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She’s showing others how to recharge
In 2015, Lynn Anne Hogan stood before a large crowd and television cameras and pledged to find more work-life balance. She did it by wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with the words emblazoned across the front of it. Back then, the new mom was feeling frayed from balancing home...

A passion for French culture
She grew up in an English family, but Moira McGuire spends much of each day living in French. McGuire applied through Engage PEI and was been chosen to represent La Fédération des parents (FPÎPÉ) on the Learning Partners Advisory Council (LPAC). The group represents parents...

An intoxicating idea takes root
After two decades of running an organic u-pick apple orchard on Warren Grove Road near Charlottetown, it wasn’t the fruit on the trees that led Mike Beamish to his next adventure, it was the ones that fell to the ground. “I was losing a lot of apples, thousands of pounds were...

Taking care of first responders' mental health
Although they may not talk about it, Prince Edward Island’s volunteer fire fighters deal with traumatic events every day. Researcher Amanda Brazil wanted to know how disturbing experiences were affecting fire fighters. A fire fighter herself with the Crossroads Fire Department...

Being a good sport pays off
With the lifetime of experience he’s had, it’s fitting that Doug Johnston will be a keeper of the Island’s sports legacy. He and his older brothers were competitive sailors before he went on to play centre for the Mount Allison Mounties hockey team, including four-straight...

Rawsome will get your juices flowing
Now more than ever, Suzanne Keough believes in the power of the fresh juices she sells at her Rawsome Juice Bar on Queen Street in Charlottetown. Each time she visits her boyfriend Connor Cameron – who plays and coaches hockey in Croatia – Keough turns to a familiar remedy for...