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• Smart Grid not so smart says utility committee chairman
  SUMMERSIDE – The chairman of the city’s electric utility committee is not in favour of the city’s $25 million Smart Grid Utility Project as ...
• Funding cuts mean less for city
  SUMMERSIDE – Funding cutbacks will result in less capital expenditure and fewer dollars for organizations as the city enters the new fiscal year. ...
• Provincial treasurer takes issue with federal...
  KENSINGTON - The federal government is saying transfer payments to the Province are the highest they have ever been with $510 million heading to ...
• Summerside brings in balanced budget
  SUMMERSIDE – Convergence is the new financial buzzword at City Hall – the joining of the city’s general fund infrastructure costs with the wind ...
• Former Bruin shares stories of NHL days
  Bourque opted not to talk about records and achievements during his NHL career but rather entertained the audience with his stories of life in ...
• Shea says transfer payments to Province at an...
  What she did say is that federal transfer payments to the Province are at an all-time high. In 2011-2012, the Province received $495 million from ...
• Exclusion of city councillors couldn't happen in...
  Recently, Charlottetown Coun. Jason Coady was not allowed to attend a finance committee budget meeting because he was not an official committee ...
• Cuts from Province make budget process more difficult
  Earlier this year, the Robert Ghiz Liberal government cut funding to the four major municipalities by five per cent while eight other communities ...
• Rapid growth in Miscouche means lots of changes
  At the annual general meeting earlier this week night, community council chair Wayne Poirier told residents that, like several other ...
• Chamber wants to see balanced budgets soon
  The Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce has some areas it would like addressed to help create a healthy business climate and increased ...
• Air show gets Snow Birds and funds
  SUMMERSIDE - Plans are falling into place for the 2012 Atlantic Canada International Air Show set for Slemon Park Aug. 25 and 26. Colin ...
• Out with hall of fame, in with Tourism Summerside
  Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart along with City Councillors Cory Thomas and Jim Steele met with Finance Minister Wes Sheridan, Health and Wellness ...
• Port Corp buys up Harbour Quay building
  Arnold Croken, president of the corporation, confirm
• Local group alarmed over move to privatize campgrounds
  Corporation president Barry Balsom said the public should have been brought into the discussion and they have questions they want Tourism ...
• If you gas and dash in Borden, expect to be charged
  Jamie Fox, owner of Gateway Petroleum, has had enough of gasoline thievery. “We’re posting pictures of the people on the Internet and in the ...
• Tax centre employees come through in a big, United Way
  Blair Cutcliffe of United Way P.E.I. said the campaign has concluded and the final totals are in. “Primarily it’s run from September to ...
• PEI can export more spuds says potato supplier
  Don Northcott of Real Potatoes Ltd., a seed potato supplier and exporter based in Cornwall, said the market for Island seed and table-stock ...
• Summerside is not Halifax, but port has potential...
  “Through our port study and the work that has been going on over the last two and a half months, we have met the majority of exporters in P.E.I. ...
• Hundreds of teams bowl for kids' sake
  Myron Yates, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters P.E.I., said this campaign is one of two major fundraisers (Bowl for Kids Sake and ...
• Summerside Lobster Carnival in the black, barely
  Plagued with bad weather and some events that cost more to put on than they generated, the festival managed to end up with a profit of $3,000, ...
• Funding cut will slice into Summerside budget
  Finance Minister Wes Sheridan announced the Province intends to cut funding by five per cent to the province's four largest ...
• Mayors not happy with cuts
  Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart said he is disappointed with the five per cent cutback the city is expecting for the coming fiscal year, a ...
• Summerside council considering new fire hall
  Councillor Peter Holman, chair of the city’s fire services committee, brought the issue of a new fire station to light during the City of ...
• Sheridan calls economist’s austerity measures...
  SUMMERSIDE — The government of Prince Edward Island is running a $52.5 million deficit for fiscal year 2010-2011, while Ontario is facing a ...
• Holland College gets assistance with e-health training
  National Revenue Minister Gail Shea announced Tuesday that college, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Business Development, ...
• Irving to help local businesses get a piece of...
  An information session will be held by J.D. Irving and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency on Monday, Feb. 27. “There will be a presentation ...
• Positive pre-sentence report helps woman avoid jail
  Nicole Marie DesRoche was charged along with Peter MacDougall for breaking into a private residence on June 9, 2011, and stealing a video game ...
• One of biggest kitchen parties set for Credit Union...
  Bobby Dunn, director of the Summerside Community Services Department, said Summerside’s party will include Gordon Belscher as master of ...
• College poised to capitalize on shipbuilding
  SUMMERSIDE – It's still under construction, but the Holland College Summerside Waterfront Campus is looking to play a big role in the ...
• Cinema converts to digital projection
  SUMMERSIDE – Work is underway to install digital and 3-D projection capabilities at Empire Studio 5 in Summerside. "This week we're going ...