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Queens Region RCMP are following school buses to watch for flashing light violations.

Eight-year-old girl unhurt after driver passes stopped school bus in ...

Robert Duffy presents proposed plans for Starlite Estates on the old drive-in property in Summerside council chambers Feb. 6.

Developers plan new life for old Summerside drive-in

Jason, left, Chandler, and Jamie Marshall are still physically and mentally recovering from a motorcycle crash in July 2018.

Stanley Bridge father and son involved in July 2018 motorcycle crash ...

Free Store owner Belinda Woods folding items of warm bedding.

Summerside's Free Store welcomes hundreds in search of warm bedding ...

Kensington Wild equipment manager David (Gonzo) Bernard checks out the team’s dressing room at Credit Union Centre before the players arrive for a recent game in the New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major Midget Hockey League.

Kensington Wild equipment manager David (Gonzo) Bernard in 31st year ...

Bill Francis, right, was one of many current or former cabbies to show up Friday to give Neil Harpham, left, an emotional send-off shortly before Harpham ended his life by medically assisted suicide.

His time to go: Well-known P.E.I. businessman ends ‘wonderful’ life on ...

Tara and Steve Malayny sit with engineer Dave Morris at a special council meeting Feb. 6 to apply for rezoning the old Heritage Trailer Park property on Water Street East for a new housing venture.

Owners of former Summerside trailer park want property to become ...

Summerside provincial court house -File Photo

Summerside man pleads guilty to sending sexually explicit images in ...

Dennis King approaches supporters after winning the leadership nomination for the Progressive Conservative Party of P.E.I., Saturday, Feb. 9. 2019.

UPDATE: Dennis King wins P.E.I. PC leadership

Adam Binkley, from left, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Summerside, discusses plans for the club’s 2019 Novus Celebrity Golf Tournament with Dallas Desjardins, incoming director of golf at Mill River Resort and the resort-s director of marketing and special events, Geoffrey Irving. The popular tournament is moving to Mill River this year, scheduled for July 14 to 16.

Summerside Boys and Girls Club celebrity golf tournament moving to ...

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Cheryl DesRoches, center, coordinator of Tignish Fisheries/Royal Star Foods’ Wellness Plan, discusses easy and nutritious breakfast choices with fellow office workers Lisa Inman, left, and Angela Gaudet. The fish plant has held healthy breakfast demonstrations and is getting ready to host other special events to promote wellness.

West Prince’s largest employer promoting wellness in its workforce

Eric McCarthy
Published 4 hours ago

After putting in a 10 or 11-hour shift at work, it can be difficult to find the motivation and the energy to go for fresh air and exercise, or to get a lunch ready for the next work shift, Cheryl DesRoches acknowledges. But DesRoches, the Human ...

Alberton Health Centre nurse practitioner, Maryna Kudryacheva completes a requisition form for a patient. Kudryacheva says the rural practice she has in Alberton is just what she was looking for. She plans to attend the Here to Stay community engagement day which will be held at Mill River Resort on March 5.

'Here to Stay’: Engagement day to look at strategies to help retain healthcare workers in P.E.I.

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

Organizers sent out over 300 invitations last week to community organizations, business owners, municipalities and individuals ...

Tignish Recreation director Tina Richard, left, and recreation assistant Brianna Butler are excited about presenting the town’s 33rd annual winter carnival. The winter carnival runs Feb. 17 to 24. The first clue as to the location of the silver fox will be posted on Feb 18.

Tignish Winter Carnival bringing back the air bands

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

Richard admits a performance of “Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” comes to mind ...

Carter Cahill is the Greco Pizza/Capt. Sub student-athlete of the month at Westisle Composite High School.

Cahill makes impact with Wolverines

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 1:46 p.m.

After practising with the team throughout Grade 10 but missing game action due to hockey commitments, Carter Cahill returned to the Westisle Wolverines’ volleyball team in 2018, and quickly made his presence known The Grade 12 student ...

Snowy, wintry weather didn’t stop Brenda Rutherford and other walkers on the Summerside Boardwalk Wednesday morning. Snow hit the Island around 7 a.m. and winter conditions continued through the day, dumping between 20 and 30 centimetres before coming to an end overnight. - Millicent McKay

Snow disrupts P.E.I., closing schools and businesses across province

Eric McCarthy
Published Feb 13, 2019 at 4:45 p.m.

“Just wait,” SaltWire Network meteorologist Cindy Day said Wednesday afternoon when it was noted that the wind from the latest winter storm still wasn’t very strong over Prince Edward Island. Reporting from Halifax, Day said the ...

Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park in Brookvale is quiet as a Feb. 13 storm socks in the Island.

Snow disrupts P.E.I.

Eric McCarthy
Published Feb 13, 2019 at 3:09 p.m.

In the meantime, the snow was piling up, on its way to 20 - 30 centimeters across P.E.I. ...

Tignish Fire Chief Allan Gavin says his department will continue to respond to the Tignish Seniors Home Care Co-operative when requested to do so but will no longer routinely respond to all 9-1-1 medical first responder calls originating from the facility. More than one-third of its medical first responder responses last year were to the facility.

Tignish firefighters say routine medical calls from seniors’ home taxing resources

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 13, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.

Gavin offered assurances that firefighters will continue to respond to all other medical first responder calls in their district ...

Hannah Adams, three, enjoys some one-on-one story time with CHANCES early learning centre staff member Tori McCue.

O'Leary CHANCES celebrates expansion

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 11, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

A little girl sat on a bench, gently cradling a doll, while other children chattered, and adults celebrated the grand opening on Feb. 4 of an expansion to O’Leary’s CHANCES Smart Start Early Learning Centre. Another child, standing ...

Alberton town council officials say this Church Street building that was once a movie theatre and later a flooring business and an antiques store, is being converted into an apartment complex without a building permit or the required re-zoning.

Alberton mayor hopes housing issue can be resolved without bylaw enforcement officer

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 08, 2019 at 6:48 p.m.

A spokesman for the provincial Department of Communities indicated the town has an official plan and, as such, is responsible for bylaw enforcement. ...

Summerside Boys and Girls Club celebrity golf tournament moving to Mill River

Eric McCarthy
Updated Feb 13, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

The event’s dinner gala, however, will be staying in Summerside ...