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Three generations strong: P.E.I. lobster fishing family gears up for spring season
For Allan Coady, a lobster fisherman of more than 30 years, each year's setting day brings a lot of excitement especially because he gets to share the experience with his son, Bryce, and daughter, Alyssa. “I really look forward to it every spring. I ...
P.E.I. Health Coalition raises concerns over privatization threats to public health care
Concerns about the province’s public health-care system moving towards the private sector have members of the P.E.I. Health Coalition worried. A public meeting was held April 23 at Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown to discuss the risks ...
Cleantech data collection underway in Georgetown, P.E.I.
Researchers at Georgetown Living Labs have been concluding temperature checks for heat retainment this month in residential homes throughout the town. The first step in the public data collection has been successful, and researchers at UPEI can now ...
More security needed in Charlottetown parks, councillors say, as city hires summer guards
Security guards will patrol public parks in Charlottetown this summer, but some members of council say it’s not enough. Since 2010, the city has hired security to patrol Victoria Park and other city greenspaces. While council voted 10-0 at the April ...
Transitional housing opens in Summerside with vulnerable mothers with new children
After being open for less than a month, a new Summerside shelter is already making a difference for some of the province’s new mothers. One of its five beds was occupied when SaltWire visited; two more women and their babies were preparing to arrive ...
Violence on the rise in P.E.I. schools, says teachers' federation
Violence is on the rise in classrooms across the province, and the P.E.I. Teachers’ Federation (PEITF) is aiming to stop it. The PEITF is currently waiting for the Public Schools Branch to finish an inclusion report to find out how best to ...
P.E.I.'s spring sitting of the legislature has closed. Here are three takeaways
The 27 members of P.E.I.’s legislature headed back to their districts for the summer after a 31-day sitting closed on April 23. The spring sitting saw the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Dennis King pass another record-high budget, ...
Testy exchange in P.E.I. legislature over measures to end Sunday hunting ban
A bill that will lift a longstanding ban on recreational hunting on Sundays is set to be passed in the P.E.I. legislature. Introduced by Environment Minister Steven Myers, an amendment to the Wildlife Conservation Act will strike out a provision in ...
P.E.I. woman dead, Nova Scotia woman hospitalized following head-on collision in Upper Nappan
A P.E.I. woman is dead and a Nova Scotia woman is hospitalized with serious injuries following a two-vehicle head-on collision in Upper Nappan, Cumberland County, on Monday. Just before 12:30 p.m., emergency services responded to the crash on Highway ...
Man found sleeping in running car with open beer inside charged with impaired driving in Charlottetown
A 43-year-old Stratford man has been charged with impaired driving following an incident in Charlottetown on Tuesday morning, April 23. Just after midnight, Charlottetown police received complaints of a vehicle parked and running on Prince Street, ...
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