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News before 1996 is not available online.
The Prince Edward Island Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory is now accepting samples for the 2017 season. The free service helps home gardeners, farmers, and greenhouse operators identify potential plant diseases and manage or prevent the disease. Crops that can be tested...
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission approved the following petroleum pricing decisions, effective 12:01 a.m., Thursday, June 15, 2017: • Gasoline prices will decrease by 5.8 cents per litre (cpl); • Furnace and stove oil prices will decrease by 5.0 cpl; • Diesel prices...
A public servant who oversaw the construction of a sweat lodge on the Prince Edward Island Youth Centre grounds has received the Premier’s Diversity Leadership Award for 2017. Allan Curley, the youth centre’s manager, had the sweat lodge constructed in collaboration with the...
"Seniors provide one of the most significant influences in Prince Edward Island. They offer knowledge of the past that helps prepare us for the future, and teach our younger Islanders how to be productive members of caring communities. "As minister of Family and Human Services...
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'...
From his office overlooking St. Peter’s Bay, Michael Cashin says moving to Prince Edward Island was the absolute best choice for him and his family. The former Ontario resident runs his own businesses out of the community centre in the former St. Peter’s School. He lives with his...
In five decades as an early childhood educator, Alice Taylor has learned that helping a family helps a child. Taylor runs a local version of a Canada-wide program called Handle with Care, which promotes the mental health of young children. She was pleased when the federal...
Volunteering at hospitals and long-term care facilities in West Prince is helping Beth Mattes support – and get acquainted with – her adopted community. Mattes, who recently moved to West Prince from Ontario, is one of 11 active members in a new hospital health volunteer program...
Supporting Island Families - Hundreds of Island households are making home renovations with grants from the provincial government. The PEI Home Renovation Program will fund renovations for 250 Island households this year. Since the program began in 2013, over 580 households – or...
Island children and families will benefit from new investments that will make high-quality early learning and child care more affordable and accessible. Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers signed an historic agreement in Ottawa today on a common framework to improve...