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City of Summerside launches grant to help support vulnerable residents

The City of Summerside has launched a new grant to help groups assisting the community’s most vulnerable residents. The grant provides financial aid of up to $2,500 for registered not-for-profit organizations and prospective organizations aiming for ...

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Three generations strong: P.E.I. lobster fishing family gears up for spring season

Updated 1 hour ago |8 min read

Allan Coady, left, joins his son and daughter, Bryce Alyssa, stand aboard their family's boat on April 24 at Covehead wharf. They spent the day maintaining the boat, preparing it for the upcoming spring lobster season in P.E.I. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

P.E.I. Health Coalition raises concerns over privatization threats to public health care

Updated 15 hours ago |6 min read

Dozens of people gathered in an auditorium at Colonel Grey High School on April 24 to listen and to discuss the risks associated with the privatization of health care in P.E.I. Vivian Ulinwa • SaltWire

Cleantech data collection underway in Georgetown, P.E.I.

Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read

More security needed in Charlottetown parks, councillors say, as city hires summer guards

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Transitional housing opens in Summerside with vulnerable mothers with new children

Updated a day ago |7 min read

Opinion

Tease for Michael de Adder's cartoon for Thursday, April 25, 2024.

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Alice in Trudeauland

Michael de Adder's editorial cartoon for Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Updated 16 hours ago |1 min read

LETTERS: P.E.I. letter writers seek protection for people and the planet

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Signs made by P.E.I. students for an Earth Day demonstration in 2023 are lined up at Colonel Gray High School. Guardian file

COMMENTARY: UPEI's fair treatment policy is anything but

Updated 18 hours ago |4 min read

The Rubin Thomlinson report, which concluded that UPEI leadership had failed to create a safe and respectful environment for students, faculty and staff, was heavily redacted by the university’s counsel. - Stu Neatby

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Dear DFO, save Dartmouth Cove

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AMANDA MCDOUGALL-MERRILL: Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern

Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read

Rick Mercer on rants, writings, and road trips

Updated 57 minutes ago |1 min read

Business

Members of the Progressive Conservative front bench listen as Lt.-Gov. Antoinette Perry closes out the spring sitting of the P.E.I. legislature. – Stu Neatby

P.E.I.'s spring sitting of the legislature has closed. Here are three takeaways

The 27 members of P.E.I.’s legislature headed back to their districts for the summer after a 31-day sitting closed on April 23. The spring sitting saw the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Dennis King pass another record-high budget, ...

Updated a day ago |7 min read

Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

Updated 1 hour ago |6 min read

In this Saltwire file photo, a person rolls up the rim of their Tim Hortons cup to see if they are a winner or not, which was how the contest was run until 2021 when they decided to make it a digital-only game. SALTWIRE FILE

Time to double the quota? Owner of only N.L. fish plant to process exclusively northern cod thinks stocks are ready and is working to regain its position in global marketplace

Updated 22 hours ago |7 min read

A cod is tagged earlier in 2024 as part of the Northern Cod Fishery Improvement Project in Newfoundland and Labrador, a collaborative effort by industry partners to improve the science of understanding the stock and to elevate its place in the global market. Contributed/Atlantic Groundfish Council

Leon's furniture store completes relocation from Charlottetown to Summerside

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CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Ukraine's central bank lowers key rate to 13.5% in second consecutive cut

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Lifestyles

Wine cap mushrooms are an ideal starter fungi, due to their short growing cycle and minimal requirements for growing in P.E.I., said Rene Lestan, during her recent presentation on cultivating mushrooms. Caitlin Coombes • Local Journalism Initiative reporter

Build and grow a home mushroom farm with P.E.I expert Rene Lestan

“Start with an easy species that’s gonna give you a yield in a short period of time, so that you get that satisfaction and that confidence.” That's Rene Lestan's most important piece of advice for people looking to grow their own mushrooms. The owner ...

Updated 24 minutes ago |5 min read

PAUL SMITH: What's the best bet for raincoats? Plenty of good options for outdoor enthusiasts in N.L.

Updated 41 minutes ago |9 min read

The boys have a brew on the river. The Simm's Flyweight, facing the camera, is a fantastic packable raincoat. - Paul Smith

Value for money: Halifax resellers warn of the dark side of vintage shopping

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Vintage clothese for sale at a Halifax vintage market

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Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

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Scary, exciting times: Some first-time buyers perservering despite frustrating market challenges

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Sports

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers split games on Day 1 at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers split their first two games at the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup on April 24. Veteran forward Brett Ballum scored his second goal of the third period with 16 seconds remaining in regulation time to ...

