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Justin and Line Arsenault kept a long distance relationship going between Prince Edward Island and Western Canada for eight years, but now they’re back to raise a family and build careers in their hometown. The pair met at age 15 in Abram-Village but were separated when Justin...

Creating jobs for Islanders - Craig Harris is using the skills he honed as an innovator and job creator in Vancouver’s “Hollywood North” to help frame the future of film and video on Prince Edward Island. As co-owner of video production company Furrow Content and operator of the...

Creating jobs for Islanders - If there’s one group that stands to gain from attracting more skilled people to Prince Edward Island, it’s the construction industry. The fast-growing sector has been enjoying the benefits of a booming housing market, together with active commercial...

An itch for travel and adventure led Nicholas Clements to western Canada, but a love of calm life and beautiful beaches brought him home to PEI. “I was born in Summerside but raised just outside O’Leary and really just lived that small-town Island lifestyle until I left to study...

Terry Nabuurs has always loved cooking and teaching, and moving back to Prince Edward Island has allowed him to do both in the same place. At 27, Nabuurs has already done more than some people in their entire lifetime. Those in Charlottetown know him from his Terry’s Berries...

As a young girl growing up in Woodstock, PEI, just outside of O'Leary, Jillian Kilfoil witnessed sexism, homophobia, racism and intolerance. She says she was born a feminist. Her outspoken personality and actions like protesting her grade nine prom created a lot of tension living...

Growing up in a small rural community, it was being surrounded by strangers in a big city that made Penny Walsh McGuire yearn for home. The Savage Harbour native -- and her high school boyfriend -turned-husband Ryan McGuire– left for the U.S. in 2004, she with a diploma from...

It was the beaches of eastern Prince Edward Island and getting back to his family that lured electrician Terry MacGreggor back home from out west. MacGreggor, 30, moved back to his hometown of Souris to start his residential, commercial and industrial electrical company TMG...

Creating jobs for Islanders - One year into Prince Edward Island’s Population Action Plan, the province’s population is larger than ever at 153,116. There has been progress on all key indicators in the first year of government’s five-year action plan. It focuses on recruiting...