Visit archivenews.princeedwardisland.ca for news from 1996-2016
News before 1996 is not available online.
Visit archivenews.princeedwardisland.ca for news from 1996-2016
News before 1996 is not available online.
Doctors considering a career in PEI can walk the simulated halls of Island healthcare facilities and experience community landmarks thanks to a virtual reality project to help recruit doctors to the province. The physician recruitment virtual reality (VR) project gives doctors...
A total of 18 new physicians, 12 specialists and six family medicine physicians, have signed on to practice in Prince Edward Island in 2020. To-date, 13 of these 18 physicians have started caring for Island patients. The remaining five specialists will begin work later this year...
Dr. Roberto Campanaro began working as an emergency department doctor at Western Hospital in 2015, and he hasn’t looked back. Moving to Prince Edward Island (from Ontario) to practice medicine in the small rural community of Alberton has been a positive step for his career and...
Dr. Padraig Casey is in the early stages of a medical career and raising a family life. He’s building them both on Prince Edward Island. Casey grew up in Ireland’s County Louth and received his medical training in Dublin. When the time came to enter into medical practice, he saw...
It was at Charlottetown Rural High School’s career day in grade 10 that Craig Malone decided to not only be a doctor, but to be a doctor at home on Prince Edward Island. “At the time, I was not the greatest student,” the Hampshire native laughs, “but I had this unrelenting dream...
Her work to bring nearly 300 doctors to Prince Edward Island over the past 10 years has earned Sheila MacLean a lifetime achievement award from her peers across Canada. This is, in fact, MacLean’s second national recognition award. In 2012, the Department of Health and Wellness'...