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PEI Massachusetts-based AquaBounty has announced it is shutting down its genetically engineered salmon hatchery in Bay Fortune, P.E.I., with ‘several senior management members’ leaving the company in the face of a cash crisis. Several senior managers have left in face of cash crunch, U.S.-based company says Carolyn Ryan · CBC NewsContinue Reading

PEI Toby MacDonald has reached a conclusion after a long quest for answers about asbestos at her daughter’s former school: P.E.I.’s freedom of information system, ‘our last line of defence for transparency and accountability,’ can be summed up in a word: ‘Broken.’ Wait for information has gone from months to years,Continue Reading

PEI Almost exactly 150 years after the birth of P.E.I. author Lucy Maud Montgomery, the manuscript for her most beloved novel has been added to a United Nations register that highlights Canadian heritage. Registry acknowledges documents, maps and photos important to history of Canada Carolyn Ryan · CBC News ·Continue Reading

PEI The federal government is contributing $7.1 million over the next three years to help expand Prince Edward Island’s school food program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday morning on CBC’s Island Morning.  ‘This is about taking pressure off of families,’ says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Stephen Brun · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

PEI P.E.I.’s attorney general says the province is considering automatic roadside penalties for people who are caught driving impaired by alcohol or drugs. Attorney General Bloyce Thompson calls driving under the influence ‘cultural epidemic’ Nicola MacLeod · CBC News · Posted: Nov 27, 2024 7:05 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

A young man from eastern P.E.I. has been sentenced to two years in custody for manslaughter and interfering with human remains in the death of 17-year-old Tyson MacDonald late last year.  The male, who cannot be named because he was 17 at the time of the crime, was sentenced as aContinue Reading

PEI A new documentary is about to premiere that chronicles a P.E.I. woman’s journey to run, cycle and swim from the Moncton Hospital back to her home. Michelle Hughes not only living but running, cycling and swimming on the 3-year anniversary of her diagnosis Sara Fraser · CBC News ·Continue Reading

PEI An eastern P.E.I. couple have developed a special bond with a silver fox they helped nurture back to health. ‘We never dreamt that we would ever have such a special relationship with a fox’ Shane Ross · CBC News · Posted: Oct 19, 2024 1:48 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading

PEI Islanders diagnosed with blood cancer could soon have to travel outside the province for treatment. P.E.I.’s only oncologist specifically trained in that field is leaving Health P.E.I. at the end of November.  Some new patients may have to be referred off-Island to see a blood oncologist Patients currently undergoing treatmentContinue Reading