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The Latest: COVID-19

Bruce MacKinnon

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: March 26, 2020

Tuesday’s snowflakes were gigantic! Melanie Bonnell happened to look out and was impressed at how quickly the snow was piling up. Melanie is a support staff worker at The Cove Guest Home in Sydney N.S. Thank you, Melanie, for soldiering on and being there for those who need it the most during this difficult time.

WEATHER U: Snowflake formation

Erica Jeffrey is hoping to be the next Inked Magazine cover girl. She is currently in the quarter-finals. Contributed photo/Anne MacFadyen Photography

P.E.I. woman looking to be next Inked Magazine cover girl

Cindy Day, SaltWire Network’s chief meteorologist, is passionate about the weather. “I still jump out of bed excited about looking at the weather maps and seeing what has transitioned while I was sleeping," she says.

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY: Cindy Day helps people plan their days and ...

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY: For meteorologists like Cindy Day, the proof ...

While the commercial cod fishery remains open till December, the coming cold weather and increasingly small fish catches has many Northern Peninsula harvesters saying the season has slowed down for the year and many will soon give it up. File photo

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL WEEK: What climate change lessons can we learn ...

Bon voyage for a year for the SeaCycler.

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL WEEK: Could the Labrador Sea hold secrets to ...

Jaime Lee Mann holds a copy of her latest book, Ancient Fall: The Legend of Rhyme Series. The book was launched this past September. It’s available at the Book Mark, Indigo, Coles and through Amazon.

SALLY COLE: A timely tale for P.E.I.

Singer-songwriter James Taylor celebrates the work of some of America’s greatest composers and songwriters on his latest project American Standard.

DOUG GALLANT: There and back again

Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison gives an update on the coronavirus (COVID-19) during a news conference on March 26, 2020.

VIDEO: P.E.I. schools staying closed until at least May 11

Updated a day ago

Vanessa Clements, a 26-year-old Mill River P.E.I. resident is the only houseguest from east of Montreal on Season 8 of Big Brother Canada. The season premiere is Wednesday night on Global.
Cindy Clements photo

P.E.I. woman still on Big Brother Canada as show stops production

Updated a day ago

Jeff Trowsdale works on a new apartment building going up in Charlottetown to replace the three-storey complex that was destroyed in a fire last year. Although quarantine restrictions have impacted P.E.I.’s construction industry, many builders say they have not received direct workplace safety guidance from public health.

Confusion reigns on P.E.I. construction sites during coronavirus pandemic

Updated Mar 26, 2020 at 8:10 p.m.

The Bank of Canada interest rate increase means higher borrowing costs for consumers with variable-rate mortgages, loans or lines of credit

The Emergency Response Benefit: How it works and how to get it

Updated Mar 26, 2020 at 7:41 p.m.

Local

Stephen Myers, Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy, left, Brad Trivers, Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning, Matt MacKay, Minister of Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture, Bloyce Thompson, Minister of Agriculture, Justice and Public Safety, and Dr. Heather Morrison, chief public health officer for P.E.I. were joined via conference call by Premier Dennis King who declared a state of public health emergency at a 5 p.m. press briefing on March 16. Michael Robar/The Guardian

WATCH LIVE: P.E.I. Premier Dennis King declares state of public health emergency

Updated Mar 16, 2020 at 10:58 p.m.

A woman has been charged after allegedly picking up a child from a daycare while she impaired.

New Brunswick men face drug trafficking charges after P.E.I. authorities seize drugs, weapon

Published a day ago

Kensington Mayor Rowan Caseley said he'll do what he can to urge the province to fix a long-standing drainage issue in the town.

Water back-up reaches Kensington council meeting

Updated a day ago

Vanessa Clements, a 26-year-old Mill River P.E.I. resident is the only houseguest from east of Montreal on Season 8 of Big Brother Canada. The season premiere is Wednesday night on Global.
Cindy Clements photo

P.E.I. woman still on Big Brother Canada as show stops production

Updated a day ago

Canada

Calgary Peace Walk organizer Tina Thrussell live streams from the Peace Bridge as she encourages supporters to walk in their neighbours after this year's walk was cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions on Saturday, March 28, 2020. Gavin Young/Postmedia

Charities adapt fundraising events to follow new social distancing norms

Updated 12 minutes ago

Canada to stop people with COVID-19 symptoms boarding domestic flights, trains

Updated 3 hours ago

The Labrador Sea could be the next big boon to the province’s offshore oil and gas industry, but given the area’s outsized role in the global climate system as the ‘lungs of the ocean,’ should we explore, or protect it? The Telegram dives into the issue. -CONTRIBUTED

SPECIAL REPORT: Lure of the Labrador offshore

Updated 18 hours ago

Er Shun, a 12-year-old adult female panda currently at the Calgary Zoo. Photo courtesy Toronto Zoo ORG XMIT: POS1712181620504577

Calgary Zoo lays off 60 per cent of staff, animals 'still receiving exemplary care'

Updated a day ago

Opinion

Wade Babineau

WADE BABINEAU EDITORIAL CARTOON: Saturday, March 28, 2020

Published a day ago

Jeff Trowsdale works on a new apartment building going up in Charlottetown to replace the three-storey complex that was destroyed in a fire last year. Although quarantine restrictions have impacted P.E.I.’s construction industry, many builders say they have not received direct workplace safety guidance from public health.

