This is part two of a six-part series in which Lauren MacDonald documents her internship experience as an environment summer student with the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DTI). Here are MacDonald’s notes, in her own words. Notes from the field day 2: beaver...
The Beaconsfield Book Club: BIPOC Speculative Fiction Society is celebrating the works of three Black authors. Culture critic and diversity specialist Evelyn Bradley and writer and historical interpreter Caitlyn Paxson will be reading and chatting about: The Monsters We Defy by...
Health PEI Organized Stroke Care Program has been awarded Stroke Distinction from Accreditation Canada. Stroke Distinction is a highly specialized quality improvement program for organizations that offer acute and/or inpatient rehabilitation services with a dedicated stroke...
Health PEI has changed the name of the Women’s Wellness and Sexual Health Services to Sexual Health, Options & Reproductive Services (SHORS). The new name more accurately reflects the population it serves in a more inclusive manner. “The language we use in healthcare is important...
Dr. Roberto Campanaro began working as an emergency department doctor at Western Hospital in 2015, and he hasn’t looked back. Moving to Prince Edward Island (from Ontario) to practice medicine in the small rural community of Alberton has been a positive step for his career and...
Investing in infrastructure Inter-tidal reefs in Souris are successfully protecting the causeway and shoreline from the effects of climate change and storm surge events. Engineers PEI have recognized this innovative engineering project with the 2018 Environment Award. "The...
Islanders living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can help shape future COPD programming and services. Health PEI will hold four focus-group conversations across the province from 1 to 3 p.m. on: • Thursday, July 12 (Queens County); • Friday, July 13 (East Prince...
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that is widely distributed throughout the Earth’s rocks and soils. Arsenic can be dissolved from arsenic bearing minerals in the soil or rock and be present in groundwater. On a more local basis, arsenic can also be released into water...
Antimony occurs naturally in small amounts in several minerals in the earth’s crust, is used in various manufacturing processes, and is present in plumbing solder. It can enter drinking water as a result of the weathering of rocks and soils, from wastewater from some...
Canada – Prince Edward Island Labour Market Agreement for Persons With Disabilities Prince Edward Island Annual Report for 2016-17