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Liberal Opposition Leader Hal Perry said issues with patient access through the virtual platform Maple are examples of private health delivery that is failing to produce better care. Stu Neatby • The Guardian

P.E.I. Liberals bring complaints about Maple platform to the legislature

Liberal Opposition Leader Hal Perry is concerned the reliance on the virtual health care platform Maple is an example of the pitfalls of increasing private delivery of health care in P.E.I. Maple is a private company that provides virtual health ...

Updated 52 minutes ago |6 min read

P.E.I. Green bill would nix labour law provision allowing employers to require sick notes

Updated 10 hours ago |4 min read

Green MLA Matt MacFarlane has introduced a bill that would remove a provision in the province’s labour legislation that allows employers to require workers to produce a sick note from a doctor. Stu Neatby • The Guardian

P.E.I. premier hopes Ottawa won’t duplicate existing school lunch program

Updated 10 hours ago |7 min read

Premier Dennis King has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the federal government to work together with the province to strengthen an existing P.E.I. school food lunch program. The federal government has announced plans for a national school lunch program. Stu Neatby • The Guardian

P.E.I. RCMP arrests man and woman with drug trafficking following traffic stop

Updated 33 minutes ago |2 min read

Summerside city councillor charged with theft over $5,000

Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

P.E.I. environment department urges residents to be vigilant about wildfire

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Opinion

Members of the Halifax Regional Police forensics identification unit are seen in front of C.P. Allen High School after a stabbing incident at the school in Bedford March 20, 2023.

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EDITORIAL: A is for anxiety: Atlantic Canadian schoolchildren living new world for learning

The schoolchildren attending classes across Atlantic Canada today are experiencing a very different introduction to reading, writing and ’rithmetic than their parents — or even older siblings — did in years past. These days, an Apple left on a ...

Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

IAN (TEX) MacDONALD: Other locales better suited to Charlottetown's outreach centre

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Within the next 60 days, Charlottetown's Community Outreach Centre on Euston Street will be shut down, and the province will move it to 15 Park St., marking the fifth relocation of the centre in just a few years. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

TOM URBANIAK: Nova Scotia Guard: Wrong name, sloppy bill

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Premier Tim Houston: “I believe they’re giving serious consideration to opening the mine." FILE

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Business

Mark Anthony Brown, 63, who was charged with assaulting P.E.I. Housing Minister Rob Lantz, had the matter stayed on April 15 in provincial court in Charlottetown. The charge was stayed after Brown successfully completed the province's alternative measures program. File

P.E.I. man charged with assaulting housing minister has court matter stayed

A Charlottetown man has had his assault charge against P.E.I. Housing Minister Rob Lantz stayed in court. The accused – Mark Anthony Brown, 63 – had the common assault charge previously diverted to the province's alternative measures program. On ...

Updated 10 hours ago |2 min read

Charlottetown pickup truck fire uncovers stolen property, Stratford man arrested

Updated a day ago |1 min read

The Campbellton RCMP are investigating a hit and run that killed a 77-year-old man on Thursday, Feb. 8. - File

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Updated a day ago |7 min read

Forrester Centre co-owner Shannon Forrester, left, and floral designer Katie Hodder in the "Krypt" section of the centre on March 30. Hodder, who is also a wedding and event planner, recently joined the Forrester Centre as its in-house design and planning specialist for its events, including specialty weddings and other private functions. Prior, Hodder ran the Family HeirBlooms flower shops in New Waterford and Membertou. LUKE DYMENT/CAPE BRETON POST

Six sites in Lobster Bay and Pubnico Harbour pre-approved for aquaculture development

Updated 20 hours ago |4 min read

Canadian dollar could 'crater' if Bank of Canada cuts faster and deeper than the Fed, say economists

Updated a day ago |4 min read

Oil prices could breach $100 as Middle East conflict turns much more dangerous, analysts warn

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Lifestyles

From left, Breton McGean, Saralyn Gillan and Adam MacKenzie, all of W.E.B.S. Creative Closet, stand outside city hall council chambers on Aprii 9 just after receiving a Gary McDonald Memorial Award in recognition of an outstanding volunteer community project. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST

CBRM recognizes standout volunteers during annual awards ceremony

SYDNEY — Community volunteers who stood out for their significant contributions to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality earned special recognition in an April 9 ceremony held at city hall just ahead of that evening’s council meeting. The volunteer ...

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DOUG GALLANT: Musgraves goes deep for new record

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Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves has just released "Deeper Well," her much-anticipated fifth album. The record’s reach extends far beyond the traditional country music audience that first flocked to her. Contributed

Sunny disposition: How to avoid and treat small dark spots on the skin called sunspots

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Before and after treatments for sunspots. These photos are 28 days apart.

