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Flags raised across P.E.I. for Pride Festival
Charlottetown, Stratford, Cornwall and Summerside held flag raising events on Monday as part of the P.E.I. Pride Festival, which kicked off on the weekend.
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Posted: Jul 19, 2021 8:11 PM AT | Last Updated: July 19
Pride P.E.I. secretary Andrea MacPherson raised a Pride flag with Premier Dennis King in Charlottetown.(Jane Robertson/CBC)
Charlottetown, Stratford, Cornwall and Summerside held flag raising events on Monday as part of the P.E.I. Pride Festival, which
kicked off on the weekend. Other communities such as Murray River, North Rustico, O Leary and Souris also have Pride flags raised.
Posted: Jun 25, 2021 8:00 PM AT | Last Updated: June 25
Kelly Sark from Lennox Island First Nation talks to students at École Saint-Augustin Friday about Mi kmaq traditions. (Tony Davis/CBC)
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
Students at l École Saint-Augustin finished off their school year Friday learning how to participate in a smudging ceremony, as well as taking part in blessing their newly constructed teepee, as part of ongoing reconciliation and relationship-building between the Mi kmaq and Acadians.
The school, which has students from kindergarten to Grade 6, has been working with Lennox Island First Nation since November to teach Mi kmaw culture and way of life.
Posted: May 08, 2021 5:12 PM AT | Last Updated: May 8
Everest, a four-year old lab mix, was taken back home to Lennox Island by boat after she was found near Hog Island on Tuesday.(Shelley Perry)