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Discovering Secret World War II Plane Crash
On November 21, 2021 by jmwebWorld War II History Buff I’ve always been curious about World War II and having explore crash sites of planes in Newfoundland, I got curious on if there was any crash sites on Prince Edward Island. Sure enough, there was. I visited my first Island crash site in May. It was located in Richmond. You
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Erin O’Toole comes to the Island to Visit
On October 1, 2021 by jmwebA couple of days after Justin Trudeau’s visit, the Conservative party leader Erin O’Toole was also on Prince Edward Island. The plane arrived around 330pm and I spent some of the afternoon getting prepared for a new first. Live Filing My images would be live filed, straight from my camera to the amazing editors at
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I WON GOLD!
On July 3, 2021 by jmwebI won gold at the Atlantic Journalism Awards! I also received 2 silver awards for a total of 3 awards out of a possible 6 in total! This is my first time receiving a reward as I don’t usually participate in submissions for awards. To provide some context, I was nominated 3 times for the
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Sir John A MacDonald Statue Removed | National Cover Photos
On June 8, 2021 by jmwebOnce I heard about Charlottetown City Council voting to remove the Sir John A MacDonald statue, I emailed 5 people from the city asking when the removal would take place. I received 2 responses; A Twitter (Chtown account) direct message and an email from the communications coordinator. “Hi John, this is going to be worked
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A Vigil for the 215 Children Discovered
On June 7, 2021 by jmwebLast Sunday (June 30th) I got a text message about a Vigil happening the next day (Monday, June 31st) in downtown Charlottetown. It was after the discovery of 215 bodies outside the Kamloops Residential School which had an “enrollment” peaking at 500 “students”. The Indigenous organizers wished to have a small group (due to COVID19
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Setting Day Eve on PEI
On May 3, 2021 by jmwebTonight is setting day eve, where lobster fisherfolk head out in the morning and set their traps. For Islanders this is an exciting day as the lobster fisheries is big part of our economy. For some, they baited their traps & loaded their boats on the weekend. For others, they will wait till the morning
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Nova Scotia Shooting Memorial on PEI
On April 28, 2021 by jmwebMy home province of Prince Edward Island set up a display for the Nova Scotia shootings 1-year memorial. The province also did something similar last year however I was unable to attend due to being in 14-day isolation since I was covering the massacre for Reuters. Anyone returning to PEI had to self-isolate for 14
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The Guardian Cover Photo
On December 23, 2020 by jmwebMy hometown paper, The Guardian, selected this cute photo for the cover on today’s paper. Today’s paper also includes some additional photos from the Santa Claus popup photo sessions at the Confederation Court Mall! Be sure to check it out.
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20 Memories from 2020
On December 22, 2020 by jmwebIn 2019, I did a 19 photos from 2019 post. So with it being 2020, I figured I would do my 20 memories from 2020. Each photo will come with a complex or brief description of the photo. This list is going to be different than 2019 in the sense that there was only 1