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TELUS CUP: GM Duane Richards the heartbeat of P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild

Updated 17 hours ago |7 min read

Duane Richards of Charlottetown has performed several duties with the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild major under-18 hockey team over the last 10 years. Richards has served as general manager the last three seasons. The Wild is representing Atlantic Canada at this week’s Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship in Membertou, N.S. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers win opener at Don Johnson Memorial Cup in dramatic fashion

Updated 17 hours ago |3 min read

Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers forward Brett Ballum, 20, skates up the ice at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown during the P.E.I. junior B hockey championship series against the Sherwood-Parkdale A&SScrap Metal Metros. Ballum scored the winning goal in the Vipers’ 4-3 win over the Kent Koyotes at the Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic Canada junior B hockey championship on April 24. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: Caps’ Duquette suspended indefinitely

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P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild drops decision to Calgary at Telus Cup

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P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers making 15th appearance at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Canada

TSX futures fall on downbeat earnings

(Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index edged lower on Thursday, weighed down by downbeat corporate earnings from Canadian companies and in the United States, while losses were offset by an uptick in gold and oil prices. June futures on ...

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Moncton woman charged in human trafficking investigation, missing women saved

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RCMP in Meteghan have arrested and charged a Salmon River man for sexual offences against youths and believe there may be more victims.

Mount Pearl lawyer Andrew J. Martin disbarred after lying to client, creating fake email to remove himself from file

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Man from N.L. glad to hear of Limitations Act amendments

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Plea set on drug and weapon offences; Cape Breton court report for April 24, 2024

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Pallet shelter plan: A year late and 90 per cent short

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World

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Maria Begona Gomez Fernandez leave after meeting with Pope Francis, at the Vatican, October 24, 2020.

Spanish prosecutor seeks dismissal of case against PM Sanchez's wife

MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's prosecuting authority on Thursday sought the dismissal of a case against Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife. A judge in Madrid on Wednesday agreed to look into a private complaint laid by an anti-corruption ...

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Regeneron to collaborate on gene editing therapies with Doudna-founded Mammoth

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Hungary's anti-fraud body calls for extended powers to monitor EU funds

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2023.

Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town

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Bristol Myers posts quarterly loss, revenue rises 5%

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Three generations strong: P.E.I. lobster fishing family gears up for spring season

Build and grow a home mushroom farm with P.E.I expert Rene Lestan

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers split games on Day 1 at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

P.E.I. Health Coalition raises concerns over privatization threats to public health care

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers win opener at Don Johnson Memorial Cup in dramatic fashion

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City of Summerside launches grant to help support vulnerable residents

Three generations strong: P.E.I. lobster fishing family gears up for spring season

P.E.I. Health Coalition raises concerns over privatization threats to public health care

Cleantech data collection underway in Georgetown, P.E.I.

More security needed in Charlottetown parks, councillors say, as city hires summer guards

Transitional housing opens in Summerside with vulnerable mothers with new children

Opinion

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LETTERS: P.E.I. letter writers seek protection for people and the planet

COMMENTARY: UPEI's fair treatment policy is anything but

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Dear DFO, save Dartmouth Cove

AMANDA MCDOUGALL-MERRILL: Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern

Rick Mercer on rants, writings, and road trips

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P.E.I.'s spring sitting of the legislature has closed. Here are three takeaways

Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

Time to double the quota? Owner of only N.L. fish plant to process exclusively northern cod thinks stocks are ready and is working to regain its position in global marketplace

Leon's furniture store completes relocation from Charlottetown to Summerside

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Ukraine's central bank lowers key rate to 13.5% in second consecutive cut

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Build and grow a home mushroom farm with P.E.I expert Rene Lestan

PAUL SMITH: What's the best bet for raincoats? Plenty of good options for outdoor enthusiasts in N.L.

Value for money: Halifax resellers warn of the dark side of vintage shopping

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Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

Scary, exciting times: Some first-time buyers perservering despite frustrating market challenges

Sports

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers split games on Day 1 at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

TELUS CUP: GM Duane Richards the heartbeat of P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers win opener at Don Johnson Memorial Cup in dramatic fashion

MHL PLAYOFFS: Caps’ Duquette suspended indefinitely

P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild drops decision to Calgary at Telus Cup

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers making 15th appearance at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Canada

TSX futures fall on downbeat earnings

Moncton woman charged in human trafficking investigation, missing women saved

Mount Pearl lawyer Andrew J. Martin disbarred after lying to client, creating fake email to remove himself from file

Man from N.L. glad to hear of Limitations Act amendments

Plea set on drug and weapon offences; Cape Breton court report for April 24, 2024

Pallet shelter plan: A year late and 90 per cent short

World

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Regeneron to collaborate on gene editing therapies with Doudna-founded Mammoth

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