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• Lobster fishermen told to limit their landings
  ALBERTON – Some Island lobster fishermen are being asked to reduce their efforts to help processors keep up with supply. Doug Fraser, president ...
• Over-supply a factor in low lobster prices, says...
  TIGNISH — A veteran West Prince fisherman and manager of Tignish Fisheries Co-op/Royal Star Foods believes supply and demand has a lot to do with ...
• Lobster strike not productive, says processor
  TIGNISH – Prince Edward Island’s largest lobster processor was handing lobsters to church organizations this week so they could go ahead with ...
• Export grower hopeful foreign worker program continues
  ALBERTON — An Alberton company, Westech Agriculture, runs a very labour-intensive farm, growing berry plants for export. For years owner Nora ...
• Catches good, but question mark still attached to...
  ALBERTON — “The next question you’re going to ask me: I don’t have a clue,” Francis Morrissey, the manager of Tignish Fisheries Co-op said ...
• Crab boats ready to go Sunday
  ALBERTON — Crab boats loaded with gear will start spilling out of harbours on their way to crab fishing grounds at 4 a.m. Sunday. Carter Hutt, ...
• Residents fight for Tyne Valley hospital
  ELLERSLIE — Residents of the 22 communities serviced by the Stewart Memorial Hospital in Tyne Valley want services to remain as they are until a ...
• Minister grilled about health-care changes
  ALBERTON — The aging population and the level of chronic disease in this province are working to drive some of the changes the P.E.I. government ...
• Alberton town councillors will attend hospital...
  ALBERTON – Alberton town councilors will be able to be in attendance next Monday when Health minister Doug Currie comes to town to explain the ...
• Tyne Valley resident resists Band-Aid solution
  TYNE VALLEY - A Tyne Valley woman who says she has been witness to shortfalls in the Island's health-care system, is incredulous government would ...
• Concerns raised about changes at Western Hospital in...
  ALBERTON – Health P.E.I.’s announcement that Western Hospital’s emergency department will become a Collaborative Emergency Centre, is generating ...
• Unbeatens go down to defeat at national legion...
  ALBERTON — Standings got really interesting real quickly in the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion curling championship’s afternoon draw on Monday at ...
• West Point lighthouse beckons interested buyers
  WEST POINT — It is being called an "opportunity of a lifetime." The West Point Development Corporation has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) ...
• Norovirus blamed for illness among resort guests
  WOODSTOCK — Several of the people who became ill during, or shortly following, their March 2 to 4 stay at the Rodd Mill River Resort were likely ...
• PEIFA points to importance of certification
  ALBERTON -- The managing director of the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association admits it’s a “pretty aggressive timetable,” but says the Island’s ...
• Cause of Inverness fire undetermined
  INVERNESS -- The cause of a fire that destroyed a house in Inverness Thursday night will remain undetermined. Provincial fire marshal Dave ...
• Tignish tourism ambassador unlocking the mysteries...
  TIGNISH — "People are wired in a lot to the Internet and they use it for information," notes Tignish tourism ambassador, Kim Cook. "If the area ...
• Kameron Cooke Memorial game set for Feb. 16
  O'LEARY – Team Cooke has special reason for wanting to beat the cops in the Kameron Cooke Memorial Hockey Game Fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 16, 7 ...
• MLA's email account accessed by fraudsters
  ALBERTON — P.E.I. Tourism and Culture minister Robert Henderson is not stranded in Manila, Philippines and, therefore, is not soliciting for ...
• Saving the sandhills
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada is one step closer to protecting the Conway Sandhills, a narrow strip of land dotted along the northern coast of ...
• Five projects receive funding in West Prince
  ELMSDALE – New energy efficient furnaces and an updated control system for better heat distribution should help Tignish Legion save money on its ...
• EI changes threaten to tear apart rural P.E.I.,...
  ALBERTON — Alberton-Roseville MLA Pat Murphy would like to see Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Minister Diane Finley come to P.E.I. ...
• West Prince Family Health Clinic opens today
  O’LEARY — One of the doctors who is in the process of moving out of the government-owned O’Leary Health Centre into a privately owned health ...
• West Prince residents keep up pressure for 24-hour...
  ELMSDALE – West Prince residents who didn’t get a chance to sign a petition while heading into a forum on emergency room services at Western ...
• Family remembers little boy with big heart
  SPRINGFIELD WEST – The family of a six-year-old Springfield West boy who died suddenly in Halifax on Sunday tell of a loving, energetic little ...
• UPDATE: Dark veil hanging over Tignish following...
  TIGNISH – Tignish parish priest Father Brendan Gallant said he's confident the community will rally around family and friends mourning the loss ...
• Main Street O'Leary business demolished
  O’LEARY – Demolition equipment made quick work of a vacant building in the heart of O’Leary’s business core Tuesday. The former Stedman’s ...
• Newcomers reopening two Alberton businesses
  ALBERTON — Newcomers to Alberton are breathing new life into the downtown core. Kathryn and Ian Curtis, both recently retired from the Royal Air ...
• P.E.I. fisherman rescued after boat catches fire
  HOWARDS COVE – A Tignish fisherman pulled the engine box off his burning boat and used it as a raft while he waited to be rescued early this ...
• Potato harvest just about complete
  There’s suddenly a scarcity of harvesters in Prince Edward Island’s potato fields. Last week’s fine weather did wonders for that. Brian Beaton, ...