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Police were on the scene investigating a suspicious death at the end of Trail's End Road in Hampton Feb. 19.

UPDATE: P.E.I. RCMP focus on separate scenes in two suspicious deaths

Jaime Skiffington (sister), Kim Skiffington-Baglole (aunt) and Buddy the dog at Kim’s home. Both women are family to Jeremy Stephens, 32, of Summerside, who was killed by police in May, 2018. Almost nine months later they are still waiting for answers about why Stephens was shot.

Family of Summerside man killed by police in limbo while SiRT ...

Ethel and Austin Pendergast of Summerside have been married for 69 years, and still are deeply in love.

A lasting love: Summerside couple keep the spark alive nearly 70 years ...

RCMP looking for driver that fled scene of Route 109 accident Monday ...

Suzanne Birt follows a shot during the Scotties provincial women’s curling championship in Alberton in January.

Suzanne Birt excited to be back representing P.E.I. at Scotties ...

Summerside man receives jail time for drug, theft charges

Saving a spooky old house that’s covered in vegetation was no small feat.

Historic, vegetation-covered farmhouse in Sea View, P.E.I., gets ...

A new 32 unit seniors housing development was announced for Summersie, Thursday. The building will be located next to a sister facility on Frank Mellish Street.

UPDATE: New provincially owned housing complex for seniors announced ...

Alberton Health Centre nurse practitioner, Maryna Kudryacheva completes a requisition form for a patient. Kudryacheva says the rural practice she has in Alberton is just what she was looking for. She plans to attend the Here to Stay community engagement day which will be held at Mill River Resort on March 5.

'Here to Stay’: Engagement day to look at strategies to help retain ...

Atlantic University Sport executive director Phil Currie in 2013. HERALD FILE

Acadia, St. F.X. battle in wild hockey brawl

George Myrer
Updated Feb 05, 2019 at 1:08 p.m.

If the St. Francis Xavier X-Men and the Acadia Axemen were looking to send a message ahead of their probable AUS hockey playoff matchup, it was heard loud and clear. The message — a brawl between the teams — is expected to result in ...

Tournament volunteer Andrew Hall and his son Curtis stand in the meeting room at MacLauchlan Arena while Hall’s other son Alex officiates a hockey game behind them. All three family members, as well as Hall’s daughter Julie, were volunteers in this year’s annual P.E.I. Source for Sports Spud Minor Hockey Tournament.

Volunteers take pride in pulling off annual Spud minor hockey tournament

Katherine Hunt
Updated Feb 04, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

Taking part in the annual Spud minor hockey tournament has become a family tradition for Andrew Hall and his children. Hall has spent 18 years volunteering with the annual P.E.I. Source for Sports Spud Minor Hockey Tournament, which celebrated its ...

The Central Attack celebrate Sunday after winning the bantam AAA division at the 44th annual Source for Sports Spud Minor Hockey Tournament.
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UPDATE: Central Attack takes Spud title

Jason Malloy
Updated Feb 03, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

The Central Attack wrote another chapter in a memorable season this weekend. Max Sentner scored twice and Jack Howatt provided MVP goaltending Sunday as the Attack defeated New Brunswick’s Dieppe Flyers 4-2 to capture the bantam AAA division ...

Maniacs defeat Red Wings in shootout

The Journal Pioneer
Published Feb 03, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

The Eastern Maniacs opened a home-and-home series with the Island Junior Hockey League-leading Arsenault’s Fish Mart Western Red Wings in dramatic fashion Saturday night. Ed Jenkins and Andrew Campbell scored in the shootout to give the ...

Bennett MacArthur’s six-point night paced the Kensington Wild to a 6-3 home-ice win over the Fredericton Caps in the New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major Midget Hockey League on Saturday night.

Bennett MacArthur holds hot hand for Wild

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Published Feb 03, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

Bennett MacArthur held the hot hand for the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild on Saturday night The forward from Summerside, who had four goals and two assists, was in on every Wild goal in a 6-3 victory over the Fredericton Caps. The New ...

Summerside Western Capitals forward Kayden Peck tosses a souvenir into the stands after being introduced as the first star of Saturday night’s MHL (Maritime Junior Hockey League) game at Eastlink Arena. Peck scored four goals and added two assists in leading the Caps to an 8-3 win over the visiting Miramichi Timberwolves.

Western Capitals keep rolling in MHL

Jason Simmonds
Updated Feb 04, 2019 at 11:26 a.m.

A simple adjustment of shooting the puck more paid off for Kayden Peck on Saturday night. The forward scored four goals and assisted on two others for a six-point night in leading the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals to an 8-3 ...

Central Attack's Jamie Collins takes a pass from Bates Lings and beats Prince County Warriors goalie Kiefer Thompson during quarter-final action at the 44th annual Source for Sports Spud Minor Hockey Tournament Saturday at MacLauchlan Arena.

Banner day at Spud hockey tournament

The Journal Pioneer
Updated Feb 03, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

It’s championship Sunday at the Spud. Here’s a look at today’s schedule at the 44th annual P.E.I. Source for Sports Spud Minor Hockey Tournament. Atom Semifinal 8:30 a.m. – Pownal 8 Truro 3, at MacLauchlan Arena ...

Charlottetown Islanders left-winger Brett Budgell, left, cuts to the net while being defended by Ryan DaSilva of the Sherbrooke Phoenix during the first period of Saturday's Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game at Eastlink Centre.

Lund-Cornish wins return to Eastlink Centre

The Journal Pioneer
Updated Feb 03, 2019 at 8:06 a.m.

The Charlottetown Islanders comeback fell short Saturday at the Eastlink Centre. Dakota Lund-Cornish is a goalie for the Sherbrooke Phoenix. The Upper Tantallon, N.S., native began his major junior career with the Charlottetown Islanders. He ...

Morell's Stephen Anderson is in his fourth year with the UNB Varsity Reds men's hockey team.

Anderson has two points as UNB beats UPEI in men's hockey

The Journal Pioneer
Published Feb 03, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

The first-place UNB Varsity Reds scored four third-period goals Saturday to defeat the UPEI Panthers 7-2 in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action in Fredericton, N.B. The Panthers led 2-1 after the first period on power-play goals by ...

The UPEI Panthers play in the Atlantic University Sport.

Women's hockey Panthers clinch playoff spot

The Journal Pioneer
Published Feb 03, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

Camille Scherger made 43 stops Saturday as the UPEI Panthers punched their ticket to the Atlantic University Sport post-season. Kaylee Dufresne, a third-year forward from Orleans, Ont., and Taylor Gillis, a rookie forward from Summerside, scored ...