TO THE POINT: How will Prince Edward Island weather the economic storm caused by COVID-19?

Published a day ago

One of many weddings we witnessed as tourists in Cefalu, Sicily, in 2015. By the end of the vacation I was feeling like a wedding photographer. — Pam Frampton/The Telegram

PAM FRAMPTON: Through the looking glass

Updated a day ago

['Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Association put the finishing touches on the setup Thursday evening for the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, which begins today and runns until Sunday at Bannerman Park in St. John’s.']

EDITORIAL: Time to plan

Updated a day ago

Business

Billions coming to cover 75% of small, medium sized business' wages

Updated a day ago

Harry Moreland, owner of Harbour Light Haven, stands near the view finder overlooking the bay and the Acadian fisherman statue in North Rustico on March 24. The view finder has been closed due to health reasons during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

North Rustico innkeeper worried tourism influx will overburden P.E.I.'s health care

Updated a day ago

Coun. George Clark-Dunning speaks during the Resort Municipality's town council meeting at the Visitor Information Centre in Cavendish on March 16.

Plans for Stanley Bridge sweet shop and oyster office facility moving ahead

Updated 2 hours ago

Occupational Health and Safety Technology program available online at Holland College

Updated 23 hours ago

Sports

Matthew Welsh played his entire five-year Quebec Major Junior Hockey League career with the Charlottetown Islanders.

Matthew Welsh won't get opportunity for one more magical playoff run with the Charlottetown Islanders

Updated Mar 24, 2020 at 6:40 p.m.

Kevin McKenna recently received the ADL volunteer administrator of the year award at the Sport P.E.I. awards night. From left are ADL representative Jamie MacPhail, McKenna and Sport P.E.I. board member Brian Chambers.
Phil Matusiewicz/Special to The Guardian

Kevin McKenna recognized for tireless efforts with Bedeque baseball

Updated Mar 22, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

Elizabeth Phillips is the Greco Pizza/Capt. Sub student-athlete of the month at Kinkora Regional High School.

Elizabeth Phillips making most of senior year at Kinkora Regional High School

Updated Mar 22, 2020 at 7:13 p.m.

Team Canada won gold Saturday at the women’s world junior curling championship in Russia. From left are coach Sheldon Zacharias, alternate Rachel Erickson, lead/vice-skip Lauren Lenentine, second Emily Zacharias, third Karlee Burgess and skip Mackenzie Zacharias. World Curling Federation/Richard Gray

Lenentine, Manitoba teammates to play women’s next season

Updated Mar 22, 2020 at 7:40 p.m.

Local Lifestyles

Rosemary Curley holds a copy of Mammals of Prince Edward Island and Adjacent Marine Waters, a book she co-wrote with co-authored with Pierre-Yves Daoust, Donald F. McCalpine Kimberly Riehl and J. Dan McAskill. It’s published by Island Studies Press at UPEI.

SALLY COLE: Rosemary Curley leads charge in researching and writing Mammals of Prince Edward Island and Adjacent Marine Waters

Updated 20 hours ago

Erica Jeffrey is hoping to be the next Inked Magazine cover girl. She is currently in the quarter-finals. Contributed photo/Anne MacFadyen Photography

P.E.I. woman looking to be next Inked Magazine cover girl

Updated Mar 26, 2020 at 3:32 p.m.

March is Kidney Month, a global awareness campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of kidneys to good health and to reduce the impact of kidney disease and its associated problems. Volunteers, staff and board members from the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Atlantic branch, as well as the management team from the provincial renal unit gathered recently at the lieutenant-governor’s residence in Charlottetown to mark World Kidney Day, which is held annually on March 12. Shown are, from left, Cheryl Banks, director of hospital services, Prince County Hospital and Provincial Renal Program, Marlene Dorey, development officer, Kidney Foundation of Canada, Atlantic branch, P.E.I. Lt.-Gov. Antoinette Perry and Annie Boyle, a volunteer with the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Atlantic branch. They posed for this picture earlier this month before restrictions on social distancing were put in place due to the coronavirus.

Kidney Month raises awareness in P.E.I.

Published Mar 25, 2020 at 1:43 p.m.

The Commission scolaire de langue française (CSLF) is P.E.I.’s French-language school board

P.E.I.’s French-language school board to update its secondary program

Published Mar 25, 2020 at 11:30 a.m.

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