Shawinigan Wins QMJHL’s Presidents Cup
On June 13, 2022 by jmwebSaturday night the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the Charlottetown Islanders in overtime to win the Presidents Cup finals 4-3. For the fans of Charlottetown’s Eastlink Centre, it was the first time the top QMJHL trophy was awarded in the arena. It also represented the end of a great series between two teams which fought extremely hard
Eve Gascon Starts for QMJHL’s Gatineau
On April 1, 2022 by jmwebWhile I was in Quebec in March, I found out that Eve Gascon would be the starting goalie for the Gatineau Olympiques against the Rimouski Océanic. Ève would be the third female to play in the QMJHL and the first in 20 years I really wanted to cover this historic game so I emailed one
Quebec City’s Hôtel de Glace (Ice Hotel)
On March 30, 2022 by jmwebI was assigned to go to cover a storm hitting Bathurst for The Weather Network on March 12th. I covered it for them and while I was up there, a solar storm was brewing which usually causes the northern lights. Sadly, another impact was also brewing. On March 13th I found out a friend had
PEI Freedom Convoy Rally to Charlottetown
On March 28, 2022 by jmwebAs the Canadian truckers convoy was beginning, I was tasked with going to the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border and creating the first imagery for Reuters of the convoy which was to end up in Ottawa. I covered this in a previous blog post. As time went on I was asked to cover the Ottawa Truckers
PEI Potato Destruction
On March 26, 2022 by jmwebPrince Edward Island had to destruct a large number of potatoes this year as there was a Canadian ban in place from exporting PEI spuds to the USA. For seed potatoes, this went further as they could not export their potatoes off PEI. This had a huge impact on our farmers. Rod Nickel wrote about
PEI Potato Ban Causing Economic Pain
On February 22, 2022 by jmwebA couple of weeks ago, the Washington Post reached out asking me to create some imagery on a story they were doing on PEI potatoes being denied access to the U.S. markets. Additionally, seed potato farmers were not allowed to export their products off PEI due to a ban inplace. This had a huge impact
January 29th & Feb 4th – PEI Snowstorm
On February 14, 2022 by jmwebOn January 29th, I had a new first. I ended up doing some work (as a freelancer) creating video for The Weather Network. Instead of posting the video here, I am just gonna post some imagery I created. The video was utilized throughout the Weather Network in different formats. You can see one of them
National Post Cover Photo
On January 28, 2022 by jmwebThe National Post utilized one of my images from the trucker protest on the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border, as their cover photo on Monday. Here is their story.
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
