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Samuel Leo Joseph Weeks, 25, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on April 22 for impaired driving. File

P.E.I. man gets jail for second impaired driving conviction

A P.E.I. man who was arrested inside a Subway restaurant shortly after driving drunk into a snowbank while nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit has been sentenced to 60 days in jail. Samuel Leo Joseph Weeks, 25, of Cornwall, pleaded guilty ...

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Studying P.E.I.'s student housing needs: Assessment project receives $75,000 to gather more information

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Camille Mady, president of UPEI student union, said the union is excited to see the province invest in a student housing project. FILE

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Learn to rescue animals and pets in emergencies: Charlottetown training shows Islanders how

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Lynne Davis, a member of P.E.I.’s Emergency Animal Response Team, leads a training session on April 21 in Charlottetown for Islanders to learn about rescuing animals in emergencies and disasters. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

Fires at two abandoned Freetown, P.E.I., area homes deemed suspicious

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Downtown Charlottetown welcomes new community garden

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Centralized application for renters in P.E.I. could lead to privacy concerns, tenant blacklist: advocate

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Liberal MLA Robert Henderson's right to repair bill would have amended the Farm Machinery Dealers and Vendors Act - Stu Neatby

P.E.I. PCs vote down right to repair bill

Stu Neatby · Journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read

A private member’s bill, which would have set out some rights for farmers to have access to the tools needed to repair machinery, has been defeated in the P.E.I. legislature. The bill, introduced by Liberal MLA Robert Henderson, would have required ...

A 17-year-old youth was sentenced April 19 in provincial court in Georgetown in relation to the death of Tyson MacDonald. FILE

P.E.I. youth sentenced for misleading police after death of Tyson MacDonald

Terrence McEachern · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

A 17-year-old youth has been sentenced to custody, community supervision and probation for providing false statements and misleading police in relation to the death of Tyson MacDonald. The youth appeared in Youth Justice Court in Georgetown on April ...

Cains Bridge on Route 2 in Prince County will be closed starting April 22 for repair work.

Two bridges in rural P.E.I. closing for construction

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read

P.E.I. drivers in both Prince and Kings counties are being advised of two bridge replacements impacting traffic throughout the spring and summer. Both Cains Bridge on Route 2 near Bloomfield Provincial Park, and Bridgetown Bridge on Seven Mile Road ...

Charlottetown Police Services arrested three men and a woman after officers seized cocaine, oxycodone/percocet, drug paraphernalia and $2,271 during a drug bust in the city on April 17. Contributed

Cocaine, oxycodone seized, four arrested in Charlottetown drug bust

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read

Police in Charlottetown have charged three men and one woman after seizing cocaine and cash during a drug bust in Charlottetown on April 17. Charlottetown Police Services conducted a targeted traffic stop on Grafton Street around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday ...

Health Minister Mark McLane said the province has hired on internal medicine specialist who is due to begin work at the Prince County Hospital this summer. The province has extended a job offer to another internist. – Stu Neatby

P.E.I. has succeeded in hiring critical care PCH staff, but question of when Summerside hospital's ICU will reopen remains murky

Stu Neatby · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |6 min read

Health Minister Mark McLane says the province has secured some additional staff needed at Prince County Hospital but has yet to provide concrete details about when the province projects the ICU will reopen. On April 18, McLane was asked in the ...

A 26-year-old man is facing drug trafficking charges after he fled from police but was eventually caught on Sunday night outside Halifax.

Single-vehicle accident claims life of Grand River, P.E.I., woman

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read

A 45-year-old P.E.I. woman is dead following a single-vehicle accident in Grand River on April 18. Emergency crews were called to the crash on Route 12 around 4 p.m. on Thursday, where officers learned the car was heading southbound when it left the ...

City council voted 8-2 on April 9 to start the process of making 10 Prince St. a permanent heritage asset. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

Charlottetown council votes to start heritage process on building against owner’s will

Logan MacLean · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

A controversial heritage designation may be coming to a building near Charlottetown’s waterfront. City council voted 8-2 on April 9 to start the process of making 10 Prince St. a permanent heritage asset. Councillors Bob Doiron and Mitchell Tweel ...

Higher gas prices are expected to have bumped up inflation in March.

Gas prices go up in P.E.I. on April 19, 2024

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read

It costs more to fill up on gas after the latest Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC) pricing adjustment. With the changes, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on April 19, IRAC said the price of regular gas increased by 4.0 cents per ...

Antwaun Rolle, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has been studying political science at UPEI since 2018. He says that for the past six years he has been facing ongoing accessibility challenges on campus. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

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UPEI student raises concerns about campus accessibility challenges he’s faced for six years

Thinh Nguyen |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |8 min read

A vocal advocate for accessibility at UPEI is concerned about ongoing issues on campus as he prepares to graduate, worrying these challenges will persist for future students. Antwaun Rolle, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has been ...

Joel Bernard, transportation supervisor for La Commission scolaire de langue française, told SaltWire April 18, there is a shortage of substitute bus drivers in the French language school board. Contributed

Shortage of substitute bus drivers in P.E.I.'s French language school board

Dave Stewart · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read

There is a shortage of substitute bus drivers in the French language school board. Joel Bernard, transportation supervisor for the La Commission scolaire de langue française, told SaltWire on April 18 that, depending on the circumstances, it has been ...