[ISL] Five #PEI links: food, potatoes, heat warning, immigration, affordable housing

[rfmcdonald]

• Bon Appetit has a mostly accurate listing of things to do and places to see and eat on Prince Edward Island.


• The warm dry summer means that Prince Edward Island faces a serious potato shortage with economic consequences. Global News reports.


• CBC Prince Edward Island notes that, according to Environment Canada, what counts as a heat warning on the Island might not be such in Toronto. Local conditions matter.


• A federal government probe has been opened up into immigration practices on the Island, as it is alleged that some immigrants connived with some motel owners to provide fake addresses. The National Post tells the story.


• The Guardian notes that senior citizens on the Island, with fixed incomes, are hit hard by the shortages of affordable rental housing.