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• City considering addition to CUP for sports hall
  SUMMERSIDE – City council is considering an extension to Credit Union Place to house the P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. In December, a ...
• Marketing key to success for Atlanticade
  SUMMERSIDE – The Atlanticade Motorcycle Festival might just seem like a five-day motorcycle event, but there’s a lot of work involved in ...
• Common Causes wants change in Harper’s agenda
  SUMMERSIDE – Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Revenue Minister Gail Shea were the targets Monday of Common Causes, a new collaboration of ...
• Municipalities may soon be included under Freedom of...
  Justice Minister Janice Sherry said Prince Edward Island is the only Atlantic province that doesn’t allow the public to file for information on ...
• Maintain Island-wide dialysis service, Rotarians told
  SUMMERSIDE - Eliminating rural dialysis services is not the best way to save money, says Souris businessman and rural community advocate Alan ...
• SIS students get creative with robots
  The students are members of Laura Cudmore’s Grade 7 language arts class. “The unit that we were studying is about the influences of technology in ...
• Mayor shuffles committee chairs
  Four committees will have new chairs in 2013. Coun. Tina Mundy has been moved from human resources, legal affairs, heritage and culture to ...
• Summerside car dealer not giving away cars
  Trevor Heffel, sales consultant at Hemphill Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. in Summerside, said the business is being used by Jamaican scam artists to ...
• Summerside hires communications officer
  Lorri Laughlin is joining the city staff after having worked in this field with the Government of Canada for more than 15 years, holding ...
• Big Hearts Celebration set for Credit Union Place
  Big Hearts Celebration is set for Jan. 19 at Credit Union Place in Summerside. Foundation events co-ordinator, Susanne MacDonald, said the ...
• First Prince County baby of 2013 arrives
  The proud parents are Stacey Enman and Adam Ballum of Tyne Valley. Koby was not the first Islander born in 2013 however. That distinction went to ...
• Caps thrill hometown crowd with late tie-breaker
  The home team jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead. Mitch Maynard opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal at 3:45 on an assist from Spencer ...
• The spirit of giving
  Dozens of volunteers gathered at the Wilmot Community Centre Sunday to arrange and distribute food boxes and toys to families throughout the ...
• Chamber membership grows in 2012
  Chamber president Todd Clark said membership has reached 470 and efforts are continuing to increase that number. The chamber president said 2012 ...
• Native pollinators key to Island fruit industry
  With a worldwide shortage of honeybees, Balsom, a member of the P.E.I. Apple Growers’ Association, came up with the idea for P.E.I. to develop ...
• Christmas in Kensington
  KENSINGTON - Cold damp weather didn’t deter Kensington residents as they turned out in large numbers the annual Christmas Parade and Christmas ...
• City seeks public input on green space development
  A 70-page draft report on the future of Summerside’s parks and green space has been made available to the public for comment. The plan is ...
• Money stolen from Tim Hortons
  Police said a man apparently staked out the drive-thru window, waited for the employee to leave, walked up, reached in and made off with the cash ...
• New regional bus service ready to go Saturday
  Tri-Maritime Bus Network will start the day after Acadian Lines stops its bus service through the region. Owner, Mike Cassidy, said Tri-Maritime ...
• City ponders lift of overnight parking ban
  Coun. Peter Holman, chairman of the city’s police committee, said he would be reviewing the parking restriction with the chief of police. The ban ...
• Canada keeping close eye on Obama administration
  Peter McKenna, chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Prince Edward Island, said now that Barack Obama has been returned ...
• ‘We must not forget’
  Veterans, led by the Legion Colour Guard and the P.E.I. Regiment Band, marched in to a standing ovation from the gathering. The keynote address ...
• Kensington Heritage Library opens
  “It’s been many years since we actually started it, but we had to wait until we had everything done,” said Kensington Coun. Rowan Caseley. “This ...
• Man gets 160 days for driving while disqualified
  Joseph Michael Chaisson was stopped by West Prince RCMP in Alberton on July 21 on suspicion of impaired driving. A breathalyzer demand was made ...
• ‘Beauty’ of a production
  Jessie Inman, CEO of the Confederation Centre of the Arts, was on hand for a recent rehearsal. The centre is sponsoring youth in the arts in the ...
• Atlantic mayors support infrastructure program
  Congress chairman, Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart, said there is a need for a long-term municipal infrastructure program throughout the country. ...
• Pumpkin patrol and city ensure safe Halloween
  TOSH students have been getting into the spirit of Halloween in preparation for the school’s annual Pumpkin Patrol. The safety promotion’s major ...
• Graffiti wall lost with Shur-Gain demolition
  For years the building’s large concrete exterior wall facing the Trans-Canada Trail was a graffiti artist’s dream. Brian MacDonald was behind the ...
• Church group working to bring Iraqi family to city
  A volunteer committee from St. Paul’s Parish is planning a series of fundraising events to help take care of the family once they arrive in the ...
• A saint for all people
  Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized in Rome on Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI. Along with Saint Anne, Tekakwitha will become the patron saint of the ...