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Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island

Australian man facing child pornography charges released from custody

Artist Monica Lacey sits with a painting she’s working on at the new studio space she rents in downtown Charlottetown called The Vessel. KATIE SMITH/THE GUARDIAN

P.E.I. has $50,000 available for art grants

William McFadden joins Charlottetown mayoral race

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The Guardian's Quick Question for Oct. 20, 2018

Northern Pulp is planning to build a replacement for the Boat Harbour treatment facility next to their location in Abercrombie. The current treatment facility will close in January 2020.

UPDATE: Northern Pulp pipeline could harm herring spawning beds, say ...

Guardian sports columnist Fred (Fiddler) MacDonald, left, and sports editor Jason Malloy are back for Week 3 of their sports talk series.

VIDEO: Sports talk with Fred (Fiddler) MacDonald - Friday, Oct. 19, ...

A recent media report revealed that some telecom call centre employees are directed to stonewall customers. —

Editorial: Customer disservice

Jackie Podger, UPEI’s vice-president of administration and finance, says the university’s new sexual violence policy formally defines terms such as rape culture and consent.

UPEI adopts sexual assault policy

A woman walks by a row of election signs for several candidates in the 2018 municipal election in Charlottetown.

Charlottetown Coun. Greg Rivard wins seat by acclamation

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau speaks with the Usher of the Black Rod Greg Peters, a former Prince Edward Islander, as they wait for the arrival of the Governor General David Johnston for the speech from the throne in the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday December 4, 2015.

P.E.I. native re-appointed to Senate protocol position

Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island.

Man who drove onto Charlottetown Airport runway jailed

Published 15 hours ago

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau speaks with the Usher of the Black Rod Greg Peters, a former Prince Edward Islander, as they wait for the arrival of the Governor General David Johnston for the speech from the throne in the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday December 4, 2015.

P.E.I. native re-appointed to Senate protocol position

Published 22 hours ago

Denise Macleod Ling

Denise Macleod Ling enters race for Stratford council

Published 22 hours ago

Garry Herring

Murray Harbour chair seeking another term

Published 23 hours ago

News

Lacey Koughan smiles outside Kettle Black in downtown Charlottetown as she speaks about the female empowerment organization she founded, 24 Strong.

P.E.I. woman creates empowerment program after battle with mental health

Updated a day ago

Bruce MacDougall is president of the Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities

(Guardian File Photo)

Federation of P.E.I. Municipalities hopes for strong interest in elections

Published 15 hours ago

Northern Pulp is planning to build a replacement for the Boat Harbour treatment facility next to their location in Abercrombie. The current treatment facility will close in January 2020.

UPDATE: Northern Pulp pipeline could harm herring spawning beds, say P.E.I. fishermen

Updated 12 hours ago

Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island

Australian man facing child pornography charges released from custody

Updated 17 hours ago

Sports

Carson MacKinnon is in his fourth season with the Rimouski Oceanic.

Patience pays off for Summerside’s Carson MacKinnon

Updated 11 minutes ago

oy Paynter of Kensington and Jennifer Hickox of Charlottetown accept the Special Olympics P.E.I. athletes of the year awards from Blair Campbell, CEO of award sponsor P.E.I. Mutual Insurance Company.

Night of celebration for Special Olympics P.E.I.

Updated 10 hours ago

Red Wings, Vipers renew rivalry Sunday

Published 17 hours ago

Zach Biggar of Portage is in his first season with the Kensington Wild of the New Brunswick/P.E.I. Major Midget Hockey League.

Biggar assuming big role with Kensington Wild

Updated 10 hours ago

Business

Post reporter David Jala purchased cannabis products at the Sydney River NSLC outlet on Wednesday. Oct. 17 was the first day for legal recreational cannabis sales in Canada.

BLAKE DOYLE: Growing like a weed

Published 1 hour ago

A new provincial program offers to help first-time homebuyers with their down payment.

First-time Island buyers rejoice

Published Oct 15, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

Wise investments

Published Oct 15, 2018 at 1:14 p.m.

Thunder Cove in P.E.I. (The Guardian/123rf.com)

TIAPEI conference and gala goes Oct. 24-25 in Charlottetown

Published Oct 14, 2018 at 6 p.m.

