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Your home, in less than 20 minutes a week. Host Mitch Cormier brings you the stories The Island is buzzing about. Every Thursday.

  1. 2D AGO

    Is a community fridge in downtown Charlottetown's future?

    Charlottetown's downtown community fridge was the first in the province when it opened to great fanfare in 2021 — but it closed three years later due to a zoning issue with the city. Reporter Tony Davis speaks to the fridge's founder and others who work on food insecurity about the possibility of another fridge in the area, and if it's a sustainable model.

    15 min

  2. JAN 29

    Fewer Islanders are voting in elections. What can be done?

    Voter turnout is down on P.E.I., and it's getting harder to find candidates to run in municipal elections. On top of that, we've had a lot of elections lately. What does it all mean for the future of civic engagement? Reporter Cody MacKay digs into the details.

    14 min

  3. JAN 22

    We still don't know how much diesel fuel spilled in the Charlottetown harbour

    Two years later, there are still no clear answers about a diesel spill from the MV Ancier during refuelling. At the time, the Canadian Coast Guard said about 167 litres was unrecoverable — but it may have been more. CBC reporter Stacey Janzer joins us with the details.

    11 min

  4. JAN 15

    "Slipping and sliding": fighting winter fires on P.E.I.

    It's been a month of damaging and deadly fires on P.E.I. No matter the weather, the firefighters of the Island answer the call. We learn what it's like to fight fires in the coldest months of the year -- from frozen hoses to unplowed roads.

    13 min

  5. JAN 8

    P.E.I.’s new premier is getting to work — for a limited time

    In December, Bloyce Thompson became premier of P.E.I., after Rob Lantz left the job after less than 10 months to run for the leadership of the provincial PC Party. One week into his tenure, Mitch spoke to Premier Thompson about how it’s going so far.

    13 min

  6. JAN 1

    P.E.I.’s two new opposition leaders look back and ahead

    Mitch talks to P.E.I. Green Party leader Matt MacFarlane and P.E.I. Liberal Party leader Robert Mitchell about 2025 and what the new year could bring.

    21 min

  7. 12/25/2025

    P.E.I. Burger Love winner leaves it all on the grill on cooking show

    From the best of This is P.E.I.: The Island’s reigning burger love winner took her creation to national TV last spring. Danielle Casario learned that making four burgers for TV was tougher than pumping out 300 a day at her restaurant — but has no regrets about competing on the show. Thanks to Flavour Network for the use of audio in this episode. (Originally published May 8, 2025)

    15 min

  8. 12/18/2025

    Lennox Island’s fight to keep the Mi’kmaq language alive

    This year’s Christmas concert on P.E.I.’s Lennox Island First Nation included kids singing in Mi’kmaq. Delaney Kelly discovers it’s part of a multi-generational effort to keep the language thriving.

    26 min
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Your home, in less than 20 minutes a week. Host Mitch Cormier brings you the stories The Island is buzzing about. Every Thursday.

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  • Channel
    CBC Local
  • Creator
    CBC
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2026
  • Episodes
    85
  • Rating
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    Copyright © CBC 2026
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    This is PEI

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