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Pauline Douglas Balloch, of Centreville, N.B., seated at her desk. She joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the spring of 1917.

Maritimers' First World War letters home : spirits remain high despite ...

ON THE 11th HOUR: when the war went quiet

Newly elected Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart watches election results roll in with his family on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018.

UPDATED: Basil Stewart back as Summerside mayor

Laura Peters, 43, was recently diagnosed with alopecia a handful of months ago. Since receiving the diagnosis, Peters has lost all of the hair on her scalp and is now seeing her eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair disappear as well.

Summerside woman reflects on life with rare disease, shares ...

Former Kensington Mayor Ivan Gallant is running for election to take a seat at council once more.

Ivan Gallant leads the way in Kensington balloting as three incumbents ...

Elizabeth and Gerard Greenan watch their son, a Summerside native, Jonathan appear on a television game-show.

Family and friends rally behind P.E.I.'s Jonathan Greenan, defending ...

Summerside shakeup: new councillors ready to take their seats

Brent Gallant talks to a volunteer on the phone while Andrew Fuller watches the numbers on election night.

UPDATE: Brent Gallant ready to move to the private sector after run ...

The Kinkora Blazers won the 2018 P.E.I. School Athletic Association Senior A Girls Volleyball League championship at Charlottetown Rural High School on Saturday. Team members are, front row, from left: Brooke McCardle and Jessica Larsen. Back row: Lisa McCardle (assistant coach), Jara Nantes, Shaelynn McCardle, Rachel Paynter, Rebecca Green, Maddy Moffatt, Faith Reeves, Charlotte Linkletter, Evan Killorn (head coach) and Maura Duffy. Missing from photo are Elizabeth Phillips and Shelby Raynes.

Blazers back on top in PEISAA volleyball

Municipalities across P.E.I. electing mayors, councils

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Tommy Biggar and Megan Patey, owners of Island ReLeaf Glass in Summerside, specialize in cannabis accessories and growing equipment.

Summerside shop expands after cannabis legalization boosts sales

Published 13 hours ago

Federal Agriculture Minister and Cardigan MP Lawrence MacAulay, centre, is in Qingdao, China, at the SeaFare Expo, where he is promoting Atlantic Canadian lobsters at the Clearwater booth, which is part of the Canada Pavilion. Also attending are the vice-minister of agriculture in China, Yu Kangzhen, right. Looking over MacAulay’s shoulder is Canada's Ambassador to China, John McCallum.

P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay promotes Canadian lobster in China

Published Nov 08, 2018 at 6 p.m.

Retired fisherman and founder of Moth Lane Brewing Eric Wagner chats with Julia Cook during a recent afternoon.

JULIA COOK: A cross-P.E.I. brewing tour shows quality beer in each county is only hops, a skip and a jump away

Updated Nov 07, 2018 at 3:21 p.m.

When it comes to saving, starting is the key.

The 10-per-cent solution

Updated Nov 06, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

The cruise ship Zuiderdam glides past the Acadian memorial at Fort Amherst as it leaves Charlottetown after a recent visit in this Guardian file photo. BRIAN MCINNIS/THE GUARDIAN

Tourism Industry Association of P.E.I. celebrates industry leaders with excellence awards

The Journal Pioneer
Published Nov 04, 2018 at 2 p.m.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The Tourism Industry Association of P.E.I. (TIAPEI) recently hosted its annual excellence awards gala in Charlottetown. The event acknowledged individuals and Island businesses in the tourism industry for their contribution ...

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

CFIB makes small business guide for P.E.I.'s municipal candidates

The Journal Pioneer
Published Nov 03, 2018 at noon

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - As the Nov. 5 municipal election day gets closer, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) wants municipal candidates thinking about small businesses. CFIB director for P.E.I. Erin McGrath-Gaudet said that for ...

Mary Grant, left, Dianne Griffin and Brent Byrnes participated in a panel discussion about labour issues facing Island businesses on Tuesday.

Explore Economics East conference hears more skilled tradespeople needed in P.E.I.

Terrence McEachern
Updated Nov 03, 2018 at 2 p.m.

VERNON RIVER, P.E.I. - It’s a familiar set of challenges that human resources professionals on P.E.I. face each day – how to find skilled labour and how to retain the employees you have already. “We can’t stay here if we ...

Penny Walsh-McGuire is CEO of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce.

P.E.I. business community weighs in on what it’s looking for after Nov. 5 municipal elections

Terrence McEachern
Updated Nov 09, 2018 at 2:17 p.m.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - P.E.I. residents won’t be the only ones closely watching Monday’s municipal election results. The Island’s business community also has a stake in what new municipal mayors and councils in Charlottetown and ...

Russ Kerr, research fellow with Nautilus Biosciences Croda, stands in front of the company’s $1.3 million robotic workstation in their new laboratory on the UPEI campus.

$1.3-million marine biotechnology lab at UPEI includes robotic/automated workstation

Terrence McEachern
Published Nov 03, 2018 at 6 a.m.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The P.E.I. company Russ Kerr started more than a decade ago – Nautilus Biosciences – has come a long way from when he was the lone employee. Wednesday, the company, now owned by the U.K.-based Croda ...

Harmony Wills gets creative at the pumpkin decorating station.

George’s Island Market is a frightfully fun scene on Sunday

Desiree Anstey
Updated Oct 28, 2018 at 8:23 p.m.

George’s Island Market is a frightfully fun scene on Sunday as vendors and visitors alike got into the spirit of the spooky season. ...

A few of the worker-members of The Hard Workers Youth Services Co-op – from left, Kadyn Arsenault, Tyson Short, Jaden McInnis, Jake Gallant and Jackson Arsenault – show one of the benches they built.

Youth services co-op boosts its revenues by 53% in 2018

The Journal Pioneer
Published Oct 28, 2018 at 4:56 p.m.

ABRAM-VILLAGE – The Hard Workers Youth Services Co-op recently wrapped up a very profitable summer of services by increasing their revenues by about 53 per cent over the 2017 results. There were 10 young co-operators and workers in the ...

Charlottetown volunteer Robert Maddix wins prestigious national award

The Journal Pioneer
Published Oct 28, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Abram-Village native Robert Maddix, who now lives in Charlottetown, was awarded the Jean-Robert Gauthier award on Oct. 19 in recognition of his significant volunteer contribution to the development of French-language education in ...

Cruise ship traffic was down 0.5 per cent for the year in August compared to 2017.

P.E.I. seeing visitation on par or better than last year, but accommodation numbers down

Terrence McEachern
Published Oct 27, 2018 at 8 a.m.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - So far this year, P.E.I.’s tourism numbers are showing some interesting trends, especially with lower accommodation numbers while visitor traffic is nearly on par or better compared to last year. “Somebody is ...

The Bank of Canada is seen in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. With some trade uncertainty now out of the way, the Bank of Canada is widely expected to hike its benchmark interest rate today for the fifth time since the summer of 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Bank of Canada hikes rate as economy stays strong, trade uncertainty recedes

The Canadian Press
Published Oct 24, 2018 at 11:16 a.m.

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is hiking its trend-setting interest rate as the resilient economy hums along and a big source of trade uncertainty is finally out of the way. The central bank delivered a quarter-point ...