MACKINNON, Mabel Etta

The death occurred at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, on Sunday, July 10, 2016, of Mabel MacKinnon (nee Simpson), beloved wife of the late Hugh MacKinnon, of Charlottetown and formerly of Pleasant Valley and Cavendish, in her 97th year. Mabel was the beloved mother of Gardiner (Ellen), Eleanor Stewart (William), Reg (Mary), Ron (Cathy), and Debbie Tweedy (Blair); cherished grandmother of Janice Graham (Ryan); Anna Axworthy-Campos (Fernando), and Valerie Axworthy (Rick White); Kent MacKinnon (Carolyn) and Marsha Karasiuk (Rod); Scott MacKinnon (Emily) and Kara “MacKinnon” Ryan; and Katelyn Godfrey (Rob) and Matthew, Jillian and Christiana Tweedy; great-grandmother of Rachel, Hugh, Kyler, Victor, Chad, Jeremy, Jake, Brooke, Kage, Lachlan, Samuel, Kailey, Keanna, Sawyer, Emma Marie and Addison; and great-greatgrandmother of Jade and Orion. She is also survived by her sister, Joyce Keizer (Lorne); and her sister-in-law, Lois Meehan. Besides her husband, Hugh, Mabel was predeceased by her two sons, George and Gary; grandson, Dean; granddaughter, Dawn; brother, Reg Simpson (Cora); parents, Jeremiah and Christianna (Stewart) Simpson; sisters-in-law, Ada Ford, Jennie Murray and Marie Matheson; and brothers-in-law, George and Armel MacKinnon. Resting at Central Queen’s Funeral Home, 2538 Glasgow Road, New Glasgow, for visitation on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. The funeral will be held at Zion Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown, on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Interment in Pleasant Valley Memorial Cemetery. If so desired, donations in Mabel’s memory to Pleasant Valley Memorial Cemetery or Zion Presbyterian Church would be appreciated. Online condolences may be sent at www.peifuneralcoops.com MILAN — Survivors described being thrown forward violently and then freeing themselves from a tangle of metal and body parts after two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 22 people and injuring scores more. At least two passengers were pulled alive from the crumpled wreckage as the rescue operation took place in the scorching heat. Premier Matteo Renzi travelled to the scene, where prosecutors and investigators were at work trying to determine why two trains were on a single track. Railway police Commander Giancarlo Conticchio told Sky TG24 said that the number of dead was 22 with 43 people injured, adding that the numbers could change. Officials stressed the final toll would not be known until the train cars had been pulled apart; a giant crane arrived at the scene to remove the mangled debris. “Surely one of the two trains shouldn’t have been there. And surely there was an error. We need to determine the cause of the error,” Conticchio said. WASHINGTON — If elected president, Donald Trump would be the only head of state in the world to contend that climate change is a hoax, according to a study. In contrast to public statements by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee calling climate change a “con job” and a “myth,” the leader of every U.S. ally urges action to reduce climatewarming carbon emissions, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan and Canada. Trump, meanwhile, has pledged to “renegotiate” U.S. commitments under the Paris accord and has suggested that the science of climate change is part of a plot to weaken the American economy. “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing noncompetitive,” Trump tweeted in 2012. He has also cited cold winter weather as evidence the world is not really warming. “The entire country is FREEZING — we desperately need a heavy dose of global warming, and fast! Ice caps size reaches all time high,” Trump tweeted during a 2014 blizzard.