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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

PEI·Breaking A man who was listed as number one on a Canada-wide most-wanted list was arrested Tuesday at a business in P.E.I.’s capital city.  Michael Bebee, 35, was wanted in connection with alleged murder in July 2023Stephen Brun · CBC News · Posted: May 01, 2024 2:28 PM EDT |Continue Reading

PEI A deepfake video of P.E.I. chef Michael Smith generated by artificial intelligence is pitching an offer of free cookware in return for people’s credit card details — and Smith is angered by Facebook’s lack of response to his complaints about it. Other celebrities misrepresented in same scam, including TaylorContinue Reading

Teen sentenced for misleading police after Tyson MacDonald’s deathA teenager who pleaded guilty to misleading police after a 17-year-old vanished in eastern P.E.I. in December 2023 was sentenced Friday to two more months in custody and 30 days of community supervision. CBC’s Steve Bruce was in the courtroom and hasContinue Reading