be produced on a piece of land the size of a football field (100 x 59 metres).

Visit the
Agriculture and Forestry Information Centre