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Health P.E.I. has hired six senior managers on an interim basis through private employment agencies at costs ranging from $17,490 a month to $43,750 a month.  That information is contained in a series of contracts the province provided to CBC News. These managers are filling some of the most seniorContinue Reading

PEI·First Person When Maggie Campbell found out she was expecting her fourth baby, she was not immediately ecstatic. Instead, her mind started racing about where to turn for care without a family doctor. With no doctor and no ADHD medication to help control my racing mind, I worry a lotContinue Reading

A Prince Edward Island man wants others to be aware of a federal program that offers compensation for serious and permanent injuries from vaccines approved by Health Canada, since he missed the deadline for applying and has been left in dire straits.  Kent Gillespie used to rotate among three differentContinue Reading

WARNING: This story contains descriptions of child sex abuse and other content that may be disturbing to readers. The director of P.E.I.’s Public Schools Branch says the organization connected two classroom incidents involving Matthew Alan Craswell only after he was arrested on unrelated child pornography charges last summer. Tracy Beaulieu sat down withContinue Reading

PEI Prince Edward Island lobster fishers are hoping new rules from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans will mean fewer harvesting days lost to closures when endangered right whales come into Island waters. Ocean conservation group glad to see ‘no weakening’ of rules; says more could be done Nancy RussellContinue Reading

PEI·First Person Crystal MacCormac wants to support Canadian businesses and producers, but she’s shopping on a budget. She wants a leader who will to address the rising cost of living for voters like her. Who I vote for has never felt more important Crystal MacCormac · for CBC First PersonContinue Reading

PEI Health officials in Prince Edward Island have confirmed two cases of measles, the province’s first reported cases since 2013. No public exposures have been identified, says P.E.I.’s Chief Public Health OfficeStephen Brun · CBC News · Posted: Apr 11, 2025 12:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 11 SymptomsContinue Reading

PEI The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its political message. ‘Art plays an essential role in education…. We fell short of our responsibility to protect that role’Thinh NguyenContinue Reading

PEI Christopher Griffin, the now former artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, says administrators were trying to censor one of his paintings after complaints from American profs.  ‘This was not an anti-American painting and I took great pains to not make it so’ Stephen Brun · CBC NewsContinue Reading