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Ottawa Citizen
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
P.E.I. hockey coach realizes goal
Article content After two years in Grand Falls, the Mooseheads offered MacKenzie an assistant coaching position. MacKenzie could not turn down the opportunity to join one of flagship franchises in Canadian major-junior hockey. Article content 'A storied franchise like this with such a legacy, a tremendous fan base and a lot of rich history, I'm really thrilled and feel honoured to be able to (be named head coach),' said MacKenzie, who also has international coaching experience as an assistant coach with a Canadian team at the 2024 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Article content MacKenzie, a longtime employee of the Charlottetown-based Andrews Hockey Growth Programs, said he's been fortunate to learn things from all five head coaches – Lord, Sylvain Favreau (Mooseheads), Jim Midgley (Mooseheads), Jim Hulton (Islanders) and Forbie MacPherson (UPEI Panthers) – he's worked under in recent years. Article content Article content 'Obviously, at the end of the day, I'm going to be myself and my own person, but you take things from all those coaches that you got a chance to work for (previously),' said MacKenzie. 'Then, also to include the Hockey Canada experience that I had last year and the opportunity to meet some new coaches there again and with another head coach (Travis Crickard of the Saint John Sea Dogs), I learned a lot. I think all those experiences helped me to be ready for this one.' Article content Advantages Article content MacKenzie feels there are advantages to moving up to head coach with the same organization he's already worked with. Article content 'Obviously, the first is the relationships that are already existing with the players,' said MacKenzie. 'All of the players, I know where they're at right now and their current development paths. I know what their strengths are and their weaknesses. Article content Article content 'I know you know how to motivate these guys and everybody's different, so it kind of gives you a head start in that regard.' Article content However, MacKenzie pointed out there will be some challenges as well. Article content 'The relationships you have with the players as an assistant coach are different than that of a head coach, so that'll be a challenge early on,' said MacKenzie. 'There will be an adjustment for myself, but also for the players – now they have a guy they had as an assistant coach last season who's now calling the shots of the head guy.' Article content MacKenzie said the Mooseheads will add one assistant coach to round out the coaching staff. Assistant coach Morgan MacDonald of Little Pond, P.E.I., and goalie coach Charles Grant are returning. MacDonald is a former captain of the MHL's Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals and worked with MacKenzie in Grand Falls.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
3 Island leaders being inducted into P.E.I. Business Hall of Fame
Another trio of Prince Edward Island business leaders is being inducted into the Junior Achievement P.E.I. Business Hall of Fame Thursday evening. "It is the aim of JA P.E.I. that by celebrating the achievements of outstanding business leaders of today, Island students will be inspired to follow their example," the organization said in a news release. The induction ceremony is being held at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward in Charlottetown. The 2025 inductees are Wayne Carew, Kim Green and Wayne Proude. Wayne Carew is perhaps best known as the chair of the 2023 Canada Winter Games Board, organizing one of the biggest sporting events ever brought to the Island, and from his time as the owner of Carew Chev Olds Cadillac and Carew Ford Lincoln. But he also chaired the Slemon Park Corporation Board and the Summerside Regional Development Corporation and has been a board member of the Charlottetown Area Regional Planning Board. He is currently senior counsel at Confederation M&A, "where he provides expert advice on mergers and acquisitions," according to a news release from the Hall of Fame. Kim Green resuscitated the closed Kays Bros Ltd. into Kays Wholesale Inc., where she was owner and CEO until she sold the Charlottetown-based business in December 2021, having grown it from four employees to 30. The following year she acquired the Olde Village Bakery in North Rustico and doubled that business's sales before selling it in February 2025. She is a former CEO of Tourism Charlottetown & the Convention Partnership and a former president of the Tourism Industry Association of P.E.I. Before setting out on life as a business owner, she was VP of sales and marketing at Rodd Hotels & Resorts and national sales manager with Delta Hotels and Resorts. Wayne Proude's name is nearly synonymous with the retail footwear business on Prince Edward Island. He started out at Wright's Shoes in Charlottetown in 1958 before moving to a job managing the shoe department for Ellis Brothers in Sherwood. "One and a half years later, he was given the opportunity, at age 24, to buy out the shoe department," the news release from Junior Achievement said. Proude's Shoes was thus born in May 1965 and exists to this day, with Proude's son Kevin serving as its president today. Wayne Proude served a term as president of the Greater Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce in 1981, and was involved in many other community organizations, as well as sponsoring minor hockey teams, road running events, and the community of Sherwood Junefest celebrations.
CBC
20-03-2025
- Health
- CBC
UPEI says fundraising for its new medical school building is ahead of schedule
UPEI says it is nearly halfway to its $10-million fundraising goal for a new medical school campus. The Charlottetown-based school is set to welcome its first cohort of 20 students in August, when the building is opened for the first time. CBC's Tony Davis reports.
