UPEI is launching a new accelerated, one-year streamlined course for the Master of Applied Health Services Research (MAHSR) program to attract more people to study in this field. In contrast with the two-year thesis-based stream (MAHSR-T), the ...

Since May 1, Jessica Vancolen has been providing low-cost dental care to a handful of seniors now covered by the federal government’s new Canadian Dental Care Program. The program is a product of a 2022 political agreement between the governing ...

Recent data suggests P.E.I.’s quest to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions may have begun to stall. Data released by the national inventory on climate change, which compiles the most comprehensive Canadian data on greenhouse gas emissions, shows ...

A P.E.I. man found by police behind the wheel of a parked running vehicle and listening to the radio while more than four times over the legal cannabis limit has received a jail sentence. Jacob R. Fitzpatrick, 19, appeared in provincial court in ...

Andrews Senior Care, which operates three nursing homes and two community care homes, is the first private organization in P.E.I. to begin seeking accreditation under national standards for long-term care. The national standards were published in ...

Two more doctors are leaving the P.E.I. health system.  Dr. Angus Beck, a psychiatrist, and Dr. Ching Ling Yoong, a family doctor, are on the way out.  On May 2, Health P.E.I. confirmed Beck’s departure, saying he served as a psychiatrist in P.E.I.

After a year-long search, UPEI has named its new president and vice-chancellor. In a unanimous decision by the board of governors, effective June 1, Wendy Rodgers will become the seventh person to lead the Island’s post-secondary institution at what ...

After 29 years in print media, The Guardian’s Dave Stewart has won his first Atlantic Journalism Award. The veteran scribe was awarded the gold medal in the short feature (print) category at the 2024 Atlantic Journalism Awards in Dartmouth, N.S., on ...

Herring stocks in the south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence continue to struggle as the federal moratorium on spring herring fishing passes the two-year mark. Herring in Atlantic Canada is split into two stocks, corresponding with the breeding cycles of ...

The East Pointers were the big winners at the 36th East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown. Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron of the East Pointers walked away with three wins at the award ceremonies held May 2 and May 5. They were followed by Jenn ...