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Early childhood educators and other licensed child-care staff will be seeing wage increases as well as health and pension benefit packages as part of $111 million in joint government funding.

Ottawa pledges $10.1 million for P.E.I. child-care spaces

Ottawa is providing P.E.I. $10.1 million over four years to create more inclusive child-care spaces across the province. The federal government announced on Wednesday, May 15, that funding through the federal $625-million Early Learning and Child ...

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Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown confirmed to host NCAA Division 1 basketball tournament in November

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Veteran Canadian broadcaster Rod Black, who will call the play-by-play for ESPN+ and TSN+ in November, speaks at the news conference in Charlottetown on May 15 to announce the Atlantic Slam NCAA Division 1 college basketball tournament is coming to Charlottetown. Dave Stewart • The Guardian

P.E.I. residents reminded to remove studded tires by May 31

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P.E.I. reminding residents to remove their studded tires before May 31 to avoid up to $150 in fines. Contributed

More diesel buses coming to Charlottetown as electric system develops, depot gets built

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UPEI graduation week underway for class of 2024

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P.E.I. dancer with Down syndrome wraps up Canada’s Got Talent journey, aiming for new heights

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Opinion

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Dear life

Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for May 16.

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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Support trans youth while respecting their autonomy

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Psychologists can be found in the public system — for example, schools, hospitals, public health offices, but increasingly are choosing to work in private practice, fee-for-service, clinics. Priscilla Du Preez photo/Unsplash

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This one-pot dish combines fragrant spices, tomatoes and chickpeas. 123RF

LETTER: Cape Breton Regional Municipality needs a non-partisan mayor

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PAM FRAMPTON: Remembering Rex Murphy, the bard of barbs

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Kevin Tobin cartoon May 15: Remembering Rex Murphy

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Business

Prices at the Pump for May 15, 2024. Gas, gasoline, price of gas, fuel adjustment, fuel markets, consumer, oil and gas, inequality.

Prices at the Pumps: This week is a gasoline guess

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Ottawa pledges $10.1 million for P.E.I. child-care spaces

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US judge refuses to overturn Exxon permit denial to truck crude oil in California

Updated Sep. 27, 2023 |2 min read

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday refused to overturn a California county's decision to block Exxon Mobil Corp from using tanker trucks to ship crude oil from coastal facilities

Aquarium and new concert venue among items on residents' wish lists for downtown Halifax: survey

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Marine protected areas won't shut down lobster fishery, says DFO spokesperson

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Move over Tesla, the man who made the Bricklin is back — with an EV

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Lifestyles

Performer, writer and one-time DJ Adam-Michael James, who has cultivated a reputation for being a diehard fan of Madonna, invites everyone to listen to his podcast of P.E.I. music called isletunes. Found on Spotify among other platforms, James offers up a new episode every Sunday. Contributed

20 QUESTIONS: With writer, performer and broadcaster Adam-Michael James who hosts a P.E.I. podcast

Writer, performer and broadcaster Adam-Michael James seems always to be on the hunt for a new project. The author of three books based on the "Bewitched" television series and a novel, "Undo the Deed," moved to P.E.I. in 2007 after writing the book ...

Updated May. 13, 2024 |13 min read

In Photos

Aurora borealis provides spectacular light show over P.E.I. on May 10

Updated May. 13, 2024 |4 min read

Visitors to Brackley Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park view the aurora borealis through cameras on their devices just before midnight on May 10. While the northern lights can be visible in the night sky close to the North Pole any night between August and May, it is rare for the colours to appear so vividly in P.E.I. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

Cormack cartoonist has comic success while living in South Korea

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Cormack cartoonist Joseph Hewitt’s "SnowCone City" comic series is available for purchase in Canada this month through the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Hewitt lives in South Korea. – Contributed

Daily horoscope for May. 16, 2024

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ERIN SULLEY: When it comes to Asian flavours, this Asian-inspired cod dish is love at first bite

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BRIAN STANFORD: Ribfest planning in the works, community support programs going strong

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Sports

Ria Johnston carries the ball for the UPEI Panthers against the Saint Mary’s Huskies at MacAdam Field in Charlottetown in a 2023 Atlantic University Sport Women’s Rugby Conference game. Johnston, who is from Charlottetown, has been selected to play for the Canadian under-20 female rugby team. Janessa Vanden Broek/UPEI Athletics • Special to The Guardian

Two Prince Edward Islanders selected for Team Canada’s U20 female rugby team

Two Prince Edward Islanders and UPEI Panthers have been named to the Canadian under-20 female rugby team roster. Ria Johnston of Charlottetown is a member of the travel roster while Paige MacLean of Summerside has been selected as a non-travelling ...

