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
PEI 16-year-old P.E.I. soccer phenom Joelle Bader chasing her dreams at Vancouver Whitecaps’ academyA soccer player from P.E.I. is training with some of the best young women in the country. Joelle Bader, 16, is in her first season with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy. Joelle Bader training withContinue Reading
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
