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News before 1996 is not available online.
With the lifetime of experience he’s had, it’s fitting that Doug Johnston will be a keeper of the Island’s sports legacy. He and his older brothers were competitive sailors before he went on to play centre for the Mount Allison Mounties hockey team, including four-straight...
After two decades of running an organic u-pick apple orchard on Warren Grove Road near Charlottetown, it wasn’t the fruit on the trees that led Mike Beamish to his next adventure, it was the ones that fell to the ground. “I was losing a lot of apples, thousands of pounds were...
Although they may not talk about it, Prince Edward Island’s volunteer fire fighters deal with traumatic events every day. Researcher Amanda Brazil wanted to know how disturbing experiences were affecting fire fighters. A fire fighter herself with the Crossroads Fire Department...
If you were considering quitting tobacco, this is the week to do it. With the theme of “Tobacco Free for Life...Choose Now!,” National Non-Smoking Week 2017 aims to help tobacco users break the cycle of an addiction that is Canada’s leading cause of preventable illness...
Island women can begin accessing some hospital-based women’s wellness services later this month at Prince County Hospital. Health PEI will introduce its Women’s Wellness Program services over the next 18 months. Initial hospital-based services to be offered include: birth control...
The makers of LivRelief™ are planning a product launch in the United States A leading PEI bioscience company is exploring new export markets. Ontario-based Delivra Corp. established its manufacturing and research and development activities in Charlottetown, PEI in 2012. The...
Students at Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside are this year’s winners of the Provincial Forest Envirothon competition. Envirothon is an annual science-based competition for North American high school-aged students that Island students have entered since 1999. Winning the...
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission approved the following petroleum pricing decisions, effective 12:01 a.m., Sunday, January 15, 2017: • Gasoline prices will decrease by 3.5 cents per litre (cpl); • Furnace and stove oil prices will decrease by 1.5 cpl; • Diesel prices...
It will soon be easier for Prince Edward Island employers and job seekers to connect with one another. The province’s employment assistance services are being integrated to make service more consistent, reduce duplication, and improve assessment tools and access to training. The...
Pre-budget consultations are beginning across Prince Edward Island. Finance Minister Allen Roach is holding consultations on the 2017-18 budget online and during four public meetings beginning later this month. The consultations provide individuals, organizations and businesses...