Profile of Brian McInnis

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• It was an excellent reason to be "freezin for a reason"
  Summerside Police Chief Dave Poirier is used to chasing down crooks, but when it comes to helping Special Olympics P.E.I. he is willing to dive ...
• Lobster fishers have to deal with new regulations...
  Wade Gallant has been fishing lobsters out of North Rustico for “38 or 39” years and has seen many changes in the industry and in fact there are ...
• Fisherman goes west to work out of necessity and...
  Fishing is bred in the bone for Chad Gallant, but seasonal work does not always feed the family so he, like many other Maritimers, headed west ...
• Gulf oil development big concern for group fearing...
  Oil development in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is a growing concern for environmentalists as well as some business sectors, especially tourism, and ...
• Internet plays important role in P.E.I home show
  Over the 29 years of its existence, the P.E.I Provincial Home Show has become much more than just the differences in indoor/outdoor carpeting and ...
• UPDATE: Family arrives home to find home on fire in...
  BANGOR — When Maria Rodrigues arrived home to her house in Bangor, P.E.I Monday afternoon she saw flames shooting out from an upstairs bedroom ...
• Offshore safety course teaches how to deal with...
  Some seafaring folk did not let a raging blizzard and 30 centimetres of snow prevent them holding their personal offshore safety course in ...
• Exploring eco-economy
  The chances are good that most Islanders have never heard of soap nuts, but for sufferers of eczema, the berries could be just what they need to ...
• Almost 50 per cent of Islanders struggle with literacy
  Nearly half of all Islanders have low literacy levels and that means they are ill-equipped to deal with today’s complex world. Literacy refers to ...
• Sibling rivalry
  BROOKVALE – Andre Boudreau takes sibling rivalry seriously when it comes to the biathlon as he considers his twin brother Lucas one of his main ...
• Thirty seconds of fun is worth the walk back to the top
  On their way back up the sledding hill to make another run one woman was heard to remark to her friend that it seemed like a long walk for just ...
• Protesters have settled in for the winter at their...
  The campers protesting the so-called Plan B highway realignment are tenacious if nothing else and have settled into their camp for the winter. At ...
• The snow can't come soon enough for many sledders
  There was only really a light dusting of snow on the ground, but that was enough to get the true sledders onto any hill they could find. And that ...
• Santa a calm presence in the face of shopping chaos
  The Barra MacNeils have a Christmas song with a line in it saying: "I'm finally ready for Christmas with nearly two hours to go" and let's hope ...
• Plan B protesters settling in for a long winter
  The campers protesting the highway realignment in the Bonshaw area are settling in for the winter. There is a trailer, several tents and a larger ...
• With the trees gone path of highway clearly visible
  There were not many workers at the site of the TCH realignment Saturday and the ever present sound of machines was absent, but the results of ...
• Protesters rally at Province House; more than 200...
  More than 200 people gathered at Province House on a cold Saturday afternoon to denounce what they see as the the Robert Ghiz government's ...
• When police move in depends on sacred fire
  The RCMP have assured Plan B protesters that they will not attempt to evict them from the hemlock grove until the sacred fire at the camp is ...
• Plan B protest is about more than just trees
  In the end the police did not come for the protesters Wednesday and they may not come Thursday, but they know it is inevitable the police are ...
• RCMP visit Plan B protesters' camp; no arrests or...
  With the sound of clear cutting ever present the so called Plan B standoff continues in the Bonshaw Hills Wednesday. A protest camp has been the ...
• Protesters are in for the long haul at Plan B site
  As landowner Ruth DeLong showed a photographer her land in the Bonshaw Hills that was expropriated for the so-called Plan B highway improvement ...
• It was sure tricky navigating some areas of...
  Charlottetown's version of the "Big Dig" continues as the city works on its $18-million Spring Park sewer separation project that will separate ...
• Searchers still have not located missing man
  NORTH RUSTICO – The search continues for 90-year-old Everett Clow who has been missing since Thursday in the P.E.I. National Park. “The search is ...
• City's sewer line work could be tourist attraction
  Charlottetown's own version of the "Big Dig" has begun and like Boston's it could become something of a tourist attraction. The City of ...
• Ship's crew raises $43,123 for Children's Wish...
  For Lt. Jessica MacDonald, the Run 4 Wishes reaffirmed that Prince Edward Island is the best place on earth and the fact the event raised $43,123 ...
• Eastern Kings celebrates its Scottish heritage
  The idea to hold a Scottish heritage day in Eastern Kings was Horatio Toledo’s, but it was the community that took the notion and made it happen. ...
• Spark from combine sets barley field ablaze
  One minute Dean Baglole was cutting barley Wednesday afternoon and the next minute the field he was in was full of flames and thick smoke. “There ...
• Truck takes down sign at entrance to national park...
  Employees of Tims Crane work to remove the wreckage of a metal sign at the entrance to the P.E.I National Park at Brackley Beach Tuesday evening. ...
• Rain was nice, but farmers need a lot more of it
  Prince Edward Island finally got rain Tuesday, but farmers need at least another 30-40 millimeters just to bring the amount of moisture up to the ...
• Pioneering spirit alive and well in Morell River race
  The raging Morell River can be an unforgiving place when you venture out in a raft made of everything from Duct Tape (enough to make Red Green ...