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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 ...

Updated 16 minutes ago |2 min read

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

Updated 15 minutes 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 14 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 20 hours ago |2 min read

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

Updated 23 hours ago |6 min read

Transitional housing opens in Summerside with vulnerable mothers with new children

Updated 23 hours 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 15 hours ago |1 min read

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

Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read

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 17 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

Updated 17 hours ago |4 min read

AMANDA MCDOUGALL-MERRILL: Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern

Updated 46 minutes ago |5 min read

Rick Mercer: Rants, Writings, and Road Trips

Updated 14 hours 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 23 hours ago |7 min read

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

Updated 49 minutes 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 21 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

Updated a day ago |5 min read

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Updated a day ago |5 min read

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund

Updated 2 minutes ago |2 min read

Lifestyles

Vintage clothese for sale at a Halifax vintage market

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

Vintage fashion is a means of self-expression for Dylan Fraser. Fraser, an arts major at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in downtown Halifax, said that when he buys an article of clothing from a reseller, he doesn't mind paying the ...

Updated 14 hours ago |7 min read

Daily horoscope for Apr. 25, 2024

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

Updated 17 hours ago |2 min read

a baseball player hitting a ball The Nova Scotia Major Little League Provincial Championship will continue this weekend at Cameron Bowl in Glace Bay. The host Glace Bay McDonald’s Colonels enter the weekend undefeated. STOCK IMAGE.

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

Updated 17 hours ago |5 min read

Curious, not furious: How to manage a child's big emotions

Updated 17 hours ago |5 min read

P.E.I. lighthouse finalist in Canadian historical place restoration competition

Updated 19 hours ago |6 min read

Sports

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

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

Duane Richards has done just about everything for the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild but drive the team bus. The Charlottetown resident joined the Wild as an assistant coach under Kyle Dunn for the 2014-15 season. Richards remained in that role for ...

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

Updated 16 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

Updated 18 hours ago |2 min read

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

MHL PLAYOFFS: Timberwolves tie series; Caps facing another suspension

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Canada

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

Mount Pearl lawyer Andrew J. Martin has been disbarred for engaging in what the province’s law society calls a “web of deceit” involving lying to a client and creating a fake email to try to get himself off the file. An ajudication panel of the Law ...

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

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Jack Whalen and his wife, Glennis Whalen, stand outside the replica isolation cell Jack built and brought to Confederation Building in St. John's, Monday, June 12, 2023. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

Plea set on drug and weapon offences for Louisbourg man; 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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Hutton says tent city protesters impeding help ‘to keep the protest going’

Updated 10 hours ago |4 min read

'Flying planes by french fries': Come by Chance refinery fully operational; 50 years in the community

Updated 58 minutes ago |8 min read

World

A police member looks on in Wimereux, near Calais, after migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel, in France, April 23, 2024.

UK police make additional arrest over migrants' deaths in Channel

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday they had arrested an additional individual over the deaths of five migrants, including a child, who died attempting to cross the Channel from France on a small boat earlier this week. The deaths ...

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Scholz promises support for pharma sector in Germany as Merck invests

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Merck CEO Belen Garijo speaks to the media, on the day of a groundbreaking ceremony for drugmaker Merck's new research centre aiming at mRNA technology, in Darmstadt, Germany April 25, 2024.

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The United States Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2024.

Hush money testimony expected to focus on payment to ex-Playboy model

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

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City of Summerside launches grant to help support vulnerable residents

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

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Opinion

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COMMENTARY: UPEI's fair treatment policy is anything but

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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

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund

Lifestyles

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

Daily horoscope for Apr. 25, 2024

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

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P.E.I. lighthouse finalist in Canadian historical place restoration competition

Sports

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

MHL PLAYOFFS: Timberwolves tie series; Caps facing another suspension

Canada

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 for Louisbourg man; Cape Breton court report for April 24, 2024

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

Hutton says tent city protesters impeding help ‘to keep the protest going’

'Flying planes by french fries': Come by Chance refinery fully operational; 50 years in the community

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