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Repeat sex offender from Kensington must report to police

Parking commissionaires in Charlottetown, like Alexie Mireault, will soon be issuing parking tickets using electronic ITAP Mobile devices. The devices will also allow commissionaires and police to instantly flag stolen vehicles and those associated in missing person cases.

City of Charlottetown moving to e-ticketing

Check out the lights from your area and around Atlantic Canada below! - 123RF photo

PEI 2018 Christmas lights map

Former autism charity worker pleads guilty

Note: This poll is for entertainment purposes only and is not a scientific survey.

The Guardian's Quick Question for Dec. 14, 2018

Dr. Laura Bourque, left, and Dr. Megan Jones, wildlife pathologists with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperatives's Atlantic node located at AVC take measurements of a dead leatherback turtle assisted by wildlife technician Darlene Weeks, far right. Recording the data is third-year vet student Natalie Tocco.

Sizing up sea turtle: data gathered from dead leatherback washed up in ...

["All of Charlottetown's parking meters are now smartcard compatible. Each has been outfitted with these numbered yellow stickers."]

OPINION: City shopper gets message

Director of the Public Schools Branch Parker Grimmer, left sits with Public Schools Branch board of directors chair, Susan Willis, and board members Harvey MacEwen and Dale Sabean. The board passed a motion Wednesday evening at St. Jean Elementary School to move students from Spring Park Elementary to West Royalty Elementary.

Some Spring Park students moving to West Royalty in September 2019

Mel Gass chats with resident care worker Cynthia Johnston at Atlantic Baptist Homes in Charlottetown in this Guardian file photo from March 2018. Gass died Tuesday.

Former P.E.I. PC opposition leader dies

A Charlottetown Police cruiser is towed away following a two-vehicle collision at the corner of Passmore Street and Queen Street on Dec. 11. The officer was taken to hospital with minor injuries for precautionary reasons.

Charlottetown driver charged in collision with police vehicle

Ping Zhong, first photo, and Yi Zhong, second photo, are shown leaving the provincial courthouse in Charlottetown on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. -Ryan Ross

UPDATE: Crown stays charges in P.E.I. immigration fraud trial

Updated 4 hours ago

Traffic advisories.

P.E.I. weather and travel updates for Friday, Dec. 14

Published 9 hours ago

Ramona Doyle, Charlottetown’s sustainability officer, said the public will soon get to see conceptual drawings of a proposed bike lane on Fitzroy Street. CBCL Ltd. is handling the design and engineering work, Also pictured is Mark MacDonald, transportation engineer with CBCL Ltd.

EXCLUSIVE: Charlottetown council accepts bid for $74,163 to proceed with proposed Fitzroy Street bike lane

Updated 20 hours ago

Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island

P.E.I. man gets prison time for punching jail guard

Published a day ago

News

Nepisiguit paid P.E.I. a visit last week. The marine traveller has made a stop in New Brunswick and Cape Breton already on this trip. -Levon Drover/Submitted photo

Beluga tours Maritimes, including a stop in Summerside for visit with Holland College diving class

Published 7 minutes ago

Brackley Point Road busiest speed stop in Charlottetown.

Brackley Point Road busiest speed stop in Charlottetown

Published 8 hours ago

Parking commissionaires in Charlottetown wrote 776 fewer tickets last month compared to June 2017.

Big drop in parking tickets in Charlottetown for November

Published 8 hours ago

Diversified Metal Engineering, located in the West Royalty Business Park, has gone into receivership, leaving the future of roughly 140 employees up in the air.

About 50 P.E.I. businesses owed money by company now in receivership

Updated 8 hours ago

Sports

Kensington Wild.

Wild wins division at Chicoutimi tournament

Updated 19 minutes ago

Nikita Alexandrov has taken his game to a new level in the playoffs for the Charlottetown Islanders.

Alexandrov to play in top prospects game

Updated 22 hours ago

P.E.I. Midget AAA Hockey League.

DesRoches scores three as Western Regals remain perfect

Published a day ago

Foprmer NBA star Glen Davis poses on the court at Mile One Centre after officially signing with the St. John's Edge Wednesday afternoon. Davis, who won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics, will be in the Edge lineup Friday night at Mile One for a game against the Island Storm.

St. John's Edge officially introduce Glen 'Big Baby' Davis, their new centre of attention

Updated 22 hours ago

Business

Business news.

Survey weighs in on Souris training needs

Published Dec 09, 2018 at 3 p.m.

Perry Gotell recently received the Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism award at TIAPEI’s awards gala.

Perry Gotell receives Parks Canada award at TIAPEI event

Published Dec 02, 2018 at 2 p.m.

On International Women’s Day, March 8, British Columbia became the second Canadian province to permit children on the floor of its legislature. — Stock photo

SOMERS: A financial checklist for families

Published Dec 02, 2018 at 10 a.m.