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Host Three Oaks teams sweep David Voye Memorial rugby tournament titles

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The host Three Oaks Axewomen won the girls’ championship banner at the 28th David Voye Memorial rugby tournament in Summerside on May 11. Members of the Axewomen are, front row, from left: Jaida Clow, Peyton Maund, Katie-Grace Noye, Kailyn Gallant, Ava Pomeroy, Nina Kenny, Sophie McKenna, Marleigh-Jane Smallwood, Alexa McCarthy, Anna Gallant, Hudsyn Somers, Tayler Warren, Madison Brown and Bella MacKinnon. Back row: Brent Woodside, Bree McAlduff, Ava Allain, Deirdre Studer, Nya Martin, Brooke McGuigan, Tori Atkinson, Carley Blanchard, Kenna Warnell, Chloe Campbell, Finley Blacquiere, Emma Cerisano, Kennedy Clow, Kaycee Rennie, Dru Gillis, Elly Smallwood and Tim Hockin. Photo Courtesy of Joel Arsenault • Special to The Guardian

In Photos

Summerside, P.E.I., hosts David Voye Memorial rugby tournament

Updated May. 13, 2024 |4 min read

The Three Oaks Axemen’s Max Clark grabs the ball on a line-out during action against the Charlottetown Rural Raiders on May 10 during the 28th David Voye Memorial rugby tournament in Summerside. Three Oaks won the senior AAA boys’ championship banner. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

HARNESS RACING: Blood Money pulls upset in Charlottetown

Updated May. 13, 2024 |2 min read

FIDDLER'S FACTS: Maple Leafs deserved a better fate

Updated May. 10, 2024 |4 min read

P.E.I.'s Charlottetown Knights name new head coach

Updated May. 10, 2024 |4 min read

Canada

There are no shortage of activities during YCON in Yarmouth, which this year takes place March 31 to June 2 at the Mariners Centre. Michael Carty Photography

No shortage of fun: Y-CON returns for bigger year at Yarmouth Mariners Centre May 31 to June 2

Calling all gamers and cosplayers, the Yarmouth Comic Convention – Y-CON – will be returning from May 31 to June 2 at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre. Y-CON is an annual volunteer run gaming and comics convention in Yarmouth that features vendors from ...

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WENDY ELLIOTT: Blomidon Naturalists Society celebrating the big 5-0

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Decades ago, the Blomidon Naturalists Society successfully saved the home of many chimney swifts after the Acadia Dairy in Wolfville closed up shop. It is now the Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville.

The Liberals new CBC advisory panel may be too late to save it from Poilievre's defunding

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'I would like to have my water bomber back': Drought in Lab West concerns NDP MHA Jordan Brown

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Three Montreal men charged in connection with fraud, identity theft in Edmundston, N.B.

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Moncton Hospital acquires less invasive technology to treat fibroids

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World

Ukraine fights Russian forces in north of border town in Kharkiv region

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said its forces were fighting Russian troops in northern districts of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region on Thursday but said the invaders had been unable to break through deeper into the border town. The capture of ...

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Futures edge higher as softer inflation report lifts rate-cut hopes

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2024.

Fears of German 'de-industrialisation' may be overblown - for now

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Thai cannabis groups urge government to rethink plan to re-criminalise marijuana

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Lifestyles

20 QUESTIONS: With writer, performer and broadcaster Adam-Michael James who hosts a P.E.I. podcast

Aurora borealis provides spectacular light show over P.E.I. on May 10

Cormack cartoonist has comic success while living in South Korea

Daily horoscope for May. 16, 2024

ERIN SULLEY: When it comes to Asian flavours, this Asian-inspired cod dish is love at first bite

BRIAN STANFORD: Ribfest planning in the works, community support programs going strong

Sports

Two Prince Edward Islanders selected for Team Canada’s U20 female rugby team

Host Three Oaks teams sweep David Voye Memorial rugby tournament titles

Summerside, P.E.I., hosts David Voye Memorial rugby tournament

HARNESS RACING: Blood Money pulls upset in Charlottetown

FIDDLER'S FACTS: Maple Leafs deserved a better fate

P.E.I.'s Charlottetown Knights name new head coach

Canada

No shortage of fun: Y-CON returns for bigger year at Yarmouth Mariners Centre May 31 to June 2

WENDY ELLIOTT: Blomidon Naturalists Society celebrating the big 5-0

The Liberals new CBC advisory panel may be too late to save it from Poilievre's defunding

'I would like to have my water bomber back': Drought in Lab West concerns NDP MHA Jordan Brown

Three Montreal men charged in connection with fraud, identity theft in Edmundston, N.B.

Moncton Hospital acquires less invasive technology to treat fibroids

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