Past Events

Annual Christmas In The Villages Event will be held on Friday, December 4th, 2020 from 7PM to 9PM and Saturday, December 5th, 2020 from 9AM to 3PM. This annual event will showcase a wide variety of creations and product of local artisans, farmers and community organizations at venues in the area. Be sure to check out the FACEBOOK page in the days leading up to event for updates about this year’s participants. Be sure to include your mask as all…

The Eastern Kings Community Center is hosting their first Christmas Market this Saturday, December 5th from 10-4. There are all kinds of awesome home made items: baked goods, jam and jellies, knitted goods, metal work, gifts for your pet, Christmas cards and ornaments, driftwood art, home decor and so much more! Admission is $2. We can't wait to see you! Our address is 85 Munns Road and we are three minutes down the road from Basin Head.

The Lest We Forget Veterans Committee, in partnership with the Prince County Hospital and Lights for Life, is hosting an Island-wide event on December 6th, 2020, from 7-10pm, called “Lights On for Veterans and First Responders”. If you would like to dedicate your decorated house to a veteran or first responder, contact the Lest We Forget Veterans Committee on Facebook or at pei.lestweforget@gmail.com. The committee will have a list of decorated/dedicated houses across the Province. This list can be purchased…

December 7 – Jolee Patkai, Susan Campbell Dec 14th – Larry Campbell, Marcella Richard Dec 21st – Ceilidh in the City Band Mondays 7-9pm Doors open at 6:30pm Admission $15 Covid19 restrictions apply

We are excited to host a Winter Essentials Drive on December 8th and 9th in support of various local charities that are in need during the winter months. We will be collecting gently used winter items (coats, gloves, sweaters etc) as well as non-perishable food items. The public is welcome to stop at our four office locations around Prince Edward Island and drop off donations at the following times: December 8: O’Leary – 9am to 12pm Summerside – 1pm to…

The 2nd Annual Holiday Food Drive will be taking place on Saturday December 19th, from 9am to 2 pm. There will be 2 Donation Stations set up – one at the Borden-Carleton Fire Hall, and one at Ceretti's Grocery – and they’re asking for Non-Perishable Food Items.  The Food Drive is in support of the South Shore Food Bank.

Winter begins today at 6:02 AM Atlantic Standard Time Today is the shortest day of the year, which means that it’s the day in which we experience the least amount of daylight. Logically, it would make sense to assume that this is also the coldest day of the year, since we are exposed to less warmth-giving sunlight on this day than at any other time. But this is not true. The coldest day of the year is usually in January (something…

Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally created by author Daniel O’Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode “The Strike”, which O’Keefe’s son, Dan O’Keefe, co-wrote. The non-commercial holiday’s celebration, as depicted on Seinfeld, occurs on December 23 and includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole, practices such as the “Airing of Grievances” and…