Ian MacDonald, left, and Ryan MacMillan, co-owners of Chuck Hatchets in Charlottetown, stand in the cage where axes will be thrown.

P.E.I.'s first axe-throwing lounge opens in Charlottetown Dec. 1

Published Dec 01, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Living

Holly Jolly Christmas at the Harbourfront Theatre Dec. 15

Updated 10 minutes ago

Rebecca Parent, left, and Becca Griffin are putting the final touches on “Light, a Solstice Celebration”. Featuring wintertime songs and stories, the show will hit the boards of the Watermark Theatre in North Rustico today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

P.E.I. actors team up for “Light, a Solstice Celebration” at Watermark Theatre

Updated 2 hours ago

While Wi-Fi cameras can be easier to install, the pros say they come with tradeoffs that suffer in comparison to a full-fledged security camera system that’s wired via ethernet cables to a dedicated hard drive or network video recorder. - Getty Images/iStockphoto

Tethered safety: Wi-Fi cameras come with tradeoffs

Updated 4 hours ago

When a front door is hidden or obscure, it makes first-time visitors uncomfortable. - Carson Arthur

RATHER BE OUTDOORS: Make a welcoming first impression

Updated 4 hours ago

Opinion

Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown’s first regular public monthly meeting Monday night was, at times, heated. He didn’t see eye to eye with some members of council on process that saw council pick its advisory committee that will determine makeup of standing committees.

OPINION: Sour grapes on council?

Updated 6 hours ago

Green party leader Peter Bevan-Baker, left, and Premier and Liberal party leader Wade MacLauchlan, right, in these Guardian file photos. Bevan-Baker enjoys a considerable edge over MacLauchlan, with 37 per cent saying they would prefer Bevan-Baker as premier.

EDITORIAL: Premier survives

Updated a day ago

Hundreds of tons of vegetables are left to rot in P.E.I. fields each fall while many Islanders face food security issues
(P.E.I. Potato Board)

OPINION: Serving the greater good

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LETTER: Legion will help homeless veterans

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Community

-Jennifer Harkness/ Special to The Guardian

12 Strays of Christmas 2018 - Day 2

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Sue Humby’s booth that features a beautiful chocolate and sourdough bread display is a sweet stop at the recent Breadalbane Craft Fair.

Chocolatier serves up Christmas creations at the Breadalbane craft fair

Published a day ago

There are almost endless options for holiday potluck meals, including mini quiches.

MARGARET PROUSE: From potlucks to power outages

Published a day ago

Peyton the horse waits for the next instruction at the recent Venture Stables’ Equine Assisted Learning session. - Photos taken by Jasmine Bastarache

Student teachers acquire the basics of Equine Assisted Learning in Freetown

Updated a day ago

Recent Stories

Nepisiguit paid P.E.I. a visit last week. The marine traveller has made a stop in New Brunswick and Cape Breton already on this trip. -Levon Drover/Submitted photo

Beluga tours Maritimes, including a stop in Summerside for visit with Holland College diving class

Wind warning advisory on the Confederation Bridge.

Cost to cross P.E.I.'s Confederation Bridge to increase Jan. 1, 2019

-Jennifer Harkness/ Special to The Guardian

12 Strays of Christmas 2018 - Day 2

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City seeks volunteers for 55+ Games

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Host Dino Dunsford to welcome special guests to SALC on Sunday

Bluestreak is the special guest at the next installment of Treble with Girls’ QEH Winter Fundraising Concert Series on Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Assumption Parish Centre in Stratford.

Treble with Girls welcomes Bluestreak to concert

Cape Breton's Villages will be playing a special Christmas concert at St. Paul’s Church on Dec. 15.

Cape Breton's Villages playing Christmas concert at St. Paul’s Church on Dec. 15.

Central Queens United Church in Hunter River will host Phase II and Friends for the final performance this year of “Rockin Little Christmas”. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 16. Performers include, from left, Pat King, Gerry Hickey, Keila Glydon, John McGarry, Jeanie Campbell, Ed Young and Blaine Murphy.

‘Rockin' Little Christmas’ one last time

Kensington Wild.

Wild wins division at Chicoutimi tournament

Stage stock image. -123RF

Auditions announced for ‘12 Angry Women’

Richard Wood and Gordon Belsher will be the special guests of Fiddlers' Sons and Keelin Wedge this evening at the Kaylee Hall in Poole's Corner.

World Class Kitchen Party celebrates Christmas season in Stanley Bridge

Chris Palmer, economic development and tourism minister, left, lets ‘Barbegazi,’ meaning winter beard, out from behind the curtain, where he is greeted with a fist bump from Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart following the event announcement at Credit Union Place, which will host the Barbegazi Winter Sports Festival from Jan. 18-19.

CUP in Summerside hosting winter sports festival Jan. 18, 19