As a young girl growing up in Woodstock, PEI, just outside of O'Leary, Jillian Kilfoil witnessed sexism, homophobia, racism and intolerance. She says she was born a feminist. Her outspoken personality and actions like protesting her grade nine prom created a lot of tension living...
More Prince Edward Island students than ever before participated in a nationwide young leaders program supported by the provincial government. SHAD – named for the Aurora, Ontario creek where the program began – is a summer enrichment program hosted by 16 different universities...
Growing up in a small rural community, it was being surrounded by strangers in a big city that made Penny Walsh McGuire yearn for home. The Savage Harbour native -- and her high school boyfriend -turned-husband Ryan McGuire– left for the U.S. in 2004, she with a diploma from...
It was the beaches of eastern Prince Edward Island and getting back to his family that lured electrician Terry MacGreggor back home from out west. MacGreggor, 30, moved back to his hometown of Souris to start his residential, commercial and industrial electrical company TMG...
Creating jobs for Islanders - The second expansion in as many years at Sekisui Diagnostics will bring new jobs and help the company increase its production and develop new export markets that will boost the Island’s economy. Premier Wade MacLauchlan and His Excellency Kimihiro...
Government wants Islanders’ input on possible changes to the law involving different types of leave for employees. Islanders can now provide feedback until August 27 on draft regulations to support the implementation of Employment Standards Act (Bill 116) online at https://www...