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News before 1996 is not available online.
Creating jobs for Islanders - You’ve probably seen the brightly painted Go Girl Fashions and Accessories bus driving around Prince Edward Island, but what you probably didn’t know is that inside is a former Islander anxious to return here for good. Owner Paulette Barke, who grew...
Supporting Island Families - The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (QEH) new medical director Dr. Hussam Azzam is one of 18 new physicians who began – or will soon begin – practicing on Prince Edward Island since January. Dr. Azzam, an obstetrician/gynecologist, has practiced medicine...
Moody’s has joined with bond rating agency DBRS to reaffirm Prince Edward Island’s bond rating as stable, reflecting strong debt management practices. In its report released this week, Moody’s states that the province’s balanced 2017-18 operating budget and good fiscal...
Playwright Linda Wigmore says receiving an arts grant gave her an extra boost to make her project come to life. Hers was among the $50,000 in total grant funding given to 13 established and emerging Prince Edward Island artists in the spring round of arts grants; the final list...
Prince Edward Island’s tip-to-tip celebrations on the Confederation Trail will be part of more than 200 nationwide events to celebrate Canada's Great Trail and the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Celebrations will happen August 26 on Confederation Trail across the Island from...
Strengthening Mental Health Services - The last thing that legendary songwriter Gene MacLellan told his then-14-year-old daughter Catherine was that she would have to be brave for a while. The elder MacLellan took his own life at the family’s Summerside home in 1995 after a...
Now that he is back home, Nick Thompson is thankful for the experience he and his team gained while helping contain wildfires in British Columbia. Thompson was one of a dozen Prince Edward Island forest firefighters who left for B.C. on July 17 – 11 were part of a sustained...
A strong and diverse group of 26 Island business and community leaders will help shape Prince Edward Island’s future success. Members of the new Regional Economic Advisory Councils meet for the first time today, August 3, in Stanley Bridge. The goal of the four regional councils...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Scott Murray says he wants to be a Red Seal carpenter one day and Team Construction is helping him build his dream. Murray is one of 80 young Islanders being introduced to careers in the booming construction industry over the next three years. The...
Creating jobs for Islanders - More meetings and conventions coming to the province – and a slate of successful new events – helped Prince Edward Island post record tourism results through June. The provincial government’s June tourism indicator report released today showed nearly...