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Two more drivers charged after passing school buses in Summerside

Waylon James Molyneaux to be sentenced Feb. 5 for making child ...

Check out the lights from your area and around Atlantic Canada below! - 123RF photo

PEI 2018 Christmas lights map

Investigation concludes mechanic’s death at Borden-Carleton shop was ...

The 24th Lights for Life illumination celebration got underway Wednesday.

24th Lights for Life display illuminates the city skies over ...

Kevin Arsenault speaks at a launch event for his leadership bid of the PC Party of P.E.I. on Wednesday night. Arsenault focused heavily on what he described as “corruption” of political leaders in P.E.I., and specifically referenced the e-gaming and PNP scandals.

Blogger and farmer running for PC leadership in P.E.I., pledges end to ...

Vote for P.E.I.'s newsmaker and top story of 2018

Mya Stewart listens to grandfather Mayor Basil Stewart explain the significance of the Chain of Office.

Summerside mayor still has discretion when it comes to committee ...

The Summerside Intermediate School (SIS) Owls’ Reghan Betts, 7, and Victoria Zakem, 9, of the Queen Charlotte Coyotes race to a loose ball during action in the 42nd annual Glenn Edison Memorial basketball tournament at SIS on Saturday.

Stonepark teams, Athena boys go undefeated at Glenn Edison Memorial ...

Thana Deagle with daughter Bexx. Deagle learned just weeks before Bexx’s death that she was expecting her second child with Gerald Wells.

Baby from P.E.I. waiting for heart transplant dies, parents planning ...

Coun. John MacFarlane during Montague’s committee of council meeting Monday night. MacFarlane was in favour of moving a proposed five-year capital investment plan to be voted on during next month’s council meeting, but only after infrastructure projects for John Beer Drive and MacDonald Avenue were added to that plan.

Three Rivers grants tax forgiveness for affordable housing units

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Marian Gaworecki of St. Nicholas with his huge maple tree off in the distance. At between 75 and 80-feet tall with an 18-foot circumference and an approximately 95-foot canopy, Gaworecki believes his tree has a good shot at being P.E.I.’s new largest tree.

With demise of P.E.I.’s largest tree, Islanders wonder at next to hold title

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P.E.I. Literacy Alliance launches Holiday Giving Campaign

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Green party leader Peter Bevan-Baker, left, and Premier and Liberal party leader Wade MacLauchlan, right, in these Guardian file photos. Bevan-Baker enjoys a considerable edge over MacLauchlan, with 37 per cent saying they would prefer Bevan-Baker as premier.

Greens, Liberals still neck-and-neck

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The City of Summerside’s annual budget survey is making its rounds as council mayor and staff are preparing for the 2019 budget process. -123 RF Stock Photo

Summerside’s wants residents to tell them how to spend their money

The Journal Pioneer
Updated 12 hours ago

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – The City of Summerside’s annual budget survey is making its rounds as council, mayor and staff are preparing for the 2019 budget process. The survey contains 20 questions and takes about three minutes to ...

P.E.I. woman receives 30 days in jail for theft

Jim Day
Published 14 hours ago

A judge suggested a woman may have been more interested in feeding her drug habit than feeding her children when she stole a pair of work boots. Vanessa Katherine Paquet pleaded guilty recently to stealing boots from a Discounters store in Three ...

A screengrab from the Nature Conservancy of Canada video campaign "Nature Stories" featuring P.E.I. developer Tim Banks.

P.E.I. company APM ordered to pay $107K in default judgment

Terrence McEachern
Published 16 hours ago

A legal dispute between APM Construction Services Inc. and an Ontario company has been resolved and money owing paid, according to CEO Tim Banks. On Aug. 13, the Ontario Superior Court awarded Symtech Innovations Ltd. $106,965.81 for materials and ...

P.E.I. weather and travel updates for Tuesday, Dec. 11

The Journal Pioneer
Published 16 hours ago

Weather Flurries are expected this morning, changing to a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon with winds gusting up to 50 km/h. Today’s high will be -6 C, but with wind chill it will feel like -20 C in the morning and -12 C in the ...

Kevin MacLeod, left, chairman of the board of directors of CBDC West Prince Ventures; Egmont MP Bobby Morrissey; P.E.I. Fisheries Minister Robert Henderson and Rural and Regional Development Minister Pat Murphy review the application process for the 2018-19 Quality Oyster Aquaculture Program.

New round of oyster funding announced; applications for latest program to aid industry are due Dec. 21

Eric McCarthy
Published a day ago

ALBERTON- P.E.I. Fisheries Minister Robert Henderson said the province’s oyster fishery enjoys a good international reputation, one that allows for market growth. “The markets are there, but the markets are not all there in ...

Dick Wedge and his daughter, Nicolle Morrison, look through the contents of a time capsule rescued from behind the cornerstone of the old Summerset Manor.

Summerside family rescues cornerstone from landfill

Alison Jenkins
Updated 15 hours ago

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I.- Receiving a large piece of granite from your kids for your 84th birthday might not be at the top of everyone’s wish list, but Dick Wedge was happy to receive it. “I was very surprised. It never even occurred to me ...

Summerside men arrested for impaired driving in separate incidents

The Journal Pioneer
Updated 15 hours ago

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Two Summerside area men are facing impaired-driving related charges as a result of separate incidents. The first occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 8, when a police officer pulled over a vehicle on First Street for ...

Man gets extra 55 days in jail after assaulting Summerside police officer

The Journal Pioneer
Updated 15 hours ago

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – A 40-year-old man was sentenced to an additional 55 days in jail after pleading guilty to multiple charges. According to police, shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, Clint David Hardy went to the Summerside Police Services to ...

Chris Palmer, economic development and tourism minister, left, lets ‘Barbegazi,’ meaning winter beard, out from behind the curtain. The winter beast got a fist bump from Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart following the event announcement at Credit Union Place which will host the Barbegazi Winter Sports Festival from Jan. 18 to 19.

Credit Union Place hosting winter sports festival Barbegazi Jan. 18 and 19

Millicent McKay
Updated a day ago

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - It’s an event that’s been years in the making. This January, people of all ages can expect new kind of community winter event at Credit Union Place: Barbegazi, a winter action sports festival. “It’s ...

Nancy Fullarton and her eight-year-old daughter, Sophie, celebrate during the P.E.I. Military Family Resource Centre’s Christmas party at the Murchison Centre Sunday. The party was a chance for military members, veterans, RCMP and their families to share in some festive joy.

Military family happy to be together in P.E.I. for the Christmas season

Katherine Hunt
Published a day ago

Every Christmas Eve, the Fullarton family eats a meat pie and goes to a Christmas church service before coming home to open one gift. On Christmas morning, the family of five has a big brunch, opens presents and plays some newly-unwrapped board ...