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Fires at two abandoned Freetown, P.E.I., area homes deemed suspicious

Mounties in P.E.I. are investigating two suspicious fires at abandoned homes in Freetown and Lower Freetown on Sunday, April 21. Around 1 p.m., the RCMP responded to the first fire at a house on Route 8, where the building was destroyed. About 15 ...

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Downtown Charlottetown welcomes new community garden

Updated 17 hours ago |3 min read

John Moses, minister at Trinity United Church, stands in the green space area of the church, which will be turned into a community garden for people to grow their food. He said people can grow any food they want except for potatoes. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

Centralized application for renters in P.E.I. could lead to privacy concerns, tenant blacklist: advocate

Updated 22 hours ago |5 min read

Ryan MacRae, an organizer with P.E.I. Fight for Affordable Housing, questions the intent behind a new application renters can use to reach a group of landlords. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

P.E.I. PCs vote down right to repair bill

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P.E.I. youth sentenced for misleading police after death of Tyson MacDonald

Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

Two bridges in rural P.E.I. closing for construction

Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read

Charlottetown Police Services arrested three men and a woman after officers seized cocaine, oxycodone/percocet, drug paraphernalia and $2,271 during a drug bust in the city on April 17. Contributed

Cocaine, oxycodone seized, four arrested in Charlottetown drug bust

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read

Police in Charlottetown have charged three men and one woman after seizing cocaine and cash during a drug bust in Charlottetown on April 17. Charlottetown Police Services conducted a targeted traffic stop on Grafton Street around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday ...

Health Minister Mark McLane said the province has hired on internal medicine specialist who is due to begin work at the Prince County Hospital this summer. The province has extended a job offer to another internist. – Stu Neatby

P.E.I. has succeeded in hiring critical care PCH staff, but question of when Summerside hospital's ICU will reopen remains murky

Stu Neatby · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |6 min read

Health Minister Mark McLane says the province has secured some additional staff needed at Prince County Hospital but has yet to provide concrete details about when the province projects the ICU will reopen. On April 18, McLane was asked in the ...

A 26-year-old man is facing drug trafficking charges after he fled from police but was eventually caught on Sunday night outside Halifax.

Single-vehicle accident claims life of Grand River, P.E.I., woman

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read

A 45-year-old P.E.I. woman is dead following a single-vehicle accident in Grand River on April 18. Emergency crews were called to the crash on Route 12 around 4 p.m. on Thursday, where officers learned the car was heading southbound when it left the ...

City council voted 8-2 on April 9 to start the process of making 10 Prince St. a permanent heritage asset. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

Charlottetown council votes to start heritage process on building against owner’s will

Logan MacLean · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

A controversial heritage designation may be coming to a building near Charlottetown’s waterfront. City council voted 8-2 on April 9 to start the process of making 10 Prince St. a permanent heritage asset. Councillors Bob Doiron and Mitchell Tweel ...

Higher gas prices are expected to have bumped up inflation in March.

Gas prices go up in P.E.I. on April 19, 2024

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read

It costs more to fill up on gas after the latest Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC) pricing adjustment. With the changes, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on April 19, IRAC said the price of regular gas increased by 4.0 cents per ...

Antwaun Rolle, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has been studying political science at UPEI since 2018. He says that for the past six years he has been facing ongoing accessibility challenges on campus. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

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UPEI student raises concerns about campus accessibility challenges he’s faced for six years

Thinh Nguyen |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |8 min read

A vocal advocate for accessibility at UPEI is concerned about ongoing issues on campus as he prepares to graduate, worrying these challenges will persist for future students. Antwaun Rolle, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has been ...

Joel Bernard, transportation supervisor for La Commission scolaire de langue française, told SaltWire April 18, there is a shortage of substitute bus drivers in the French language school board. Contributed

Shortage of substitute bus drivers in P.E.I.'s French language school board

Dave Stewart · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read

There is a shortage of substitute bus drivers in the French language school board. Joel Bernard, transportation supervisor for the La Commission scolaire de langue française, told SaltWire on April 18 that, depending on the circumstances, it has been ...

P.E.I. youth charged with first-degree murder in Tyson MacDonald's death has court matters adjourned

Terrence McEachern · Journalist |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |4 min read

A P.E.I. youth charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Tyson Blair MacDonald has had his court matters adjourned again. The adjournment request to June 6 was made on April 18 in Youth Justice Court in Georgetown by Crown attorney ...

Brian Ellis was one of the fishers at Scales Pond for the start of P.E.I.'s angling season. – Kristin Gardiner/SaltWire

P.E.I. fishers gather at Scales Pond for the start of angling season

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |4 min read

April 15 marked the start of the 2024 angling season in P.E.I. Around mid-afternoon, dozens of fishers were out enjoying the day at Freetown’s Scales Pond, eager to catch some trout. Brian Ellis was one such hopeful. All his life, Ellis had been ...

P.E.I. RCMP reported seven impaired driving incidents after traffic enforcement operations between on St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

P.E.I. RCMP arrest Nova Scotia man, seize cocaine during traffic stop in Morell

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |1 min read

A 29-year-old Lower Sackville, N.S., man was arrested and cocaine was seized during a targeted RCMP traffic stop in Morell, P.E.I., on April 17. Officers found and seized around 60 grams of cocaine and also seized the man's vehicle. RMCP said more ...