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In state of the city address, Summerside mayor says community exploring 33-megawatt green hydrogen project
The City of Summerside is looking to continue its investment in green energy projects with a move to green hydrogen power. Mayor Dan Kutcher made the announcement during his first state of the city address on April 24. During his update, Kutcher said ...
P.E.I. woman gets jail for break-in offences
A P.E.I. woman believed to have been on drugs and hallucinating when she broke into a Charlottetown home looking for her gun and instead took a resident's car keys has been sentenced for that and other offences. Jacqulyn Veronica Richard, 32, pleaded ...
City of Summerside launches grant to help support vulnerable residents
The City of Summerside has launched a new grant to help groups assisting the community’s most vulnerable residents. The grant provides financial aid of up to $2,500 for registered not-for-profit organizations and prospective organizations aiming for ...
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Three generations strong: P.E.I. lobster fishing family gears up for spring season
For Allan Coady, a lobster fisherman of more than 30 years, each year's setting day brings a lot of excitement especially because he gets to share the experience with his son, Bryce, and daughter, Alyssa. “I really look forward to it every spring. I ...
P.E.I. Health Coalition raises concerns over privatization threats to public health care
Concerns about the province’s public health-care system moving towards the private sector have members of the P.E.I. Health Coalition worried. A public meeting was held April 23 at Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown to discuss the risks ...
Cleantech data collection underway in Georgetown, P.E.I.
Researchers at Georgetown Living Labs have been concluding temperature checks for heat retainment this month in residential homes throughout the town. The first step in the public data collection has been successful, and researchers at UPEI can now ...
More security needed in Charlottetown parks, councillors say, as city hires summer guards
Security guards will patrol public parks in Charlottetown this summer, but some members of council say it’s not enough. Since 2010, the city has hired security to patrol Victoria Park and other city greenspaces. While council voted 10-0 at the April ...
Transitional housing opens in Summerside with vulnerable mothers with new children
After being open for less than a month, a new Summerside shelter is already making a difference for some of the province’s new mothers. One of its five beds was occupied when SaltWire visited; two more women and their babies were preparing to arrive ...
Violence on the rise in P.E.I. schools, says teachers' federation
Violence is on the rise in classrooms across the province, and the P.E.I. Teachers’ Federation (PEITF) is aiming to stop it. The PEITF is currently waiting for the Public Schools Branch to finish an inclusion report to find out how best to ...
P.E.I.'s spring sitting of the legislature has closed. Here are three takeaways
The 27 members of P.E.I.’s legislature headed back to their districts for the summer after a 31-day sitting closed on April 23. The spring sitting saw the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Dennis King pass another record-high budget, ...
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