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Man found sleeping in running car with open beer inside charged with impaired driving in Charlottetown

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 23 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

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, ...

Harbour Grace RCMP have arrested and charged 80-year-old  Sylvester Woodfine Sr. and 47-year-old Sylvester Woodfine Jr. following an alleged assault of an officer on April 28.

Air tags lead to stolen tools and drug seizure in Summerside

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

A Summerside man in possession of stolen tools and crystal methamphetamine was caught after Mounties used air tags to track the pilfered goods. East Prince RCMP got a report of roughly $2,000 worth of air-tagged tools stolen from a construction site ...

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

Terrence McEachern · Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

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 ...

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

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

Vivian Ulinwa |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

The provincial government has provided financial support for a study aimed at improving the understanding of the changing needs and expectations of post-secondary students in the province.  The three P.E.I. post-secondary student unions – UPEI, ...

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

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

Thinh Nguyen · Journalist |Updated a day ago |8 min read Premium content

For a number of years, Lynne Davis has dedicated herself to rescuing animals during emergencies like house fires or wildfires. Davis, who is with P.E.I.’s Emergency Animal Response Team, said she has seen many times how people often panic not knowing ...

Mounties in P.E.I. are investigating two suspicious fires at abandoned homes in Freetown and Lower Freetown on Sunday, April 21.

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

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Mounties in P.E.I. are investigating two suspicious fires at abandoned homes in Freetown and Lower Freetown on Sunday, April 21. Around 1 p.m., the RCMP responded to the first fire at a house on Route 8, where the building was destroyed. About 15 ...

John Moses, minister at Trinity United Church, stands in the green space area of the church, which will be turned into a community garden for people to grow their food. He said people can grow any food they want except for potatoes. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

Downtown Charlottetown welcomes new community garden

Vivian Ulinwa · Journalist |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

A new community garden in downtown Charlottetown will soon be available for people to grow their own food for free. The garden will be located in the green space outside the entrance to Trinity United Church on Richmond Street. The church plans to ...

Ryan MacRae, an organizer with P.E.I. Fight for Affordable Housing, questions the intent behind a new application renters can use to reach a group of landlords. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

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

Logan MacLean · Journalist |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Renters and landlords in P.E.I. have a new way to connect, but it could raise privacy concerns for tenants.  In January, the Residential Rental Association of P.E.I. set up an application on its website where renters can reach more than 50 landlords ...

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 Apr. 22, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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 Premium content

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 ...

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