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Queens Region RCMP are following school buses to watch for flashing light violations.

Eight-year-old girl unhurt after driver passes stopped school bus in ...

Robert Duffy presents proposed plans for Starlite Estates on the old drive-in property in Summerside council chambers Feb. 6.

Developers plan new life for old Summerside drive-in

Jason, left, Chandler, and Jamie Marshall are still physically and mentally recovering from a motorcycle crash in July 2018.

Stanley Bridge father and son involved in July 2018 motorcycle crash ...

Free Store owner Belinda Woods folding items of warm bedding.

Summerside's Free Store welcomes hundreds in search of warm bedding ...

Kensington Wild equipment manager David (Gonzo) Bernard checks out the team’s dressing room at Credit Union Centre before the players arrive for a recent game in the New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major Midget Hockey League.

Kensington Wild equipment manager David (Gonzo) Bernard in 31st year ...

Bill Francis, right, was one of many current or former cabbies to show up Friday to give Neil Harpham, left, an emotional send-off shortly before Harpham ended his life by medically assisted suicide.

His time to go: Well-known P.E.I. businessman ends ‘wonderful’ life on ...

Tara and Steve Malayny sit with engineer Dave Morris at a special council meeting Feb. 6 to apply for rezoning the old Heritage Trailer Park property on Water Street East for a new housing venture.

Owners of former Summerside trailer park want property to become ...

Summerside provincial court house -File Photo

Summerside man pleads guilty to sending sexually explicit images in ...

Dennis King approaches supporters after winning the leadership nomination for the Progressive Conservative Party of P.E.I., Saturday, Feb. 9. 2019.

UPDATE: Dennis King wins P.E.I. PC leadership

Adam Binkley, from left, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Summerside, discusses plans for the club’s 2019 Novus Celebrity Golf Tournament with Dallas Desjardins, incoming director of golf at Mill River Resort and the resort-s director of marketing and special events, Geoffrey Irving. The popular tournament is moving to Mill River this year, scheduled for July 14 to 16.

Summerside Boys and Girls Club celebrity golf tournament moving to ...

Leslie Noye second stone on the Alex MacFadyen rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club keeps his eyes on the target broom as he releases a stone during the opening draw of the P.E.I. Pepsi Junior Men’s Curling Championship. The modified triple knock-out men’s and women’s championships got underway at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary Wednesday afternoon.

"A" finals for P.E.I. Pepsi Jr. Curling ch'ships Thursday morning

The Journal Pioneer
Published Dec 27, 2017 at 9:34 p.m.

The modified triple knock-out championships got underway at the Maple Leaf Curling Club Wednesday afternoon ...

['The Lauren Lenentine-skipped rink from the Cornwall Curling Club will represent Prince Edward Island at this week’s Canadian junior curling championship in Victoria, B.C. From left are Lenentine, third Kristie Rogers, second Breanne Burgoyne, lead Rachel O’Connor and coach Pat Quilty.']

Pepsi Jr. Curling ch’ships start Wednesday

The Journal Pioneer
Published Dec 26, 2017 at 7:32 p.m.

The 2018 Pepsi P.E.I. Junior Men’s and Junior Women’s Curling Championships get underway Wednesday at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada The look says it all as Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue hangs his head during the semifinal game at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials semifinal Saturday night in Ottawa. Team Gushue was bounced from the Trials following a 6-4 loss to Mike McEwen.

Brad Gushue rink's Olympic dreams dashed

Robin Short
Updated Dec 10, 2017 at 7:53 a.m.

Ottawa - Four years of planning and building for a week-long, tension-filled test of endurance that is the Canadian Olympic Trials evaporated in just under three hours on the pebbled ice of Canadian Tire Centre as Brad Gushue and his curling team ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada Skip Brad Gushue encourages his sweepers, from left Mark Nichols and Geoff Walker, during his final round-robin game at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Friday night in Ottawa. Team Gushue beat Kevin Koe's team 6-3.

Gushue beats Koe yet again at Trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 09, 2017 at 7:46 a.m.

Ottawa - Brad Gushue will do anything to keep his mind off curling during the days this week, even watching some admittedly lame “Hunting Nazi Treasure” show on TV. “And they never find the treasure,” he shrugs. ...

Michael Burns/Curling Canada Skip Brad Gushue cautions his sweepers during a Canadian Olympic Curling Trials game against Steve Laycock Thursday night in Ottawa.

Brad Gushue punches ticket to semifinal at Olympic trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 08, 2017 at 5:18 a.m.

OTTAWA - We don’t want to get too ahead of ourselves here, but the thoughts of it are too delicious not to contemplate. Tonight’s final round-robin game of the Roar of the Rings between Brad Gushue and Kevin Koe might well be a prelude ...

Canadian Press photo/Adrian Wyld — Brad Gushue throws a stone during the Olympic Curling Trials in Ottawa.

Gushue moves into second-place tie at Olympic Trials

Robin Short
Updated Dec 07, 2017 at 5:58 a.m.

Ottawa - Mike McEwen decided to give the fans a little show with his last shot Wednesday night, sliding from the hack and doing a 360-degree turn before releasing his stone. The game was over, except for the handshakes, and McEwen figured ...

Smith rink earns cash in Saint John, N.B.

The Journal Pioneer
Published Dec 07, 2017 at 12:30 a.m.

The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club finished second to the Sylvie Robichaud-skipped foursome in the women’s division at the recent WFG Jim Sullivan Classic cashspiel in Saint John, N.B. Smith had a 6-4 lead after six ends, ...

Junior curling teams will meet in O'Leary on December 27 to start the process of deciding who will represent P.Ei> art the Canadian championships in Quebec next month. Deadline to get in on the action is Wednesday, December 6, 11:59 p.m.

P.E.I. Pepsi Juniors deadline today

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Published Dec 06, 2017 at 10:43 a.m.

As of Wednesday morning four men’s and five women’s teams were registered ...

Grand Slam of Curling/Anil Mungal —Brad Gushue believes he and longtime third Mark Nichols (right) will benefit from having already won Olympic gold as they compete at the Olympic Trials in Ottawa. “For myself and Mark, in particular, there’s probably a whole lot less pressure on us than there is on a lot of other curlers,” he said.

Gushue, Nichols all for the move to ban Russia from Olympics

Robin Short
Updated Dec 06, 2017 at 5:35 a.m.

By Robin Short Telegram Sports Editor-Ottawa Ottawa - You can count two former Olympic medal winners and current world champions among those who agree with Tuesday’s big announcement that saw the International Olympic Committee bar ...

CP photo Brad Gushue and his teammates, from left, Geoff Walker, Mark Nichols and Brett Gallant discuss a shot during a game against Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Tuesday in Ottawa.

No 'A' grades yet, but Gushue curlers making improvement

Robin Short
Updated Dec 06, 2017 at 5:31 a.m.

Ottawa - Brad Gushue says his curling team, after four days of the Canadian Olympic trials, still isn’t at the top of its game. Mark Nichols goes so far as to rate their performance a B-minus. But Gushue, Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff ...