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Entrepreneur and former Conservative candidate Logan McLellan is once again putting his name forward to represent his party federally in Egmont.

McLellan again seeking to represent Conservatives in Egmont

Local entrepreneur and former Conservative candidate Logan McLellan has announced his intention to once again seek his party’s nomination in the riding of Egmont. McLellan, a financial advisor by profession, previously represented his party in the ...

Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read

Charlottetown's deputy mayor suggests waiving fees for community groups trying to fight poverty

Updated 10 hours ago |5 min read

Brolls and invu clip for P.E.I. Community Fridge story

Special Report

P.E.I. is facing a wave of both retirements and new entrants in the construction industry

Updated 7 hours ago |16 min read

Sam Sanderson, general manager of the Construction Association of P.E.I., says the province’s construction industry has never before seen the pressures it is currently under. Stu Neatby • The Guardian

'People've been throwing things at us': P.E.I. foreign workers in fifth day of hunger strike

Updated 12 hours ago |8 min read

Revised summary offence system would include more charges, updated fines in Charlottetown

Updated a day ago |4 min read

Three drivers taken off P.E.I. roadways face impairment-related charges

Updated a day ago |1 min read

Opinion

SaltWire journalists take a look at the housing crisis in Prince Edward Island.

EDITORIAL: Addressing housing crisis in P.E.I. involves more than building homes

Until a few years ago, Prince Edward Islanders with a steady income could expect to have a place to live within their means. In recent years, though, finding a suitable home is more like playing the lottery. This week, the SaltWire newsroom in Prince ...

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LETTER: Keep the bees in mind

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A bee goes from one flower to the next as it feasts on hyacinth nectar in Bowring Park Wednesday. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

EDITORIAL: Congratulations, graduates of 2024. Our future is in good hands.

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UPEI 2024 graduates from the faculty of nursing and the faculty of veterinary medicine walk into the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre for their convocation ceremony on May 14. Vivian Ulinwa • The Guardian

COMMENTARY: As Gaza war continues, Israel's Arabs worry

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LETTER: Inspired by Unknown Soldier ceremony

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LETTER: Salmon farming industry calling for DFO researchers to retract biased statements about Conne River

Updated 8 hours ago |4 min read

Business

Rupinder Pal Singh and about a dozen foreign workers set up camp outside the George Coles Building on May 27 as part of a hunger strike that started last week in protest of recent changes to the province’s immigration policy. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

'People've been throwing things at us': P.E.I. foreign workers in fifth day of hunger strike

A group of foreign workers in P.E.I. entered its fifth day of a hunger strike on May 27 as they protested recent changes to the province’s immigration policy. The strike is taking place outside the George Coles Building, where more than a dozen ...

Updated 12 hours ago |8 min read

SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Would the grocer code of conduct have prevented Canada’s bread cartel?

Updated a day ago |3 min read

Canada Industrial Relations Board steps into the railway labour dispute — what happens now?

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Workers at both of Canada's major railways remain without a contract as the Canadian Industrial Relations Board gets set to hear submissions on the dispute.

BermudAir launches weekly, direct flights between Halifax and Bermuda

Updated a day ago |1 min read

EV sales are overtaking charging stations in Canada — and that's a problem

Updated a day ago |8 min read

KKR to buy Emera's stake in Canadian energy transmission project for $872 million

Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

Lifestyles

Jaskaran Singh owns Fades by Jazz, a barbershop in downtown Charlottetown. He started his salon in 2022 after relocating to Charlottetown from Toronto in 2020. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

20 QUESTIONS: With P.E.I. barber Jaskaran Singh

Jaskaran Singh owns Fades by Jazz, a barbershop in downtown Charlottetown. He moved to Vancouver, B.C., from India when he was 16. He attended high school in Vancouver and then moved to Toronto for college. Singh relocated to Charlottetown from ...

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Foraging for Flavour

Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read

Jolanta Grossman traded in a career in investment banking for a more natural way of life leading ecotours, teaching yoga and produces a variety of natural products.

Royal St. John's Regatta adds concert, other Confederation 75 enhancements

Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

Newfoundland and Labrador is backing one of the summer’s most anticipated events, with enhancements for the newly-renamed Confederation 75 Royal St. John’s Regatta.

PHOTO: Cape Breton Girl Guides clean-up community

Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

CAA Atlantic donates four electric vans to regional food banks

Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

'There was more to life than this for me': How to dream big and achieve your goals

Updated 8 hours ago |5 min read

Sports

John MacDonald, left, and his partner, Jillian Sproul, take a break from training at their Charlottetown home. MacDonald and Sproul are both representing Canada at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) bench press world championships in Austin, Texas, this week. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

P.E.I. athlete to debut at world powerlifting event; four Islanders competing in Austin, Texas

It’s an important week of competition for P.E.I powerlifters and one Jillian Sproul will never forget. The 51-year-old Charlottetown resident, who will compete in her first world competition, is one of four Island athletes participating in the ...

