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PEI·First Person Maggie Campbell moved home to P.E.I. with her husband and kids in the hopes of starting on the path to home ownership and stability. Instead, they’re barely making ends meet and their dreams of raising kids in a small farmhouse on P.E.I. are long gone. Our dreams ofContinue Reading

PEI Decades of research show a slow decline in herring stocks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and scientists are linking that decline to waters that are warming with climate change. Lack of ice contributing to warmer waters, say researchersKevin Yarr · CBC News · Posted: Jun 10, 2024 11:20Continue Reading

PEI Bourlaye Fofana started with 814 different genetic lines, hoping to find ways to make potatoes better through breeding. Disease resistance and a more attractive appearance used to rank on top — before climate change made drought resistance a key quality for growers. Genetic research first step toward varieties moreContinue Reading

PEI Episode 18 of the CBC podcast Good Question, P.E.I. takes us to Milltown Cross in Kings County, where the buffaloes — yes, buffaloes — have roamed since 1973. First ones were a gift from Alberta in 1973, and they have been a curiosity ever since Podcast host Nicola MacLeodContinue Reading

PEI Foreign workers protesting the P.E.I. government’s recent immigration policy changes say they’ve agreed to pause their no-liquid hunger strike after meeting with the province’s top immigration official. ‘There is a hope that has taken birth now inside me,’ says protest organizer Relief and happiness as P.E.I. immigration protesters pauseContinue Reading

PEI The protest by immigrant workers hoping to receive their permanent residency and stay on P.E.I. continues. The protesters — who began a hunger strike several days ago — have now stopped drinking liquids. Some have required medical attention. ‘We don’t want to risk our health…. But we don’t haveContinue Reading

PEI A doctor from Nepal who is now living on P.E.I. with his wife and young son says getting a health-care job is starting to seem out of reach. Akash Kumar Mishra says he’s put out hundreds of applications with no success ‘Let me prove myself’: Doctor from Nepal talksContinue Reading

PEI Prince Edward Island no longer produces more potatoes than any other Canadian province. Yes, you read that correctly. How has it come to this? Episode 15 of the CBC podcast Good Question, P.E.I. digs into it Manitoba is also growing their potato production, but some farmers say it’s neededContinue Reading

PEI The P.E.I. government is hoping a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date will help create a new generation of smoke-free Islanders.  Province considers making it illegal for people born after a certain date to buy smokesShane Ross · CBC News · Posted: May 15,Continue Reading