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• P.E.I. has not applied for 2014 funding: Feds
  The federal heritage department says it has not yet received any official request for funding for P.E.I.'s 2014 celebrations despite the fact a ...
• Murphy leaving Status of Women council
  After working for 22 years advocating for women’s rights and promoting women’s issues, Lisa Murphy is moving on to new adventures.The P.E.I. ...
• Celebrations in 2014 expected to cost $75M
  The organization planning the 2014 celebrations wants to spend $75 million for a year-long party. A internal report detailing the plans and ...
• Liquor store employees let go by phone
  Twenty-one liquor store workers received telephone calls informing them they were being laid off Friday as government continues to slash jobs as ...
• UPDATE: Federal immigration minister calls for probe...
  Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is calling for his department officials to launch an investigation into concerns over P.E.I.’s ...
• MLA tables ‘economy-only’ flight policy
  Opposition MLA Steven Myers wants it made official policy that all government flights should be economy only. He tabled a motion in the ...
• Montague school renos spark heated debate
  The long-awaited renovations to Montague Intermediate were once again the topic of heated debate in the legislature today with Opposition MLA ...
• MLAs confronted by angry Montague teachers, parents
  Finance Minister Wes Sheridan and Innovation Minister Allen Roach were confronted in the lobby of Province House last night by educators from ...
• Ghiz on the hot seat over first class flight to India
  Premier Robert Ghiz fielded questions today in the legislature about his first class flight from India last March that cost taxpayers over ...
• Tourism minister and his deputy ordered to appear...
  The public accounts committee has agreed to request the tourism minister and his current deputy to appear and answer to problems the auditor ...
• High-flying flight for Ghiz 'embarrassing': Myers
  Premier Robert Ghiz got a taste of the high life when he flew first class on a return trip from India last March. His $7,460 airfare bill for the ...
• Crane says HST, fee hikes will cost Islanders $32M
  Opposition Leader Olive Crane is calling the HST the ‘biggest tax grab in the history of the province.’During question period today, Crane said ...
• Souris walk-in clinic closed until July
  The walk-in clinic in Souris will be closed for the next two months due to a shortage of doctors in the community.That means most residents of ...
• CEO of Health P.E.I. makes more money than the premier
  The chief executive officer of Health P.E.I. makes more money than the premier of the province. Keith Dewar is just one of hundreds of provincial ...
• P.E.I. businessman 'hot under the collar' over PNP tax
  A P.E.I. business owner who received money from the Provincial Nominee Program has been forced to pay $15,000 in back taxes after the Canada ...
• Perry questions whether dialysis changes mean...
  Opposition MLA Hal Perry believes the closure of dialysis clinics in Souris and Alberton is a foreshadowing of the imminent closure of these ...
• Liberal backbencher raises concerns over dialysis...
  Concerns over the impacts of government’s plans to close two dialysis clinics in rural hospitals have been raised -- and not just by the ...
• Foster child's letter of concern over Family Ties...
  Opposition Leader Olive Crane again raised concerns Friday over government’s decision to lay off child and family service workers, tabling a ...
• Docherty publicly apologizes for grabbing, swearing...
  Community Services Minister Valerie Docherty apologized publicly Friday to Opposition MLA James Aylward for a heated confrontation that took ...
• Liberal cabinet minister grabs Opposition MLA,...
  Community Services Minister Valerie Docherty will be apologizing to Opposition MLA James Aylward for grabbing and swearing at him in the hallway ...
• Opposition NDP plan to take Islanders' concerns back...
  Members of the NDP Atlantic federal caucus met with several individuals and groups in P.E.I. Thursday to try to learn what issues Islanders want ...
• Roads workers now being selected for reduced number...
  Hundreds of road workers will be finding out this week whether they will get one of only half the number of jobs available this year working on ...
• Committee stalls request for public meetings on HST
  The Liberal majority on the public accounts committee has stalled Opposition Leader Olive Crane’s attempts to get the committee to hold public ...
• Innovation minister under fire over increase in...
  Hundreds of provincial civil servants may be getting layoff notices, but in the Department of Innovation and Advanced Learning, salaries for ...
• Fire Vessey, Greenan, over HST, Crane demands
  Opposition Leader Olive Crane wants two Liberal MLAs to resign for ‘misleading Islanders’ on the HST before the provincial election. Crane says ...
• Future of health care in P.E.I. to be spelled out...
  Government will release details Wednesday about how the health system in P.E.I. will cope with smaller budget increases while facing greater ...
• Association president blasts government over social...
  The president of the P.E.I. Association of Social Workers is blasting the Ghiz government for its decision to lay off child protection and family ...
• List of taxable items under HST released
  A list of products and services has been posted to the provincial government’s website to help Islanders get a better idea of what will and will ...
• Proposals sought for six private liquor stores
  The province will soon be putting out a request for proposals for six privately run liquor stores in key locations across the province, including ...
• Crane calling for public meetings on HST
  Opposition Leader Olive Crane called on the Ghiz government today during question period to hold public consultations on the HST. Crane said she ...