Updated 5 hours ago |8 min read

QMJHL: Charlottetown Islanders’ schedule released for 2024-25 season

Updated 12 hours ago |5 min read

Charlottetown Islanders forward Ross Campbell, 15, carries the puck during a Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League game at Eastlink Centre last season. Campbell, from Souris, will enter his third campaign with the Islanders next season.

Prince Edward Islanders to join Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame

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P.E.I. table tennis players turn in a golden performance

Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

NBSBL: Isles deliver late-game heroics; Ironmen bounce back in Game 2

Updated a day ago |6 min read

AUS: UPEI home openers set for upcoming season

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Canada

Granite Management Limited facing health and safety charges

A Mount Pearl-based company, Granite Management Limited, has been charged with health and safety violations after a worker was injured in an accident in 2022. The charges stem from an incident in June 2022 at a wharf construction site in Gooseberry ...

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Myra Freeman to chair Mass Casualty Commission committee

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Myra Freeman talks to students, teachers, and media at Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth on May 8, 2014. Freeman is the chair of the Minister's Panel on Education. MITCH WARD.

Speaker insists his decisions have been unbiased, as Commons considers voting him out

Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

Shannex donates $3.5 million to support aging research in Maritimes

Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

Breaking

Cape Breton Moose Hunt cancelled for 2024, leaked documents say

Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

Canada, Ontario in deal for affordable housing amid soaring home costs

Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

World

Garry Conille, UNICEF's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 27, 2023.

Haiti transition council taps former PM to again lead country, source says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's transition council on Tuesday asked former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who led the country for a short stint over a decade ago, to return to the role as the Caribbean nation works to restore stability and take ...

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Venezuela revokes invitation for EU election observers during July presidential vote

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Germany to keep military base in Niger open under temporary deal, Berlin says

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North Korea Kim Jong Un: N Korea will never give up space reconnaissance programme

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California academic workers strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests

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Neurocrine founder-CEO Gorman to retire in October

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P.E.I. is facing a wave of both retirements and new entrants in the construction industry

Charlottetown's deputy mayor suggests waiving fees for community groups trying to fight poverty

P.E.I. athlete to debut at world powerlifting event; four Islanders competing in Austin, Texas

'People've been throwing things at us': P.E.I. foreign workers in fifth day of hunger strike

McLellan again seeking to represent Conservatives in Egmont

QMJHL: Charlottetown Islanders’ schedule released for 2024-25 season

Local

McLellan again seeking to represent Conservatives in Egmont

Charlottetown's deputy mayor suggests waiving fees for community groups trying to fight poverty

P.E.I. is facing a wave of both retirements and new entrants in the construction industry

'People've been throwing things at us': P.E.I. foreign workers in fifth day of hunger strike

Revised summary offence system would include more charges, updated fines in Charlottetown

Three drivers taken off P.E.I. roadways face impairment-related charges

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Addressing housing crisis in P.E.I. involves more than building homes

LETTER: Keep the bees in mind

EDITORIAL: Congratulations, graduates of 2024. Our future is in good hands.

COMMENTARY: As Gaza war continues, Israel's Arabs worry

LETTER: Inspired by Unknown Soldier ceremony

LETTER: Salmon farming industry calling for DFO researchers to retract biased statements about Conne River

Business

'People've been throwing things at us': P.E.I. foreign workers in fifth day of hunger strike

SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Would the grocer code of conduct have prevented Canada’s bread cartel?

Canada Industrial Relations Board steps into the railway labour dispute — what happens now?

BermudAir launches weekly, direct flights between Halifax and Bermuda

EV sales are overtaking charging stations in Canada — and that's a problem

KKR to buy Emera's stake in Canadian energy transmission project for $872 million

Lifestyles

20 QUESTIONS: With P.E.I. barber Jaskaran Singh

Foraging for Flavour

Royal St. John's Regatta adds concert, other Confederation 75 enhancements

PHOTO: Cape Breton Girl Guides clean-up community

CAA Atlantic donates four electric vans to regional food banks

'There was more to life than this for me': How to dream big and achieve your goals

Sports

P.E.I. athlete to debut at world powerlifting event; four Islanders competing in Austin, Texas

QMJHL: Charlottetown Islanders’ schedule released for 2024-25 season

Prince Edward Islanders to join Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame

P.E.I. table tennis players turn in a golden performance

NBSBL: Isles deliver late-game heroics; Ironmen bounce back in Game 2

AUS: UPEI home openers set for upcoming season

Canada

Granite Management Limited facing health and safety charges

Myra Freeman to chair Mass Casualty Commission committee

Speaker insists his decisions have been unbiased, as Commons considers voting him out

Shannex donates $3.5 million to support aging research in Maritimes

Cape Breton Moose Hunt cancelled for 2024, leaked documents say

Canada, Ontario in deal for affordable housing amid soaring home costs

World

Haiti transition council taps former PM to again lead country, source says

Venezuela revokes invitation for EU election observers during July presidential vote

Germany to keep military base in Niger open under temporary deal, Berlin says

North Korea Kim Jong Un: N Korea will never give up space reconnaissance programme

California academic workers strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests

Neurocrine founder-CEO Gorman to retire in October

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