PEI The 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count started Friday morning. Through the weekend, bird enthusiasts across Canada will be looking to help biologists track bird movements this winter. As little as 15 minutes counting birds contributes to ‘a big community effort’Kevin Yarr · CBC News · Posted: Feb 16,Continue Reading
PEI Three years ago, the P.E.I. government rolled out its new electric school buses with much fanfare. But school bus drivers say the buses are plagued with problems, leaving sometimes 16 to 18 of the buses in the shop at any one time. ‘We fully understand and expected that weContinue Reading
PEI Percy Downe from Prince Edward Island has walked back comments he made urging security checks on international students and immigrants from Gaza, but an advocacy group is still calling for his resignation. Advocacy group calls for Percy Downe to quit over ‘harmful, dangerous’ remarks Percy Downe reads his questionContinue Reading
PEI The federal government will provide Charlottetown with $10 million through the Housing Accelerator Fund as part of an agreement to fast-track 300 housing units over the next three years. Province needs about 2,900 new homes a year to keep up with population growthKevin Yarr · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading
PEI A new pilot program is teaching children who recently moved to Canada the ABCs of going to school. That ranges from how to speak English to how lunch works, why we do fire drills and even what to expect during recess. ‘Almost every culture that comes into the classroom,Continue Reading
PEI The lawyer representing the man charged with killing P.E.I. high school teacher Byron Carr 35 years ago appeared in a Charlottetown courtroom on his client’s behalf Thursday morning. Todd Joseph Gallant, 56, charged with 1st-degree murder, interfering with human remains Devon Goodsell · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01,Continue Reading
PEI The relatives of Byron Carr, along with many other Prince Edward Islanders, have been waiting 35 years for Friday’s announcement from police. Many hope charges in 35-year-old P.E.I. cold case will finally bring closure to family Stephen Brun · CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2024 5:00 AM ESTContinue Reading
PEI·COMING UP LIVE Charlottetown police will hold a news conference Friday to make an announcement about the killing of Byron Carr 35 years ago. CBC P.E.I. will livestream news conference about the Byron Carr case hereKevin Yarr · CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2024 6:53 AM EST | LastContinue Reading
PEI Some students in Summerside, P.E.I., have been busy building a tiny home, as part of the carpentry program at Three Oaks Senior High. It’s part of a new provincial push to build trades skills. ‘They’re producing a product that we badly need… and we’re training our future workforce” SheehanContinue Reading