Living

Kelly’s Cross hosts ceilidh Oct. 21

Published 18 hours ago

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Remove, focus, thrive: Minimalism expert coming to Halifax this week

Published 19 hours ago

Master Canadian fiddler Calvin Vollrath will perform at The Pourhouse (second floor of the Old Triangle) in Charlottetown on Friday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Master Canadian fiddler to perform tonight

Published 19 hours ago

The Town Heroes are currently touring the Maritimes with their new CD, “Everything (will be fine when we get to where we think we’re going)”. The East Coast band is in Charlottetown on Oct. 19 to play a gig at Hunter’s Alehouse in Charlottetown.

Town Heroes play in Charlottetown Oct. 20

Published 19 hours ago

Opinion

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LETTER: Big enough to effect change

Published 3 hours ago

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leadership wars drawing to a close

Updated 3 hours ago

A P.E.I. dairy farmer, left, voices his displeasure with federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay over the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). More than 100 dairy farmers showed up at MacAulay’s infrastructure announcement in Pooles Corner Friday to protest the trade deal.

OPINION: Standing up for farmers

Published a day ago

OPINION: CRTC scales back Internet remote areas ambitions

Published a day ago

Community

Jennifer Murphy, centre, with her nephew Jamison Mackay, who returned from his hockey game with fries for his sister Jayda Lynn to share.

Esther Finkle Walk for Kids goes Oct. 21 in Miscouche

Updated 15 hours ago

Defeat Depression Walk Oct. 20 in Charlottetown

Published 20 hours ago

Charlottetown church will host talk on forced migration

Published 20 hours ago

Isabelle Buote, left, and education assistant, Jacquie Lidstone, discuss plans for a fundraising concert happening this Sunday at Tignish Legion. Proceeds from the event will assist Buote in the purchase of a trained PTSD service dog. Buote, who is 15, has been struggling with a type of PTSD, called disassociation, for three years.

Fundraising committee helping Skinners Pond teen in need of PTSD service dog

Published 20 hours ago

Recent Stories

Carson MacKinnon is in his fourth season with the Rimouski Oceanic.

Patience pays off for Summerside’s Carson MacKinnon

Post reporter David Jala purchased cannabis products at the Sydney River NSLC outlet on Wednesday. Oct. 17 was the first day for legal recreational cannabis sales in Canada.

BLAKE DOYLE: Growing like a weed

This file photo shows the Provincial Law Courts building in Charlottetown on Oct. 10, 1988 after a bomb went off.

Convicted bomber Roger Bell’s reign of terror began 30 years ago

This is one of the letters Roger Bell sent to media and police during his reign of terror. Bell's writings suggested a man obsessed with Nazi beliefs, a person with a serious grudge and a man who despised politicians and judges. Submitted image

How Loki 7 bomber Roger Bell became a police task force’s top priority

Franklin Session lays in two of his 20 points Tuesday during the Island Storm's Boxing Day matinee against the Moncton Magic.

FIDDLER'S FACTS: Session to play in Qatar

Paul Alan, manager of election operations and communications for Elections P.E.I., is recommending municipal voters in Charlottetown, Summerside, Stratford and Cornwall register to vote. People can go to their website at www.electionspei.ca and register that way until Oct. 23 or call the office after that at 902-368-5895.

WAYNE YOUNG: Opportunity knocking at door

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LETTER: Big enough to effect change

Manjit Minhas, co-founder and CEO of Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Winery, and a cast member on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, was the keynote speaker at Thursday’s Biz2Biz Expo in Charlottetown.

Dragons' Den cast member Manjit Minhas delivers keynote at P.E.I. Biz2Biz Expo

Islanders can enjoy a bud - legally

WEEKEND CARTOON: Spud the bud

Michael Boschat was kind enough to share a photo he took of a meteor during the 2014 Orionids. It's not an easy task. As you can see, the streak of light he was following disappeared behind the tree.

CINDY DAY: Weekend showers - wet and celestial

In preparation for the legalization of cannabis in Canada today, the CBRP increased the number of DRE officers from five to 10 (five completed their training last week in Jacksonville, Fla.) and plans to continue training more officers in standard field sobriety testing.

ALAN HOLMAN: When buying weed, cash is best

Charlottetown is considering an application to annex a portion of Lower Marshfield for business and residential development.
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OPINION: Saving Marshfield