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The CBC comedy show\u00a0This Hour Has 22 Minutes<\/em> has a sketch<\/a> on the matter of Prince Edward Island being\u00a0left off maps of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CBC comedy show\u00a0This Hour Has 22 Minutes has a sketch on the matter of Prince Edward Island being\u00a0left off maps of Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[131,192,785],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-map-errors","tag-canada","tag-funny","tag-pei","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1790808,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/historical-landslides-in-canada\/","url_meta":{"origin":4098,"position":0},"title":"Historical Landslides in Canada","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 May 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"The third edition of a map showing landslides that have caused fatalities in Canada since 1771, created over six years by Geological Survey of Canada research scientist Andr\u00e9e Blais-Stevens, was recently released. 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