Sunday, October 02, 2022

Today's News: The Indomitable Spirit of the Maritimes and Newfoundland

The news has moved on so much in the last week that we haven't been seeing as much recently about the Hurricane Fiona recovery on the east coast. 
But it has been terrible for them this last week, and it continues to be difficult - this recovery will take a long time and the feeling of abandonment is growing. 
Here are some tweets and writings I found tonight, and I am truly in awe with the indomitable spirit shown by these Canadians during such an awful time: Ian writes: 
 As I write this, seven days after the Hurricane, nearly half the Island has no power, many have no water, and reports indicate that no Red Cross money has been distributed. 
The promises from the Federal Government to “match donations to the Red Cross” ring like a bad joke in the ears of those needing services. People were in a position before the Hurricane in which they weren’t sure they could afford rent. The latest rent hike on the Island came just this past week, and in spite of basic utilites having collapsed, people are already receiving notices of climbing rent. 
....The anger in Prince Edward Island right now is very real. While Canada is going on with its life, as it should, PEI feels abandoned.
And why, seven days after the hurricane, has no money from the Red Cross been distributed yet? PEIslanders have an indominable spirit! From musician Tara MacLean's facebook page, here is a beautiful article about what the Dunes meant to PEI:
   
On Sunday, Tara and others are organizing a sing-along in downtown Charlottetown:
Moving on to Nova Scotia: And to Newfoundland: The Cons just can't resist trying to score political points out of people's agony, can they? And this guy calls himself a journalist: But it is true that we will be getting more of these storms because of climate change:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I had a boss who used to say this about people he didn't care for, "Every time I see (insert name) I feel like finding fresh dog faeces and smearing his face in it." Except he didn't use the word faeces. I'm reminded of his saying anytime I read/hear something from Keean Bexte.

mr perfect

Anonymous said...

As a follow up, I assume in Mr. Bexte's brain cell he believes real leadership would include tossing rolls of paper towel.

mr perfect