Truckers Protest at Nova Scotia/New Brunswick Border
On January 27, 2022 by jmwebAround January 13th, I had received a couple of tips from people that there will be an attempt to shut down the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border on the TransCanada Highway again. I didn’t hear much more on this other than the initial words. Fast forward to January 19th, I found out more about a plan
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
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
Justin Trudeau’s Election Visit to PEI
On September 30, 2021 by jmwebI had been somewhere near Fredericton, New Brunswick listening to some podcast on how an election was anticipated when Reuters photo editor in charge of North America Chris Helgren called giving me a heads-up that an election call was coming on Sunday. Chris is nothing short of amazing. He has kept all the photographers on
2021 Nova Scotia Lobster Dispute
On September 28, 2021 by jmwebThe Journey I was in Grand Falls, New Brunswick getting ready to chase a lightning storm when I had an email exchange about covering the Sipekne’katik First Nations launching their own fishery for Reuters. I had 36 hours to make it from the far Western Maritimes to one of the Southern tips of the Maritimes.
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
World War II Crash Site
On May 31, 2021 by jmwebPrince Edward Island is well known for it’s history. Islanders are all too familiar with it being the birthplace of Confederation. It is known for other amazing accomplishments like Anne of Green Gables or the first place in Canada that received the distress signal of the Titanic, amongst others. With COVID19 significantly impacting my travel,
Beluga whales!
On May 26, 2021 by jmwebA couple of weeks ago, I was heading towards Souris (Eastern PEI) from Stratford. I had taken a different route going through Fort Augustus and came to the small community of Mount Stewart where there were a lot of people on either side of the road along with cars occupying both sides of the road.
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