Dungeons and Dragons community in P.E.I. growing

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BRUCE MACTAVISH: An Icelandic bird bonanza arrives in N.L. to the delight of birders

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Sports

Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals right-winger Blake Eastman, right, carries the puck into the offensive zone while the Yarmouth Mariners’ Fabrice Bourgeois, 24, defends. The action took place during a game in the opening round of the Maritime Junior Hockey League playoffs at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: Western Capital transitions from tough-guy role in major junior to point-producer in junior A

The opportunity for Blake Eastman to play his final year of junior hockey with the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals has provided much more than a chance to win a championship. It provided the hulking six-foot-four, 200-pound ...

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Chaisson fastest P.E.I. runner in Boston Marathon

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Darren Chaisson was the fastest Prince Edward Island runner in the 128 Boston Marathon on April 15.

P.E.I.'s Brad MacKenzie not part of Halifax Mooseheads' coaching changes

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Halifax, Nova Scotia - Mar 22: QMJHL game between the Halifax Mooseheads and Charlottetown Islanders on March 22 2023 at the Scotiabank Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Trevor MacMillan/Halifax Mooseheads) Halifax Mooseheads assistant coach Brad MacKenzie of Charlottetown follows the action during a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) game at Scotiabank Centre earlier this season. The Mooseheads open the QMJHL final series in Quebec City against the Quebec Remparts on May 12. Trevor MacMillan/Halifax Mooseheads. Thanks!

Young P.E.I. athlete returns home with bronze medal from national wrestling championships

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Wave becomes first P.E.I. team to win an Eastern Canadian ringette championship at U14 level

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MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals host Miramichi in Game 1 of final series April 20

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Canada

New Brunswick charges ahead: Five new EV charging stations being installed across province

Aviva Canada's latest initiative, the 2024 Charged for Change program, is set to electrify transportation in New Brunswick with five Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations being installed throughout the province. Recipients include the Grand ...

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Break-in at Ottawa Valley restaurant targeted aquarium of tropical fish, not its cash, owner says

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Canada to give loan guarantees to Indigenous groups for energy projects

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The last section of pipeline is assembled on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before operations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2024, near Laidlaw, British Columbia, Canada, February 18, 2024.

'Details and arrests' in $22-million gold heist at Pearson airport to be revealed Wednesday

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JOHN DeMONT: Robert MacNeil never really left Halifax behind

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‘I was racially profiled’: Human rights inquiry over Halifax bridge incident begins

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World

A view of a gas production plant is seen in 't Zand in Groningen February 24, 2015.

Dutch Senate approves law to permanently close Groningen gas field

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Senate on Tuesday approved a law to permanently close the Groningen gas field in the north of the Netherlands, following the government's promise that production will never be resumed to limit seismic risks in the ...

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Iranian flag with stock graph and an oil pump jack miniature model are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023.

US to query Israel about 6-year-old's killing in Gaza, State Dept says

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Wreckage of an ambulance used by two workers who were killed while they went to save Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, 6, who begged Gaza rescuers to send help while being trapped by Israeli military fire, after Hind’s body was found in a car along with the bodies of five of her family members, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, is seen in Gaza City, February 10, 2024.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy thanks German chancellor for diplomacy in China

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Kosovo athlete Akil Gjakova wanted by police over domestic violence

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P.E.I. Liberals bring complaints about Maple platform to the legislature

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P.E.I. Liberals bring complaints about Maple platform to the legislature

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P.E.I. environment department urges residents to be vigilant about wildfire

Opinion

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Business

P.E.I. man charged with assaulting housing minister has court matter stayed

Charlottetown pickup truck fire uncovers stolen property, Stratford man arrested

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Six sites in Lobster Bay and Pubnico Harbour pre-approved for aquaculture development

Canadian dollar could 'crater' if Bank of Canada cuts faster and deeper than the Fed, say economists

Oil prices could breach $100 as Middle East conflict turns much more dangerous, analysts warn

Lifestyles

CBRM recognizes standout volunteers during annual awards ceremony

DOUG GALLANT: Musgraves goes deep for new record

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Dungeons and Dragons community in P.E.I. growing

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Sports

MHL PLAYOFFS: Western Capital transitions from tough-guy role in major junior to point-producer in junior A

Chaisson fastest P.E.I. runner in Boston Marathon

P.E.I.'s Brad MacKenzie not part of Halifax Mooseheads' coaching changes

Young P.E.I. athlete returns home with bronze medal from national wrestling championships

Wave becomes first P.E.I. team to win an Eastern Canadian ringette championship at U14 level

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals host Miramichi in Game 1 of final series April 20

Canada

New Brunswick charges ahead: Five new EV charging stations being installed across province

Break-in at Ottawa Valley restaurant targeted aquarium of tropical fish, not its cash, owner says

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'Details and arrests' in $22-million gold heist at Pearson airport to be revealed Wednesday

JOHN DeMONT: Robert MacNeil never really left Halifax behind

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