Now that three people have been charged in what police allege was the deliberate killing of a fox last month by snowmobilers, it is not clear who will get all or a portion of the approximate ... (more)3:21 PM
Not only is the Charlottetown Police Service website a major hit with the public, it appears to be just as popular with those who have committed crimes.
Coun. Rob Lantz, chair of the police committee, reports the site — www.charlottetownpolice.com — had 10,000 hits alone the day it went live on Feb. 22 and has even helped police nab a suspect or two.
Lantz said Monday suspects in a recent high-profile crime told police, after they were caught, that they were monitoring the website to see if officers were closing in on them.
Taylor Swift, one of the world’s hottest performers, is expected to draw a tidal wave of country music fans to Prince Edward Island this summer.
The top-selling digital artist in music... (more)12:42 AM
The Morell Marlins swept the P.E.I. School Athletic Association/Domino’s Pizza senior AA basketball gold-medal games here at the UPEI Sports Centre on Monday.
A tough challenge for Ms. Shea
If the bluefin tuna industry is as threatened as some fishermen claim it is, federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea has her work cut out for her in defending it. We wish her good luck.
The 175 member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meet this month, and the European Union's proposal to list the bluefin tuna as an endangered species is expected to be on the agenda. The fear is that if enough countries support the EU's proposal, it would shut down P.E.I.'s $5-million bluefin tuna fishery and hurt the province's tuna fishermen. Shea says Canada is lobbying member countries to win their support in preventing this from happening. (more)9:17 AM
Bud Wheatley will have an extra month to ponder his pleas to multiple charges relating to the treatment of animals in his care.
Provincial court Judge Nancy Orr Monday adjourned Wheatley&rsq... (more)12:42 AM
Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea has every right to be upset with P.E.I.'s Finance Minister Wes Sheridan because the province loves to blame their problems on the feds every chance it gets.
Minister Shea says P.E.I. lost $3 million, not $26 million, due to changes in the equalization formula and Sheridan will have to tighten his belt instead of blaming the feds for his financial problems. (more)9:18 AM
TORONTO — General Motors dealerships slated for closure in Canada will not be given the same option to remain open that their U.S. counterparts have been offered.
