Following two complaints filed to OmbudsPEI, the province’s legal aid office says it will work on building a new internal policy to review and ensure decisions of denying representations are fair in the future. In a recent statement, OmbudsPEI says ...

Women made their mark – more than ever before – at this year's Skills Canada P.E.I. competition. Sally Pineau and 31 others received medals at the award night April 16 at Holland College's Florence Simmons Hall in Charlottetown. She competed in the ...

Brad Trivers says his constituents are worried about the effect that coastal erosion could have on their drinking water. Trivers, a Progressive Conservative MLA for Rustico-Emerald and a former minister of environment, raised questions about the ...

The federal government has announced the tax credit for volunteer firefighters and search and rescue volunteers will be doubled in the budget for 2024. Starting from the tax year 2024, volunteer firefighters will be eligible for an increased tax ...

This year’s Easter Seals ambassador wants people to know disabilities are not always easy to spot. “Something I was feeling a little uncomfortable with was people thinking, ‘well, you don't look disabled,’ because there are multiple disabilities that ...

A 29-year-old man and 38-year-old woman were charged after police seized cocaine during a search of a West St. Peters residence. On April 12, P.E.I. RCMP officers arrested the duo during a targeted traffic stop. Following the stop, Mounties searched ...

Liberal Opposition Leader Hal Perry is concerned the reliance on the virtual health care platform Maple is an example of the pitfalls of increasing private delivery of health care in P.E.I. Maple is a private company that provides virtual health ...

A Summerside city councillor has been charged with theft over $5,000. The information filed in court said Barbara Ann Gallant allegedly stole money from Lest We Forget Veteran’s Committee between Feb. 13, 2022 and Nov. 27, 2023. Alongside the ...

P.E.I.'s Department of Environment is encouraging residents to be cautious of wildfires, as 90 per cent of recorded forest fires are caused by people. The forest fire season began March 15 and will last until Nov. 15, and due to an increase in forest ...

Premier Dennis King is hoping P.E.I. parents and students will not have to choose between competing federal and provincial school lunch programs in the near future. The Trudeau government is due to release its budget on April 16. The budget has been ...