Long-standing western P.E.I. exhibition bouncing back after carnival company pulls out

Delaney Kelly · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 16, 2025 8:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

The Prince County Exhibition successful Alberton, P.E.I., is swapping mechanical rides for inflatable amusements this twelvemonth aft the midway institution they had been partnering with pulled retired due to the fact that of a shortage of workers. 

The exhibition's committee decided to chopped the lawsuit down to 2 days from 3 successful bid to jam-pack some days with excitement for attendees. 

"We person things going on… successful the rink conscionable astir 24/7 some days," said unpaid committee subordinate Jacob Gamble. 

In a connection from the exhibition's board, it said the carnival institution it usually uses, Nova Scotia-based Hincheys Rides and Amusements, is successful a staffing crunch. It said it secured P.E.I. Inflatables to supply attractions for the lawsuit instead. 

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"This is simply a important concern for america — we are allocating funds primitively designated for gathering repairs to guarantee that we tin inactive supply a amusive and festive acquisition for each ages," the connection said. 

"We anticipation our assemblage understands that this displacement successful absorption was neither planned nor desired, but alternatively a indispensable effect to circumstances beyond our control." 

Gamble said the committee is hopeful that this twelvemonth volition bring the aforesaid thrill that radical person travel to expect from 1 of the province's longest-running exhibitions. 

"It's a truly large learning curve for america this year. We're not definite rather however it's going go. We're hoping it's going to go terrific," Gamle said.

"We're hoping we're going to do conscionable arsenic bully if not amended than the past mates of years, but it's conscionable a waiting game."

The accumulation volition feature a crippled tally by a household from the assemblage that volition rise funds for their child's aesculapian expenses. 

"We're hoping that's going to beryllium a large deed for them," Gamble said. "They get a batch of question costs and a batch of aesculapian costs." 

While Gamble said helium was disappointed they won't beryllium capable to connection each the rides and games that they person successful the past, he is hopeful the rides volition instrumentality successful the years to come. 

"We're decidedly going to beryllium having a large twelvemonth this twelvemonth with the inflatables," helium said. "I would emotion to spot the rides travel back. They were ever a large deed present successful Alberton."