The Charlottetown City Police are re-opening the 19-year-old investigation into the murder of Byron Carr. Mr. Carr was a member of the Prince Edward Island gay community who was found murdered in his home. No one was ever brought to justice for this crime.

The police are requesting any details no matter how inconsequential they may seem. Please come forward if you know anything, and if you know someone who may know something please pass the request on to them.

Members of the public with information about this crime can go to the PEI Crimestoppers website where tips can be submitted completely anonymously either by email form or by online chat, or call the Aliant tip hotline at 1-877-566-3952.

P.E.I. Gets Private Marriage Commissioners
July 12th, 2006


Prince Edward Island has finally allowed private marriage commissioners to perform marriages in the province, and the first such commissioner, Jim Culbert, was very proud to have his first ceremony be a same-sex marriage!

It’s great to be able to see people finally getting things that they really would like in their life and not have to hide about it. You know, they can be openly married and go home and say, “Hey, you know, we really are people.”

This wonderful attitude is a far cry from Alberta, which almost passed legislation this spring that would have made commissioner discrimination against gay and lesbian couples perfectly legal. So, congratulations to Jim, the new couple, and Prince Edward Island! Here’s to not being crazy bigots!

GAY AND LESBIAN CANADA VACATION PLANNER

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Canada's Smallest Province and Last Tranquil Place in Canada

Prince Edward Island is blessed with miles of sandy shoreline, fringing the garden province with colorful stretches of white, champagne, pink and red. It is legally composed of three counties: King, Queen and Prince.

Some places beachgoers frequent are Panmure Island Provincial Park, Grand Tracadie, PEI. National Park,
Singing Sands, and the popular gay beach is Blooming Point.

Many of the patchwork pieces of Prince Edward Island's colorful landscape are stitched together with rivers, red roads and trails, all providing first-rate, fresh air touring options. Get to know the Island on a hike to the beach, a paddle down a river, or from the seat of a bicycle.

Island artists and craftspeople create hand-stitched quilts, potter), bowls, intricate woodworking and woven tapestries. Dozens of shops, from quaint to sophisticated are dotted across the Island.

Prince Edward Island is the first province to complete its section of the Trans Canada Trail. The Confederation Trail was developed on the railway lines abandoned more than a decade ago. The trail is surfaced with finely, crushed rock dust and it is quite smooth and almost flat. The full tip to tip, Tignish to Elmira distance is 274 kilometers and the trail passes along the seashore, by farm pastures and woodlots, and through many small communities as it links the opposite ends of the island.


The Island is surrounded by beaches, which are designated as Canada Parks, Provincial Sites and private
water frontages. The sand, called Singing Sands, makes a squeaking sound when tread upon. Ancient
erosive processes and freezing cycles have conspired to break it down to a powdery consistency, which makes for a pleasant walking surface. The beaches are categorized as South shore: North Shore.

Prince Edward Island has two excellent automobile connections to the mainland. Visitors can experience both the thrill of driving over one of the world's longest bridges and taking a mini cruise on a car ferry.

Residents see it as a privilege to live on this very special island and welcome visitors to Canada's smallest and greenest Province. So please "Come play on our Island."



The island also supports an aquaculture industry that grows shellfish on private leases. PEI Island Blue Mussels and Malpeque Oysters have a worldwide reputation for quality and are exported all over the world.

Prince Edward Island offer a complete range of affordable and accessible golf experiences. Nine and eighteen hole courses are located conveniently across the Island. The Province is also proud to announce that Golf Digest has placed the province among their top 50 places to play
worldwide, as well as awarded the coveted five-star rating · to the Links at Crowbush Cove.

Gay & Lesbian Canada Vacation Planner

Ceremony big step for gay rights: commissioner
Last Updated: Monday, July 10, 2006 | 1:06 PM AT
CBC News
P.E.I.'s first private marriage commissioner has performed his first ceremony, and he's calling it a significant step for gay rights on the Island.

Jim Culbert, owner of the Rainbow Lodge in Vernon Bridge, married a same-sex couple from the Island on Friday.

"It's great to be able to see people finally getting things that they really would like in their life and not have to hide about it," Culbert told CBC News.

"You know, they can be openly married and go home and say, 'Hey, you know, we really are people.'"

When the province changed the rules in early June to allow for private marriage commissioners, Culbert was the first to apply. He said everyone has the right to marry, and that's why he applied for the job.

"I've been working for gay and lesbian rights for many years and this is just another step to have equality for us," he said.

Culbert has five more marriages booked this summer, including a double wedding later in the year.

EASTERN GRAPHIC MATT VENO December 28 2005

FINISHED PRODUCT GETS LOTS OF ATTENTION

Vernon Bridge upholsterer gives new life to two-wheeled buggy


Since he was a child Jim Culbert has been interested in antique carriages.
His parents owned a two-wheeled buggy and as a boy, Jim would often hook it up to a horse and go for a drive.
His passion eventually led him to sestoring the wooden carts

"They're an old way of transportation and it's interesting to be able to preserve that heritage," the 55-year-old said while sitting in tile living room of his Vernon Bridge home. "A lot of them are just rotting away as planters on somebody's front lawn."
In August, Mr. Culbert restored a four-wheeled carriage for neighbour Gary Tweedy. The three-week project was a challenge because the carriage was badly rusted and weathered.
Once the carriage was brought to his shop, Mr. Culbert pulled off the wheels and sanded the worn paint
down to the bare oak. Sanding the wheels alone took about 20 hours.
He then pulled off the wooden body and had the metal parts of tile chassis sand blasted. He then sanded tile wooden parts of the chassis and the body.
Mr. Culbert removed the brass pieces, which had been chromed over, from the wheels and dashboard and had them polished back to their original condition. He also re-upholstered the seat in a brass coloured fabric, He then painted tile chassis and body black, left the wheels their natural golden oak colour, and put the carriage back together
"I was really pleased with how it turned out" he said. "Especially the wheels because we were going to paint them again but they just came out so nice we decided to leave them their original colour"
The carriage was built for trips to town or church. There's a space behind the two-person seat to put groceries or other small items. In a 1906 Sears catalog, which Mr. Culbert also has at his home, a similar carriage is listed for about $30.
After he was finished the restoration, he parked the carriage in front of his house, beside his 1931 Chevrolet. The two rigs got a lot of looks from locals and tourists alike.
"There were quite a lot of people stopping, to take pictures of the two together, Mr. Culbert said.
As the owner of Blair Hall Upholstery, Mr. Cu!bcrt said restoring the carriage was a nice change from working on the traditional chairs and sofas.
Mr. Culbert also restored another carriage in 1990, but only worked on the body and upholstery in that case. The carriage s owner, Roy MacMillan, worked on the chassis and wheels himself.
The experience and his love for old carriages has Mr. Culbert searching for a carriage to restore for himself.
"I've been looking at a few," he said with a laugh.


This is how the two-wheeled carriage looked before Jim Culbert, of Vernon Bridge, put lots of man hours into restoring it this past summer.

JIM CULBERT, OF VERNON BRIDGE, paints part of the seat of the carriage he recently restored for his neighbour Gary Tweedy. The carriage took about three weeks to restore in August. The project was the first full carriage restoration Mr Culbert has done and the experience and his love for the old carts has him looking for one to restore for himself. Submitted photo


The finished buggy attracts a lot of attention from passersby.