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Collected Item: “P.E.I. sees rise in anti-outsider sentiment as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease”

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P.E.I. sees rise in anti-outsider sentiment as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease

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news article

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"...with cottage owners now arriving on the Island, several people with out-of-province licence plates have had their cars vandalized, have been confronted or have had nasty notes left for them in incidents known locally as 'plate shaming.'"
Article discussing hostility from locals to those with out of province license plates as they fear they may be carrying coronavirus into Prince Edward Island.

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anger, fear, violence

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https://ottawacitizen.com/news/p-e-i-sees-rise-in-anti-outsider-sentiment-as-covid-19-travel-restrictions-ease-2/wcm/617ab9e8-79f4-4f72-a0de-84f673fef755?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1593422214

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The Canadian Press

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2020-06-28
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