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Let’s face it – most people don’t want to talk about sexually transmitted infections. But now the Prince Edward Island government is offering non-judgemental, confidential sexual health clinics each month, alternating between Summerside and Charlottetown. The clinics are open...

Brian Crabbe se souvient s’être arrêté pour aider à sortir une auto d’un banc de neige et être devenu tellement essoufflé qu’il pensa à appeler au 911. L’essoufflement est l’un des symptômes de la maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique (MPOC), dont souffrent quelque 8000...

As a regular at the Charlottetown Driving Park, Kerry McKenna grew up loving the excitement of harness racing. Now 58, the Charlottetown resident still loves horses – but enjoys them at a slightly slower pace. McKenna is living with brain cancer and is a day-patient at the...

Vision loss is very personal to David Hilchey. His daughter lives with a syndrome that will - within this decade - limit her vision to what would be seen looking through a straw. After almost 10 years of volunteering for the national organization that supports Canadians living...

Creating jobs for Islanders - Sarah Wallace was thrilled when - while visiting a friend - she served her hors d'oeuvres on a wooden tray she made herself. “Hey, I made that,” she said. “It is so cool to see people use the thing that I’ve made - it’s super rewarding.” Wallace, 31...

Besides helping to save Islanders’ lives as part of their daily work, more than 2,000 staff members at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital are doing it with their own blood. QEH staff are bringing in Canadian Blood Services (CBS) from June 26 to 29 for what they hope will be an annual...

Tyler Caissie is living proof that Prince Edward Island is nearing a landmark moment in its health care history. Caissie is one of more than 100 Islanders who no longer have the life-threatening liver disease hepatitis C. It happened after Prince Edward Island in 2015 became...

Plus de 100 000 personnes se rendront à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard et au Sud-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick du 10 au 24 août 2019 pour le Congrès mondial acadien (CMA), et selon Claudette Thériault, organisatrice, l’événement aura un impact considérable sur la culture et l’économie de la...

With graduation approaching and new federal cannabis legislation coming into effect sometime this year, we sat down with veteran Bluefield High School counselor Jennifer Gillan to get some tips on how parents can talk to their kids about drugs and alcohol. Why is it important...

The Island’s builders are happy about the federal and provincial governments’ investments in energy efficiency programs, and for good reason. Sam Sanderson, general manager of the Construction Association of Prince Edward Island, said his membership welcomed the recent...