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News before 1996 is not available online.
Today, the Province released all three volumes of Public Accounts which include the audited financial results for government from the 2020-2021 fiscal year, and shows a deficit of $5.6M. Public Accounts is an annual financial summary and accountability report of the Government of...
Island communities continue to see the benefits of residents lending their voice through their participation in government agencies, boards and commissions. This month, 19 people were appointed or reappointed to four boards, including the newly created Anti-Racism Table. “It’s...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is responding to a school bus accident and has called a Code Orange meaning a response to a large number of patients. The accident involved Bus 49. The children who were on the bus are being transferred to hospital as a precaution and are all doing...
The Code Orange at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been cleared. Children are no longer being transferred to hospital as they have been cleared by Island EMS. A total of three children have been treated, but they are stable. “Thank you to QEH staff and physicians, partner...
During today’s sitting of the PEI Legislature, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action, Steven Myers released the recent Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA). The CCRA looked at the following climate hazards on Prince Edward Island: Coastal erosion Post tropical...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individuals are both in their 40s with a history of travel outside PEI. Contact tracing is complete, the individuals are self-isolating. There is a new flight...
Today Premier Dennis King and Finance Minister Darlene Compton tabled government’s capital budget outlining $212 million in planned spending on vital infrastructure in 2022-2023 that will continue to build on commitments to support Islanders, now and in the future. “Over the past...
A province-wide Mobile Mental Health Response Service is now providing support to Islanders who may be experiencing a mental health crisis. Islanders experiencing a mental health crisis can call the Mental Health and Addictions Access Line at 1-833-553-6983 where a mental health...
A new fund is available to help Island organizations, required to implement the PEI Vax Pass, purchase tablets to scan PEI Vax Pass QR codes used to verify people’s proof of vaccination. The COVID-19 – Vax Pass Implementation Fund supports businesses, not-for-profits, and non...
The provincial Department of Fisheries and Communities continues to closely follow the resurgence of the redfish stock in an area of the Gulf of St Lawrence known as Unit 1. The PEI groundfish industry has been actively involved in the current experimental quota fishery...