Travis Saunders, who’s one of the smartest and most engaged Islanders on matters of how we move, quoted on the CBC this morning:
Saunders said the fund has provided about $5 million annually in recent years, which is less than two per cent of the province’s roughly $280-million transportation budget this year.
“We haven’t stopped funding transportation,” he said. “We just stopped the part that helps people walk and bike and be healthy in their communities.”
In an era when we must be radically reshaping the way we move—to work, to school, to shop—two per cent of the budget seems remarkably little to be spending on the effort.
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My condolences to Jack…
My condolences to Jack Leclair’s family on his sudden passing. I did not know Jack, but he sounds like a wonderful friend. He will be missed.
My comment is more about Edie’s Lunch. Back in the day, mid to late 70’s, my dear late partner Lori worked at Edie’s Lunch.
Edie Yamine was a close neighbor and friend of Lori’s grandparents, Gordon and Hilda Mills of 41 Prince Street, Charlottetown.
#41 Prince Street was also Doug Mills former home and childhood home.
Anyway, Edie and Mona came to Lori and my wedding on May 5,1979. Mona performed a stunning and memorable belly dance at our wedding house party reception at Kiloran Lodge in Stanhope.
I have so many fond memories of Edie and his family and restaurant. Our wedding day with guests Edie and Mona, our families, and many friends was amazing.
Lori MacDougall was a hard working young woman from Stanhope back then, and she would go to town and board with her grandparents Gordon & Hilda Mills at 41 Prince Street. Edie’s Lunch was right next door to the Mills’ home. Lori worked weekends and various shifts for Edie at his busy restaurant and corner store. The job required being a short order cook of Edie’s famous burgers and hot plates, as well as cashier, cleaner, shelf stocker and conversationalist of all inquiries and interesting and colorful customers.
In 1985, Lori and I, with two children, moved from Stanhope to town at 185 King Street.
We lived just down the block from Edie’s and more importantly, close to Gordon & Hilda Mills.
With a growing family and a mortgage to pay, Lori returned to Edie’s Lunch to work late afternoon shifts and evenings when I came home from work. Some of the clientele of Edie’s had changed by this time, Edie had some VLT machines installed and the players would stay on the machines for hours. Lori felt very uncomfortable at times being the lone female at night and the caretaker of a business, so she ended her career working at Edie’s in 1989.
Again, I have many fond memories of Edie’s Lunch, from his delicious take out food to a strong friendship with Edie and his family, to our old neighborhood in Charlottetown.
Cheers to Edie’s Lunch and its successors on Prince and King Street !
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