Published May 09, 2025 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 2 minute readCheers to Yutaro Sasaki, The Guardian’s climate change reporter, who has earned an Atlantic Journalism Award nomination for his work demonstrating the effects of climate change on Prince Edward Island’s primary industries. Sasaki is employed under the Local Journalism Initiative. Photo by Ryan Ross /The GuardianCheers to Yutaro Sasaki, The Guardian’s climate change reporter, who has earned an Atlantic Journalism Award nomination for his work demonstrating the effects of climate change on Prince Edward Island’s primary industries. Sasaki, who is employed under the Local Journalism Initiative, is in good company with exemplary reporting nominated for the AJAs, taking place in Halifax in June. Other P.E.I. nominees include Thinh Nguyen for a series on a migrant worker he wrote as a Guardian employee in 2024, as well as local CBC producers Isabelle Gallant and Tracy Lightfoot, Eastern Graphic journalists Josh Lewis and Heather Moore, and Meghan Dewar, who was nominated for her work at the Cape Breton Post.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.Subscribe now to access this story and more:Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES.Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience.Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsRegister to unlock more articles.Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience.Access additional stories every monthShare your thoughts and join the conversation in our commenting communityGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorArticle content Thinh Nguyen earned an Atlantic Journalism Award nomination for a series on a migrant worker he wrote as a Guardian employee in 2024. Photo by File /The GuardianCheers to P.E.I. curler Brett Gallant and his wife Jocelyn Peterman who have earned their way to the Olympics in mixed doubles curling. The duo recently competed in the world championship in Fredericton, finishing sixth. That position was enough to clinch a spot in the 2026 Olympics in Italy. Gallant and Peterman have both been to the Olympics before but separately. P.E.I. is hoping Gallant, who won bronze with the Brad Gushue-skipped rink in 2022, will add to his medal haul next year. Brett Gallant, left, and Jocelyn Peterman discuss strategy during the 2025 world mixed doubles curling championship at Willie O’Ree Place in Fredericton last week. Gallant and Peterman have earned a mixed doubles berth for Team Canada in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Photo by Matthew Daigle /PostmediaJeers to the Public Schools Branch for not suspending the teaching licence for Matthew Alan Craswell after he was the subject of different complaints in 2023 and 2024, instead restricting him to higher grades. On April 29, Craswell pleaded guilty to child pornography offences and sexually touching an elementary school student while he was working as a teacher. Court facts reveal he bragged about molesting three students and a fourth victim known to him. When the school complaints were raised, the PSB did not find them sexual in nature and did not link them together as a pattern of behaviour by a problematic teacher. The PSB says it has since changed its reporting so that these kinds of complaints are linked and the province has ordered a review into the PSB and the French school board to see if there are any other gaps putting children at risk. Meanwhile, P.E.I. parents are left wondering how those checks and balances were not already in place.Article contentCheers to the MLAs who recently passed a bill meant to help preserve farmland. In recent years the amount of land dedicated to farming has declined. Agriculture is one of the backbones of P.E.I.’s economy, and for many, it is a way of life. Meanwhile, the population continues to grow, increasing the need for housing development. The legislation change won’t stop farmland from going out of production, but it will add a layer of scrutiny that should help. A bill introduced by Green MLA Matt MacFarlane has passed second reading in the P.E.I. legislature with support from members of both the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals. The bill will require provincial planning staff to formally consider the preservation of arable farmland when considering applications for developments on this land. Photo by Stu Neatby /The GuardianCheers to the local watershed groups helping tree swallows by giving them a place to live. The Trout River Environmental Committee and several other watershed groups are building nesting sites for the birds whose populations are declining. There are many factors that lead to declines in some bird populations in P.E.I., including increased use of pesticides that have an impact on their food source. As one person involved in the nesting site program said, tree swallows need all the help they can get. Shayla Steinhoff is with the Trout River Environmental Committee, one of several local P.E.I. watershed groups building nesting sites to track tree swallows. Photo by Yutaro Sasaki /Local Journalism InitiativeArticle content
CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to P.E.I. journalists for AJA nominations
