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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: The honour system

Several potato stands line the highway from the Confederation Bridge into Charlottetown. They are not manned. They are run on the honour system. Imagine that happening on the 401.

You can pick up 10 ($3.00) and 50 pound ($8.00) bags of P.E.I. potatoes on your way home or back to the mainland, I suppose.

“In you [...]

CALGARY: The way to world peace

I work in an office stuck in a residential area. It has a very small cafeteria which boasts of daily specials like “hamburger” and “wonton soup.” Don’t get me wrong, I like the old standbys just like anyone else but sometimes a little variety is in order.

That’s when those of us who are lunchless, or [...]

NEW BRUNSWICK: Potato world

You may have heard of McCain Foods. It makes one-third of the world’s frozen French fries, employs 20,000 people and has 55 production plants in 12 countries. The McCain family started it all in this village called Florenceville, about an hour and half drive northwest of Fredericton.

Potatoes are such a big part of life [...]