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Kathy Hambly believes that the key to launching a career is to learn - early in your education - what employers are looking for. The community leader spent a decade as Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce president and has volunteered with the University of Prince Edward Island...
Universally free flu shots and enhanced immunization programs for adults are two efforts aimed at urging all Islanders to get vaccinated against infectious diseases. Beginning this fall, Prince Edward Island will begin two initiatives to enhance the uptake of vaccination programs...
The welcome banners are hung and the staff are energized as Birchwood Intermediate School prepares to throw open its doors to more than 400 new students this September. The new arrivals are coming mostly from Stratford, alleviating overcrowding pressures at Stonepark Intermediate...
Claretta MacWilliams understands the difference that an increase in the personal comfort allowance can make in the lives of Island seniors. Her mother spent three years in community care in West Prince before passing away earlier this year. The 2017-18 provincial operating budget...
These days Karen Milligan is busy preparing the rooms and grounds at The Inn at St Peters for a 2017 tourism season that promises to beat the record set at her operation last year. Operators like Milligan from across the province are reporting increased bookings compared to 2016...
Islanders with an active Employment Insurance claim can now get the training they need to obtain long-term, meaningful employment. Eligible Islanders can apply to receive their Employment Insurance while attending post-secondary training -- including universities – through the...
Prince Edward Island keeps more waste out of landfills – per person – than anywhere else in Canada. According to Statistics Canada’s 2014 waste-management survey, Islanders each divert an average of 429 kilograms of waste to recycling or organic processing – which is well above...
Engage PEI helped 17 Islanders get involved with their provincial government this month. The Islanders were appointed or reappointed to six government agencies, boards, or commissions in April. Engage PEI helps Islanders apply to fill vacancies on more than 70 such volunteer...
Strengthening Mental Health Services - Island students will receive new supports through the 2017-18 provincial budget to help them overcome challenges that can impact their performance in school. Student well-being was identified as a priority by principals, District Advisory...
Cathy Binette knows first-hand the power of an organ donation – and she encourages Islanders to use a new online tool to register to be a donor. Binette received a kidney 20 years ago from a friend as part of the first friend-to-friend organ donation in Atlantic Canada. Health...