Mitch Cormier

Mitch Cormier is the host of Island Morning on CBC Radio in Charlottetown. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @mitchcormierCBC

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P.E.I. doctor helping keep Royal Canadian Navy safe from COVID-19

Barely a week after taking up his new post with the Royal Canadian Navy in 2020, Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Drake began the process of keeping this country's sailors safe while ensuring our ships were able to carry out their missions during a global pandemic.

How lobster shells are teaching scientists to make stronger concrete

The interwoven layers that make up the lobster's shell help it withstand tonnes of water pressure. Now those layers are also helping humans find ways to strengthen concrete arches and other intricate building shapes.

Home thoughts: How this new Islander will link up with family in Lebanon

For Islanders with farflung relatives, this Christmas season will mean many phone calls, zoom chats and other ways to keep the love alive. Rony Skaff, who's been on P.E.I. sice 2008, shares his plans. What are yours?

Gas dives below $1 per litre on P.E.I.

Gas is selling below a dollar a litre on P.E.I. Friday after the second price drop in four days.

P.E.I. church group asking legion for greener options for Remembrance Day wreaths

A group of churches on P.E.I. is asking the Royal Canadian Legion to find a greener alternative to the crosses and wreaths used at Remembrance Day ceremonies.

P.E.I. teacher takes a chance and meets Greta Thunberg

Frances Ann Squire's students were doubtful when she told them she would use Christmas break to visit her daughter in Sweden, and trying to meet climate activist and Nobel nominee Greta Thunberg.

'First things first': Dennis King's emotional election day visit and the photo that came from it

Sitting behind the premier’s desk, Dennis King can look to the left and see the mouth of the harbour that brought the Fathers of Confederation to Charlottetown, and to the right, in the centre of his bookcase a secret picture from election day to remind him of his own father.
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40-minute aged whiskey, CRA tells a man he's dead, and a new documentary: Our latest podcast

CBC P.E.I. has a new podcast — P.E.I. Pulse — where you can listen to some of the best audio from our airwaves.
Podcast

Kidney sisters, running a marathon with MS and a 6-year-old drummer: Our latest podcast

CBC P.E.I. has a new podcast — P.E.I. Pulse — where you can listen to some of the best audio from our airwaves.
Podcast

No more bottles in the ocean and finding a future: Listen to our latest podcast

CBC P.E.I. has a new podcast — P.E.I. Pulse — where you can listen to some of the best audio from our airwaves.