CBC
15-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Temporary foreign workers will still be at risk after new P.E.I. safeguards take effect, advocate says
Social Sharing P.E.I.'s Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act, which was passed nearly three years ago, will finally take effect next month, but advocates say the legislation doesn't go far enough to address the systemic injustices faced by this vulnerable population. Starting April 1, the first phase of the act will introduce new regulations for people who recruit foreign workers, requiring them to be licensed. The act will also prohibit recruiters from charging foreign workers fees for recruitment services and ban practices such as providing false or misleading information or withholding workers' official documents, including passports. The province's website says the second phase of the act will introduce an employer registry and administrative penalties, though the site does not mention a timeline for when this phase will be implemented. Joe Byrne, who runs the Migrant Workers Resource Centre at the Charlottetown-based Cooper Institute, said the act does not address one of the biggest vulnerabilities temporary foreign workers face — the closed work-permit system, which ties them to a single employer. He said this system creates an environment where workers are more susceptible to abuse and mistreatment. "We've heard about harassment and actually sexual assault. Why people are scared to report it is because if they report it, they can lose their job. Once they lose their job, they lose their pathway to permanent residency and everything. Their dreams are shot," he told CBC's Island Morning. "That is still the same kind of indentureship that we need to address. I don't think the act is designed to even begin to address that, because it's a systemic thing." Temporary foreign workers face major barriers in P.E.I. 1 month ago Duration 1:56 A panel discussion in Charlottetown focused on the challenges temporary foreign workers deal with on the Island, especially the issue of sexual violence in the workplace. Many workers don't report incidents out of fear that they may lose their status. CBC's Connor Lamont has more. Addressing systemic issues The federal government issues closed work permits to people who come to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. However, a report last year from the United Nations' special rapporteur said the program is a "breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery" due to the widespread mistreatment, exploitation and abuse of workers. Byrne said that while the new provincial act may provide some protections, it does not address the core issue and requires action from the federal government. For years, he and other advocates for temporary foreign workers across Canada have been calling on Ottawa to give all temporary foreign workers open work permits, allowing them to leave abusive situations without risking their ability to remain in the country. "We have to start addressing these injustices, and that means open work permits," he said. Reliance on temporary foreign workers Temporary foreign workers make up an estimated 40 per cent of P.E.I.'s agricultural workforce. When you add in employees in seafood processing, the trucking industry and other jobs, the number of temporary foreign workers arriving on the Island every year has grown from about 400 in 2015 to nearly 1,500 in 2024. "If they're not here, that means the fish plants don't work and the grocery stores don't stay open," O'Leary Mayor Eric Gavin told CBC News recently. "That is a very big concern." Given the province's significant reliance on these workers, Byrne said protections should have been in place much sooner, rather than not coming into force until nearly three years after the act was passed in the provincial legislature. "Why does it have to take so long if something's going to be a priority? And we see when government puts a priority on things, they can actually get things done efficiently and quickly. This cannot be considered quick." Byrne said he looks forward to seeing how well the act can protect temporary foreign workers after April 1. One of his biggest concerns is how the act will be enforced.
CBC
14-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
P.E.I. vape and tobacco shops can now be fined up to $25,000 for breaking rules
Social Sharing Shops on Prince Edward Island that sell tobacco and electronic smoking devices, including vaporizers, can now be fined up to $25,000 for violating the province's rules. In an effort to crack down on youth vaping, P.E.I. raised the minimum age to purchase nicotine vaping products to 21 back in 2020, and banned the sale of flavoured products entirely in 2021. Changes to the P.E.I. Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Device Sales and Access Act came into effect on Feb. 1 after amendments passed during the fall sitting of the legislature. Among the changes is a major increase to the maximum fine for corporations that repeatedly violate the act — up to $25,000 for repeat offenders. Provincial court judges can also now also issue orders to stop businesses from being able to sell those for up to 90 days as punishment. "Despite high compliance with most retailers, the fines were increased as a deterrent to retailers who are in continuous non-compliance," officials from the Chief Public Health Office said in an email to CBC News. Under the wire On Thursday, Matthew Middleton appeared in provincial court on behalf of the Charlottetown-based shop Vape Head. The business was charged with two counts of selling flavoured tobacco products and one count of selling to an underage person. But as Vape Head was told in court, it was lucky. The fines were increased as a deterrent to retailers who are in continuous non-compliance. — P.E.I. Chief Public Health Office The business had been caught selling flavoured products for a fourth time on Jan. 18 — two weeks before the new penalties came into force. Because they had been caught three times or more, the penalty could have been $25,000 had the charge been laid after Feb. 1. The business pleaded guilty to the underage sale charge and one of the flavoured sale charges and was fined $1,000 for each. The Crown stayed the second charge related to the sale of flavoured tobacco. Vape Head also pleaded guilty to a flavoured sale charge in November and was fined $1,000 then. On Thursday, Judge Lantz warned Middleton that the penalty could be $25,000 next time. Middleton told the court Vape Head would not find itself in this position again. The business has until April 30 to pay a total of $2,100.
