This is PEI

Written by: CBC
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  • Your home, in less than 20 minutes a week. Host Mitch Cormier brings you the stories The Island is buzzing about. Every Thursday.

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  • How to create more affordable housing on P.E.I.
    Feb 5 2025

    Housing expert Steve Pomeroy looks at the latest P.E.I. housing numbers, and explains some of the ways we got into this situation and how we might get out of it.

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    16 mins
  • P.E.I.'s response to US Tariffs
    Feb 3 2025

    P.E.I. depends on the US market for most of what we grow and fish. Those markets could disappear overnight when the 25 percent import tariffs are imposed on Tuesday. Mitch asks Premier Dennis King how PEI can fire back, and some growers how they’re feeling.

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    22 mins
  • P.E.I. is getting a lot of new housing. Who will be able to afford it?
    Jan 30 2025

    One way to take the pulse of housing in a community is to look at how many new units are under construction — also called housing starts. But when we look at that number, what are we not seeing? Mitch sits down with the mayors of Charlottetown and Summerside to talk about a record number of housing starts in 2024, and what else needs to be done. This is part one of a two-part series about housing on P.E.I.

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    20 mins

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An easy listen summary of island culture and history.

As a newcomer to the island this podcast provides an interesting history of things that make PEI a fantastic destination and place to live. It showcases some really interesting places to visit and tasty food to eat. The research and presentation of the information comes through like an engaging conversation. Easy to listen to.

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