PEI·NewThe City of Charlottetown says crews are working on a plan to right the city’s 9-metre Christmas tree after it was knocked down by high winds and heavy snow last week. Spokesperson for the city says 9-metre Christmas tree should be back up mid-week Brittany Spencer · CBC News · Posted: Dec 08, 2025 3:14 PM EST | Last Updated: 15 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Charlottetown officials say the city’s Christmas tree was blown down due to high winds and heavy snow shortly after it was put up. The tree is a 9-metre blue spruce that was donated to the city by a couple who lives in Sherwood. (Aaron Adetuyi/CBC)Visitors to downtown Charlottetown may have noticed the city’s Christmas tree — decorated and lit up outside the Confederation Centre of the Arts just last week — has toppled over.City officials say it was blown down by high winds and heavy snow shortly after it was put up. In an email sent to CBC News on Monday, a spokesperson with the city said it’s working with the Confederation Centre of the Arts on a plan to safely right the tree and to secure it in place. The crew hopes to have it back up by Wednesday or Thursday this week, but that plan will ultimately depend on the weather over the next few days, the email said. The 9-metre blue spruce tree was donated to the city this year by Mildred Dover and Lawrence Coffin, a couple who live in the city’s Sherwood neighbourhood. The tree stood on their front lawn for the past 25 years. ABOUT THE AUTHORBrittany Spencer is a multi-platform reporter and producer with CBC Prince Edward Island. She’s covered politics, health care and the justice system. She’s a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s journalism program and joined CBC in 2017. You can reach her at brittany.spencer@cbc.ca
Charlottetown says work being done to right Christmas tree knocked down by wind and snow
