Assignments . Editorial . Photos+Stories . Prince Edward Island
Cover Photo with The Globe & Mail
On March 19, 2025 by jmwebOn January 2nd, 2025, I awoke and impatiently popped up my browser to check out the cover of The Globe & Mail. Sure enough, it was an image I had taken for the iconic Canadian newspaper on Tyson MacDonald’s killing. The Globe And Mail was kind enough to give me a polite heads-up on New
Assignments . Landscapes . Photos+Stories . Prince Edward Island
Exciting New Book: PEI Where Lighthouses Dance
On May 19, 2024 by jmwebLast week I had an exciting milestone, a new book of mine on Prince Edward Island came out. I haven’t really had an opportunity to write about it due to my schedule right now, but it is now available in stores. The book was a very last-minute idea after it was requested by an Island
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Ann Thurlow’s New Cookbook
On March 16, 2023 by jmwebDuring the height of the pandemic, Islander Ann Thrulow created her own cookbook on cabbage called, “My PEI Cabbage Cookbook”. Local Island restaurants, which are usually busy dishing out coleslaw especially with fish & chips, didn’t have the demand for the popular addon so she took action to give the cabbage industry a boost. In
Assignments . Editorial . Prince Edward Island
Canada Winter Games Kick Off on PEI
On February 19, 2023 by jmwebToday was the first day of the 2023 Canada Winter Games on Prince Edward Island. There sure have been a lot more vehicles in the downtown core near my office over the last few days as many Canadians flock to the Island to watch the national tournament. For someone like me, the Canada Games combines
Assignments . Editorial . Photos+Stories . Prince Edward Island
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, visits PEI
On August 3, 2022 by jmwebOn July 22nd, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was set to make a stopover on Prince Edward Island. I was assigned to cover it by Reuters. He was already in the region visiting with different groups including stops in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His first stop was to Tea Hill Park
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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
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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
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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
Assignments . Prince Edward Island
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