[ISL] Five Island links: Mi'kmaq UPEI, old-style boats, economic split, global warming, LGBTQ

[rfmcdonald]

• CBC reports how the Mi'kmaq flag now flies high, and permanently, above the campus of UPEI. Well done!


• An eastern PEI shipbuilder is creating an old-style wooden boat using traditional methods. CBC reports.


• The division of PEI into two zones for employment insurance purposes, between greater Charlottetown and the rest of the Island, can be unfair to people in Charlottetown. It also reflects real economic divisions in the province. CBC reports.


• When Atlantic Canada's summers become as hot as Ontario's thanks to global warming, I wonder what Ontario's will be like? Global News reports.


• A recent conference in Charlottetown featured long-standing Island activists Jim Culbert and Nola Etkin, explaining their queer lives in the province. The Guardian reports.