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CBC
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Charlottetown high school's rock concert puts musical talent and Canadian pride on display
Social Sharing Students at Charlottetown Rural High School are preparing to take the stage at the P.E.I. Brewing Company on Friday for their School of Rock 2025 Showcase. This year's theme — "Elbows Up!" — will pay tribute to Canadian musicians, with students performing songs by artists like Alanis Morissette, Bryan Adams and Serena Ryder. "We're all different grades from 10 to 12. It's pretty fantastic that we can all work together," said Livia Harris, a Grade 10 student and singer. "It's really showing that Canadians — we're our own people, we're our own country…. We're not American." Rocking out The showcase is part of a special music class taught at the high school that brings together students from different grades to play and perform all styles of music, with a focus on contemporary songs. The course focuses on popular music and performance — two things that appealed to Abby Krauss, a Grade 10 student who plays the keyboard, acoustic and electric guitar, and sings. "It's my favourite thing in the whole world," Krauss said. "I get to play music every single day for like almost two hours just with my best friends and just rock out. It's awesome." Krauss said the weeks leading up to the showcase performance have been a "rush." "I've seen so many people get so much better at their instruments," she said. When it came time to decide on a theme, Krauss said she liked the idea of a Canadian-inspired showcase. "I'm very politically involved because I took a civics class and it was really, really interesting to me," she said. "Getting to explore that and then play music that relates to what I'm thinking is a big thing for me." 'Much bigger feeling' When Emmett Pollard first heard about the "Elbows Up!" theme, he knew what he wanted to play. "First thing's first, please let me play Bryan Adams, which we did get to do," said Pollard, a Grade 11 student who plays guitar and drums. Pollard said the theme is awesome given that Canada produces some of the best rock music in the world. Taking inspiration from Canadian musicians is also timely and relevant given the tense relationship between Canada and the United States in recent months, he said. "Most people think that teenagers aren't exactly concerned about politics and this sort of thing, but I mean it's our future that we're thinking about here," he said. To be playing at P.E.I. Brewing Company gives the performance a "much bigger feeling," Pollard said. "I've seen plenty of good shows there and just the fact that I'm going to be playing where they played, it's pretty cool to me," he said. "You feel like you have to perform a lot better." Seeing them in the past few weeks really dig into the songs and really take ownership of the show is just so awesome to see. — Andrew Waite, music teacher As the performance draws nearer, Pollard said the group has taken a "no-nonsense" approach to practicing. "We can't really be sitting around doing nothing. We always have to be playing, noticing little mistakes and fixing them, perfecting them and then making sure we can run through the entire song — no mistakes." P.E.I. Brewing Company is a bigger venue than the Old Triangle, where last year's performance took place. That's because the Old Triangle reached full capacity, meaning 60 people had to be turned away at the door, said musician Andrew Waite, the teacher of the music class. "I think it's important for the students to get an experience playing an actual stage, like a real stage with a proper sound check and lights and the whole bit," he said. After seeing music classes like this one offered at other high schools across the Island, Waite said he's really happy to be leading the program at Charlottetown Rural. "I just love it. There's so many different skills that students get from learning music and coming together as an ensemble — a sense of identity, a sense of confidence — that I think is so important in education," he said. "Seeing them in the past few weeks really dig into the songs and really take ownership of the show is just so awesome to see." Tickets for the showcase have been going fast, Waite said, noting that all proceeds from sales will go back into the school's music program.
CBC
10-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
A P.E.I. brewery has joined a cross-country beer collaboration for a good cause
The Lone Oak Brewing Company is one of about 40 brewers that have joined a national campaign to brew a beer made completely of Canadian ingredients. A portion of the proceeds from the beer are being donated to the Easter Seals charity, says co-founder Spencer Gallant (shown). The P.E.I. Brewing Company is also taking part. CBC's Aaron Adetuyi put together this story.
CBC
27-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
Taking a toll: Scrapping bridge, ferry fees would be a 'big win' for businesses on P.E.I.
Prince Edward Island businesses contend with many barriers when it comes to selling their products in other provinces, but they run into the first one even before their truckloads of product leave Island soil. Maybe not for much longer, though. Premier Rob Lantz said this week that eliminating the cost of crossing the Northumberland Strait to the mainland by bridge or ferry is more possible now than it ever has been. Island business owner Kevin Murphy agrees it's time for Confederation Bridge tolls and ferry fees to go. "Whether it's just us travelling to Nova Scotia or New Brunswick for business or whether it's truckers — there are thousands and thousands of truckers that cross that bridge every year, so there's no question it would be a big win," said Murphy, who owns Murphy Hospitality Group. "Absolutely, the timing is perfect with the [impending federal] election, but also the bigger picture that is happening in the world, especially the U.S. and… the threat of tariffs." Lantz lobbied Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week to eliminate all the tolls to leave P.E.I., in the interest of lowering that particular interprovincial trade barrier, and said his pitch seemed well-received by the prime minister. Trudeau plans to set up a meeting between the premier and federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc to discuss the possibility. "Minister LeBlanc took note of the comments formulated by Premier Lantz during yesterday's First Ministers' Meeting regarding the removal of tolls on the Confederation Bridge and the Northumberland ferry," a spokesperson for Leblanc said in a statement to CBC News Thursday. "He looks forward to engaging with Premier Lantz in the coming days on ways our two governments can work together to make it easier to trade within Canada and strengthen Canada's economic resilience." 'It adds up over time' Premiers across the country have been looking at ways to lower interprovincial trade barriers in an effort to boost the domestic economy after tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. This week, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston introduced a bill to reduce those barriers for provinces that enact similar legislation. Murphy's businesses includes hotels and restaurants around the Maritimes, as well as the P.E.I. Brewing Company in Charlottetown. While he said the interprovincial concessions may be a small step, he thinks combining all the measures being proposed could add up to one big benefit for this province. "There's hundreds, if not thousands on P.E.I. that would be seeing this as a win in their business," Murphy said. "It could be small, but that's what we are on P.E.I. — we're small businesses." Business group lobbying too For year, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has also been calling for the reduction or removal of bridge and ferry fees. Frederic Gionet, a CFIB senior policy analyst, said the group remains "100 per cent" behind the idea. "We do believe that it is a trade barrier. It is something that is very unique that small businesses in P.E.I. and people and professional services have to deal with when they get in or off the Island, import or export goods, it is always there," Gionet told CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin. "It's one of the most visible trade barriers but it is an important one," he said, before specifically citing the cost for a two-axle vehicle to leave the Island via the bridge.
