Yesterday students from across Prince Edward Island presented projects about their community, history, and culture at the Provincial Heritage Fair. More than 170 students in grades 5 through 9 – from 27 schools – participated in this year’s fair, May 3 at the Confederation Centre...
Rural Prince Edward Island communities can now access funding to grow their population and economy. The province’s third consecutive balanced budget for 2018-19 provides nearly $2.5 million to promote the growth, prosperity and resiliency of rural communities. Details were...
The Island’s best published writing has been nominated for the 2018 Prince Edward Island Book Awards. The awards are presented every two years to recognize authors, editors, and book producers in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The awards will be presented at a...
A year-round, multipurpose facility will promote Prince Edward Island’s fine craft to markets near and far, helping businesses grow and the industry expand. The PEI Centre for Craft will raise public awareness and understanding of fine craft, increase educational opportunities...
Islanders are invited to join the provincial government and the sports community in a celebration to welcome home our Paralympic athletes, Mark Arendz and Billy Bridges. On Tuesday, April 3, Mark and Billy will be at Rodd Royalty Inn in Charlottetown to celebrate their victories...
Artist Rilla Marshall says having her work selected for the Art Bank means a lot to her because it will be part of a collection that represents Prince Edward Island. Marshall’s work was one of 12 pieces selected for purchase by a peer-review jury out of 59 submissions. The Art...
Dina Blot is one of 13 Island artists helping more than 600 students at seven schools learn through the arts this school year. The ArtsSmarts learning experience program integrates the arts into core subjects like math, languages, social studies, and science by bringing artists...
Creating jobs for Islanders - When husband and wife team Ken Spears and Ashley Condon moved home to PEI and were looking for Island locations to establish their craft brewery Copper Bottom Brewing, Condon realized the best spot was her hometown of Montague. The small-town locale...
The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation is a registered charitable corporation whose purpose is to study, collect, preserve, interpret, and protect the human and natural heritage of Prince Edward Island for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the people of the province. The...