For Rupinder Kaur, the reality of life on Prince Edward Island is very different from what she imagined when she moved here last spring. Kaur is from India. Like so many foreign workers on P.E.I., who moved here with post-graduate work permits after finishing their studies elsewhere in Canada, Kaur fully expectedContinue Reading
PEI Smelling salts were originally developed to revive people who had lost consciousness, but today they are also being marketed toward athletes as an energy boost. They’re a common sight on the benches of NHL teams. ‘We’re telling our children that it’s OK to sniff ammonia,’ says concerned grandmother StephenContinue Reading
PEI The number of Japanese visitors to P.E.I. has never returned to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, but some tourism operators hope a new animated series about Anne of Green Gables — and the attention it’s getting in Japan — will help. ‘We need new readers, younger readers and such a beautifulContinue Reading
PEI Responding to tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump, P.E.I.’s premier is vowing to take further steps to protect the Island’s economy — including the possibility of scrapping the multimillion-dollar NHL deal. ‘If I can kill this quickly and not put those dollars into the U.S. market,Continue Reading
PEI The U.S. government recently dropped a proposed rule aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, a decision that one conservation group says is, ‘incredibly disappointing.’ ‘This is a serious setback to preventing the extinction of this critically endangered species’Thinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 21,Continue Reading
PEI·STORM CENTRE All schools across Prince Edward Island are closed Monday as a winter storm brings challenging conditions to much of the province, with the western region bearing the brunt of the snow. Delayed openings and closures across the IslandThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 20, 2025 5:41Continue Reading
PEI A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite’s impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he’d been standing minutes earlier. ‘It probably would’ve ripped me in half’ Stephen Brun · CBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading
PEI Hospitals across P.E.I. are over capacity, leading to hours-long wait times in the province’s emergency rooms and limited bed availability, Health P.E.I. said in a news release Thursday afternoon. ‘This may get a little worse before it gets better and may take a little time to alleviate’Sara Fraser · CBC NewsContinue Reading
PEI P.E.I.’s Chief Public Health Officer is raising concerns about the use of compressed-air horns in ice arenas. The noisemakers can be tough on your hearing and game play alike, officials warn Gwyneth Egan · CBC News · Posted: Jan 05, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: January 5Continue Reading
PEI Janine Gosbee has been trying to give away a vintage upright piano, but hasn’t had any takers. She’s finding out the heavy old beauties are simply not wanted anymore. ‘The era for old uprights is coming to a close,’ P.E.I. tuner says with regret Janine Gosbee was surprised thereContinue Reading
