LAVA, Dinah
At the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with her family by her side on Saturday, June 9, 2018 of Becca Dixon of Charlottetown age 23 years. Beloved daughter of Connie Ramsay, Jeff Gallant, Garth and Anne Dixon. Dear sister of Mitchell. Loving granddaughter of
Ken and Vivian Ramsay, Doug and Mary Lou Gallant, Dora and the late Clarence Dixon and Dave and Martha Ellsworth. Great granddaughter of Annie Ramsay and the late Jack Nelligan and Christine and the late Albert Ellsworth. Becca is also lovingly remembered by uncles and aunts, Kay (David) Doherty, Angela Hamill (Wayne Lucas), Peter Ramsay, Wendy (Philip) Coyle, Dawn (Jake) MacCormack, Gary (Julie) Dixon, Christian (Angela) Gallant, Chelsea Gallant and many cousins. She was predeceased by great grandparents, Margaret and Amos Ramsay, aunt Ruby Ramsay and cousin Cody Dixon. Becca will also be sadly missed by all of her fur babies. Resting at the Hennessey Cutcliffe Charlottetown Funeral Home from where the funeral service will be held on Thursday at 4 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment in the Sherwood Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. If so desired memorial contributions may be made to the PEI Humane Society , Hope For Wildlife or the Cat Action Team. On-line condolences may be made at www. islandowned.ca.
With grace and dignity on June 8, 2018, at the Kings County Memorial Hospital, after being cared for by her loving and devoted husband Frank, of 57 years, Dinah Lava passed away in her 82nd year. Born in Belgium, she was the daughter of the late Cyriel and Flavie (Vandekerckhove) Sioen. Dinah is survived by her adoring children, Marie Therese Hardy (Ivan), Rose Marie Viaene (David), Eric Lava (Hilary); cherished grandchildren, Crystal Hardy (Gary), Jason Hardy (Chelsey), Tonia Fraser (Nick), Trisha Viaene, Zachary Purchase (Lindsay), Jacob Lava and Kimberley Lava; 5 great granddaughters, Charlotte, Jazlyn, Laura, Tinley, Lanna; Etienne’s new love Janice MacBeth and her children Cody and Lauchlan; brother Archie Sioen (Yvette); her furry friend Libby. She was predeceased by son Etienne (Cindy Crane); brothers Guy Sioen, Willy Sioen and Luke Sioen. Resting at Ferguson Logan Montague Funeral Home. No visitation by request. Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, June 14th at 1:30 p.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Montague. Interment to take place in the Parish Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to Mental Health, PEI, or the Cancer Society of PEI.
Known most by ‘Whitty’, James Norman McIntosh was born on October 27, 1937. He passed away peacefully with his two boys by his side at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Monday, June 11th, 2018. Predeceased by his wife Laura; his name will be carried on by his sons
Kelsey (Tracie,
Andy and baby makes 4), and Ashby (Lindsey, Gavin, Keira). Survived by brothers Frankie, Paul, Donald, Eric, Ian; sisters Faye Chisholm, Arlene Arora, Debra MacGregor, and numerous brother and sisters in law, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. Predeceased by parents Andrew and Cecelia; brother Andy and sister Betty Gallant. Stories will be shared while he is resting at Dingwell Funeral Home with visiting hours on Friday, June 15, 2018 from 2-4 p.m., 7-9 p.m., and Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 11-1 p.m. Funeral mass to be held at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 2 p.m. Interment to follow in the church cemetery. Donations in memory of Whitty can be made to KidSport PEI. Online condolences can be made at www.dingwellfh.ca. A wild salmon returning from the sea climbs up Big Falls on the Humber River in Newfoundland on its way to spawn in this undated handout photo.
A new report from a group advocating for the protection and conservation of wild Atlantic salmon says the number of salmon in North American rivers has dropped for the second year in a row.
The Atlantic Salmon Federation’s annual State of the Populations report says numbers in 2017 dipped overall by 15 per cent compared to the year before, and that only half of the 84 rivers assessed in North America met the minimum conservation limit required to safely sustain the species.
A further 22 of those rivers had fewer than half of the required number of spawning salmon.
“When you look at the numbers and you’re comparing year-toyear, you’re really only getting a snapshot in time of what is happening,” said federation spokesman Neville Crabbe during a phone interview Sunday.
“But when you pull back the lens and look at what’s happened since the 1970s, we’ve had multidecadal declines in wild Atlantic salmon populations throughout North America.”
The report relies on public data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, a scientific organization contracted to provide fisheries advice to the Canadian and American governments.