Profile of Mary MacKay

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• A French connection
  Tina Robichaud of Stratford recently spent three months making a French connection with some Cajun cousins in Louisiana. This communications ...
• Travelling the tulip trail
  Everything’s coming up tulips from Stratford to Souris and beyond. For the first time ever seven municipalities and more than 12 business ...
• Charting a path for children
  Parents who want to put their children on the fast track to sleepy-bye could read them the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.However, one new series ...
• Pennies for hope
  Beverly brightens a room the moment she walks in.So it’s difficult to imagine that this smiling 50-something woman upon arrival at P.E.I. Family ...
• Made in the shades
  The how-tos of beauty are now in the eyes of YouTube viewers. With more than 100 instructional and product review videos to her credit on her ...
• The never-ending story
  If the walls of the Dalvay-by-the-Sea Hotel could talk, they would tell stories of a Scottish gardener turned oil baron, two little girls who ...
• A big blast from the past
  People entering Hunter’s Ale House in Charlottetown on Saturday night, April 28, may think they’re having a flashback to Doc’s Corner more than ...
• Art, naturally
  Some students at Stratford Elementary School have been getting down and dirty with their studies and loving it. On this day’s Natural Arts, ...
• The signs of springs
  UPEI student Kyle Knysh is breaking new ground by exploring the biodiversity of natural springs on Prince Edward Island. His research is part of ...
• Tripping with Zumba
  When long-time fitness and strength trainer Rita Sark discovered Zumba a few years ago, she knew immediately it would open the door to a whole ...
• A marriage made in heaven
  It’s an open wedding invitation to the world from one group of savvy Prince Edward Island businesswomen.These local vendors, all of whom are in ...
• To live and learn
  Last year around this time, then 16-year-old Emiko Nakashima was still reeling from the after effects of the earthquake and tsunami that ...
• Up for a challenge
  You can hike it, bike it, stroll it or run it; you can even snowshoe or ski it. No matter the mode of movement, the new 75-for-75 Trail Challenge ...
• Memories of Mikinduri
  When eight-year-old Lily Campbell of Charlottetown returned from Kenya after spending more than two weeks there with a Mikinduri Children of Hope ...
• Seeing tropical green
  UPEI students Kirsten Van Der Velden and Kyle Murphy will be going green in a completely tropical way for two weeks this spring. On April 21 this ...
• Little by little
  Lynn Jones now thinks big about the little things in life. After losing more than what she jokingly describes as the weight equivalent of a ...
• Smooth sailing
  What started out as a teenage lark to investigate a fun, no-cost organization for youth turned into a lifelong cadet corps passion for Lt.-Cmdr. ...
• Making waves
  A local watershed group says the Winter River is tapped out when it comes to water withdrawal by the City of Charlottetown.In fact, the Winter ...
• Not quite the end of the line
  It’s one of life’s unanswered questions: what happens to us after death? And near-death experiences definitely factor into that query equation. ...
• A big leap
  The rooms and halls of Whisperwood Villa in Charlottetown have been alive with the sound of music lately. It’s a full-fledged ukulele revival and ...
• A mover and a shaker
  Fiona Walton isn’t afraid to shake things up. And this professor of education at UPEI has been doing just that for much of her decades-long ...
• Out of this world
  It’s a space junky’s dream — two new exhibits at Eptek Art and Culture Centre that are simply out of this world. Canada’s Stellar Space ...
• As the wood turns
  Prince Edward Island wood turners are coming out of the woodwork for an exhibit at Eptek Art and Culture Centre in Summerside. A good portion of ...
• Hats off to the races
  It was a race to the finish for two Prince Edward Island filmmakers who were focused on a documentary on harness racing and the legendary Gold ...
• In the Zumba zone
  There’s a whole lot of shimmying, shaking and more going on at the Cornwall Civic Centre. That’s because it’s Zumba time! And front and centre of ...
• Blanket coverage
  One new Prince Edward Island group is spreading warmth the old-fashioned way. Blankets for P.E.I. members are combining a longtime, and sometimes ...
• Raising the bar
  Sarah Roach of Belfast will never forget her first Special K — and it wasn’t the cereal kind. In fact, it was an upside down fitness pole dancing ...
• All for the game
  It’s no secret that Summerside loves its hockey. And one new exhibit by at the Veterans Convention Centre at Credit Union Place is sure to score ...
• Riding the wave
  Instead of sticking out your thumb for a low-cost ride, all it takes in this age of high-tech hitching is a click of a mouse. And Prince Edward ...
• Right on target
  Winter is the time that most bears like to hibernate. But for Prince Edward Island’s Biathlon Bears, it’s prime cross-country skiing and rifle ...