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The Guardian
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![Explore the classic red sand of P.E.I.’s North Cape Coastal Drive. - Photo Courtesy Tourism PEI / Sander Meurs]()
Sponsored Activate P.E.I.’s North Cape Coastal Drive
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![The Gillis family is shown near the entrance of MacKinnon’s Campground in East Lake Ainslie. This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the campground for owners Michael and Karen Gillis. From left, Michael Gillis, Karen Gillis, and son Mike Gillis. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST]()
VIDEO: MacKinnon’s Campground creates lifelong friendships, memories over the past 50 years in business in East Lake Ainslie
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![Wild Gros Morne Outdoor Experiences owner Becky O’Keefe, taking a picture of a group on one of the company’s zodiac tours, is seeing positives in operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
Outdoor adventure provider says COVID-19 may have started a new trend for Newfoundland and Labrador businesses
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![Fire truck stock image.]()
First responders battling forest fire in eastern P.E.I.
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![This is the burned-out shell of what remains of the Mont-Carmel home, with firehoses still laying on the ground after firefighters extinguished the fire.]()
Gofundme page for P.E.I. family who lost home in a blaze has reached over $20,000
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![Under the Criminal Code of Canada, anyone who touches for a sexual purpose someone younger than 16 with part of their body or an object is guilty of sexual interference. A summary conviction for the offence has a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days with a maximum of two years less a day. An indictable conviction for sexual interference has a mandatory minimum sentence of one year with a maximum of 14 years.]()
Ontario man jailed for sex offence in P.E.I.
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![This is the burned-out shell of what remains of the Mont-Carmel home, with firehoses still laying on the ground after firefighters extinguished the fire.]()
Gofundme page for P.E.I. family who lost home in a blaze has reached over $20,000
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![Under the Criminal Code of Canada, anyone who touches for a sexual purpose someone younger than 16 with part of their body or an object is guilty of sexual interference. A summary conviction for the offence has a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days with a maximum of two years less a day. An indictable conviction for sexual interference has a mandatory minimum sentence of one year with a maximum of 14 years.]()
Ontario man jailed for sex offence in P.E.I.
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![Ruthanna O'Brien sits beside Colin Greene on Jimtown beach, Antigonish County, after the pair were rescued.]()
Best friends rescued from riptide near Antigonish County beach
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![With the fire weather index at extreme and very high across P.E.I., all domestic and industrial burning permits are suspended until conditions improve. Small campfires for recreational purposes are still permitted.]()
Caution urged as fire weather index reaches extreme in P.E.I.
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British Columbia judge approves Northern Pulp loan
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Temporary road closure: Brackley Gate in Brackley Beach area of P.E.I. National Park Aug. 12
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Black people make up 0.8 per cent of corporate boards, Ryerson study finds
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![The Gillis family is shown near the entrance of MacKinnon’s Campground in East Lake Ainslie. This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the campground for owners Michael and Karen Gillis. From left, Michael Gillis, Karen Gillis, and son Mike Gillis. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST]()
VIDEO: MacKinnon’s Campground creates lifelong friendships, memories over the past 50 years in business in East Lake Ainslie
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![Brenda McCarthy was a sister, a wife, a mother, a nurse, a union leader and one crackerjack fundraiser. The 60-year-old North Sydney woman died in June but not before raising over $300,000 for new equipment at the island’s cancer centre in Sydney. The new device will help keep island residents closer to home to receive their treatments as opposed to travelling off island. JOHN RATCHFORD PHOTO]()
North Sydney woman's efforts bring new cancer treatment equipment to Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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![The above map shows the proximity of the RCMP headquarters in Dartmouth to a nearby munitions site and nuclear submarine base.]()
Beirut explosion case in point for separating Nova Scotia’s 911 communication’s system, former MP says
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Nova Scotia marks five days of no new COVID-19 cases
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Hikers lost in Lewis Hills rescued safe and sound
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Beirut's devastating port explosion echoes the 1917 Halifax Harbour blast
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LETTER: Yet another survey
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![U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily COVID-19 briefing at the White House in Washington. On Wednesday he proposed giving taxpayers cash payments that would total US$500 billion and $50 billion worth of loans for U.S. airlines. Jonathan Ernst - Reuters]()
GUEST OPINION: 'Groupthink' and a failed Trump pandemic strategy
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![The Confederation Trail runs along the UPEI campus in Charlottetown.]()
LETTER OF THE DAY: A little kindness as we cross paths
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![Elmsdale’s Dr. George Burden has a plant to bring doctors to rural Nova Scotia.]()
LICIA CORBELLA: Nova Scotia wants Alberta's doctors and so should we
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GUEST OPINION: In times of crisis we need to give more
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![The new Kinlock Home Hardware is expected to open in Stratford next to Murphy's Pharmacy on Kinlock Road in November.]()
New hardware store coming to Stratford, P.E.I.
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New race-based data shows visible minorities in Canada disproportionately impacted by COVID recession
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![Kevin Cain of Maritime Hemp Innovation examines a hemp field near Cocagne, N.B. Hemp is an established crop in New Brunswic, and is starting to be grown in Nova Scotia.]()
Not weed, but a seed of an idea for a new crop for Nova Scotia
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![Kim Boudreau of Sydney, owner of Kreative Design at the Value Check Plaza in Sydney River, holds up face masks she has designed with lace and bling. Sharon Montgomery-Dupe • Cape Breton Post]()
Cape Breton business adding bling to face masks
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Explainer: Trump wants to bypass U.S. coronavirus aid talks with executive order. Can he?
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UK says it's confident of Brexit trade deal as EU changing tone
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Flames punch playoff ticket with elimination of Jets in play-in round
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Jackets push Leafs to brink on Dubois' hat-trick OT winner
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NBA roundup: Bucks rally vs. Heat, claim East's top seed
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NHL roundup: Flames clinch series with shutout win
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MLB roundup: Braves' Markakis hits walk-off homer
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Arsenault delivers late for Stratford in KCBL victory
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![Members of Tip Er Back are set to perform this evening at the BIS ceilidh in the Katherine Hughes Memorial Hall in the Irish Cultural Centre. From left are Allen Betts, Clive Currie and Wade Murray.]()
P.E.I. group Tip Er Back to play the Katherine Hughes Memorial Hall at the BIS
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![Jennifer Carson was recently selected as the 2020 recipient of the Judith Waite Scholarship.]()
P.E.I. student and Island A Cappella member wins international scholarship
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![Food columnist Margaret Prouse suggests using fresh cucumbers to make tzatziki.]()
MARGARET PROUSE: Green beans and cucumbers flourishing in the garden
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![P.E.I. actor and comedian Dennis Trainor, left, is headlining the first two nights of the Brackley Drive-In Theatre Comedy Festival, Aug. 7-8. Bob Boyle, owner of the drive-in, says the event continues next weekend.]()
P.E.I. actor, comedian Dennis Trainor kicks off Brackley Drive-In Theatre Comedy Festival, Aug. 7-8
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![Kathleen and Matthew MacRae enjoy a couples night out during Courting at the Corner in Orwell on July 21.]()
Old-timey Tinder: Guardian reporter goes on a date in 1890s Orwell
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![Josh Lindsay, owner of Ben’s Lake Campground, gives Valerie Vuillemot an air-high-five in front of her prize, while her daughter Alice inspects their winnings from inside the boat.]()
P.E.I.'s Ben's Lake Campground announces winner of its treasure hunt sailboat
