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Wason Hemphill attends to buyers at his table, which he calls the trash and treasure table. He was one of the volunteer vendors who helped to sell items at the annual Pinch Penny Fair held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts on April 20. All items on his table were going for $2. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

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Pinch Penny Fair returns to Confederation Centre of the Art

Hundreds of people were at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, shopping for everything from books, furniture and discs to kitchenware and many other items. Doug Gallant, the chair of Friends of the Confederation Centre, attends to customers ...

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UPEI engineering students showcase creativity at annual design expo

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Remi Antoun, left, James Campbell and Alvin Nguyen, third-year UPEI sustainable design and engineering students, created a cable overhead logging transport colt designed to move trees without damaging the environment. They designed it specifically for the Abegweit First Nations to clear their nine to 10 acres of land covered with trees that fell due to post-tropical storm Fionna. This will then allow them to plant berries on the land. The project was on display April 19 at the UPEI faculty of sustainable design engineering annual expo. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

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Design talent on display in Charlottetown during P.E.I. fashion weekend

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Ellen Astle, left, joins Emily Anne Fullerton and Julie McKenna backstage as they get ready to walk the runway at the P.E.I. Fashion Show Extravaganza on April 19 The event took place at the Delta Hotel Prince Edward Convention Centre in downtown Charlottetown. They were wearing outfits from Luxury Market Consignment Boutique, a clothing store located in downtown Charlottetown. Vivian Ulinwa • SaltWire

20 QUESTIONS: With 'Anne & Gilbert, The Musical' actress Rebekah Brown

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East Coast Music Association names 2024 honorary award winners

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Janos Bergman's Summerside home also serves as his art studio. Originally from Hungary, Bergman has lived in Canada for many years and now calls Summerside home. His artwork has been featured in many collections and galleries, including most recently in Italy at Arte Roma 2024. Kristin Gardiner

Summerside artist has paintings on display in Europe

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |8 min read

Janos Bergman can’t help but paint. “I wouldn’t know what to do with myself,” said the Summerside artist. To step into his home is to step into an art gallery. Every room and corridor boasts his paintings – old works and new – on the wall. In his ...

Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves has just released "Deeper Well," her much-anticipated fifth album. The record’s reach extends far beyond the traditional country music audience that first flocked to her. Contributed

DOUG GALLANT: Musgraves goes deep for new record

Doug Gallant · Columnist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |4 min read

People have come to expect good things from Kacey Musgraves. That’s because, with each new record, the Texas-born singer-songwriter has taken things up a notch in terms of both the calibre and diversity of her songwriting and the production values of ...

Brandon Massey holds a guidebook for Dungeons and Dragons. Guide books have hundreds of differing rules that change depending on the edition, time of publishing and group that publishes them. Justine Talla • Special to The Guardian

Dungeons and Dragons community in P.E.I. growing

Contributed |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read

Justine Talla Special to SaltWire Brandon Massey holds a figurine in his hand. It's a barbarian figure, unpainted and grey – a blank canvas, ready for somebody’s vision to influence it. "The beauty in these types of games is that you can be ...

Regis and Joan Duffy recently made a gift of $60,000 to Holland College’s Thrive Campaign. Contributed

Regis and Joan Duffy donate to Holland College Thrive campaign

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |2 min read

Well-known Island philanthropists Regis and Joan Duffy recently made a $60,000 gift to the Holland College Foundation’s Thrive campaign – a $2.5 million fundraising effort to establish a centre for student wellness, resilience and success at Holland ...

When Summerside resident and local musician Owen Hann died suddenly in 2022 he left behind a legacy his family has sought to carry on. Last year they launched the Owen Hann Keeping Music Alive fundraiser in his honour, which helps support local music programs. The concert will take place again this year on April 20 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex. Contributed

The Owen Hann Keeping Music Alive concert returns to Summerside April 20

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |2 min read

The Summerside music community is gearing up for a big evening of memories and philanthropy as they gather for the second Owen Hann Keeping Music Alive Fundraiser. Set to take place on April 20 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex, doors will open ...

Chief Supt. Kevin Lewis, who was named the new commanding officer of P.E.I. RCMP in January, says his father was a police officer in Thunder Bay, Ont., and told Lewis to join the Mounties for the adventure and a change of scenery. He has since lived in four provinces and two territories.

20 QUESTIONS: With P.E.I. RCMP Cmdr. Kevin Lewis

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read

Kevin Lewis, chief superintendent and commanding officer of the P.E.I. RCMP, took the role in January after serving the previous three years in the province as the criminal operations officer. His wife, Insp. Beryl Lewis, is also with the RCMP, while ...

Dhairya Purbia, a Grade 10 student from Colonel Gray High School, created a project to create electricity by burning waste as his entry for the 2024 P.E.I. Science Fair. He said he has noticed how waste affects the climate and his projects aim to turn the waste into something beneficial. Vivian Ulinwa • The Guardian

Four students selected to represent P.E.I. in National Science Fair

Vivian Ulinwa |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |9 min read

Dhairya Purbia, a Grade 10 student from Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown has created a project that generates electricity by burning waste. His project is part of the 2024 P.E.I. Science Fair which saw more than 125 young scientists from ...

Gord McNeilly called a vote against a bill he introduced, which would commit 3 per cent of P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission profits to responsible drinking efforts, “one of the most disappointing, discouraging moments” he’s seen as an MLA. – Stu Neatby

ANDY WALKER: A good idea is still a good idea

Andy Walker · Columnist |Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |3 min read

It should have been a shining example of the type of co-operation the Progressive Conservatives encouraged before Islanders handed them a majority government. When he ran for the PC leadership in 2019, Premier Dennis King insisted good ideas were ...

After more than a decade spent in Toronto following her dream of being a full-time country music singer and songwriter, Summerside native Alli Walker has signed on with her first label, RECORDS Nashville. – PJ Brown

Summerside country music singer-songwriter signs with Nashville-based record label

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |18 min read

Years after leaving her hometown to pursue a music career, country singer-songwriter Alli Walker is thrilled that her hard work and determination are paying off. In March the Summerside native signed a deal with the record label RECORDS ...

The event of totality on April 8 lasted several minutes, plunging Mill River into darkness with the only light in the sky coming from behind the moon, and the faint, star like brightness of Venus and Jupiter in the sky. Tristan Hood

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New images from P.E.I.'s April 8 total solar eclipse

Caitlin Coombes · Local Journalism Initiative reporter |Updated Apr. 9, 2024 |8 min read

MILL RIVER, P.E.I. – Dozens of people from across the Maritimes and beyond gathered to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse in Mill River, P.E.I. Mill River Resort hosted an afternoon solar eclipse viewing event. The resort provided glasses, held ...