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Ethan Ross, who says he most enjoys doing magic with cards, is trying to become a professional magician. Dave Stewart • The Guardian

P.E.I. magician trying to make full-time go it at 19

Ethan Ross says magic has been his passion for more than 10 years. The 19-year-old is slowly spreading the word about his talent, picking up gigs wherever he can. “I’m a professional magician, which means that I do this full-time for a living, and ...

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |6 min read

P.E.I. schools nearing capacity says public school director

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

The Public Schools Branch has launched a review of schools in the Charlottetown area because an increase in population is putting pressure on the facilities. For example, at Parkdale Elementary School, a French teacher must rotate from room to room because there is not enough classroom space. Carolyn Drake • The Guardian

UPEI launches 'fund- and friend-raising' initiative for new medical school facility

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |3 min read

This is the construction site of a new UPEI building that will serve as the home of the UPEI faculty of medicine, as well as a UPEI-based medical home. An internal memo from former Health P.E.I. CEO Michael Gardam says UPEI suggested faculty and families be preferentially taken off P.E.I.’s patient registry after the new medical home is established. Stu Neatby • The Guardian

Cardigan, P.E.I., resident raises alarm over fish hatchery pipe extensions

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Transgender flag creator Monica Helms visits P.E.I. on Canada-wide tour

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |6 min read

P.E.I. man found guilty of cocaine, crystal meth drug dealing

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |3 min read

Opinion

Dominic LeBlanc, federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, also appeared more conciliatory, saying there are “unique” affordability challenges in Atlantic Canada after meetings in New Brunswick on July 18. - Stu Neatby

RALPH SURETTE: A Maritimer for prime minister? Are you kidding?

Is something peculiar going on in political circles upalong? The central Canadian media have been a twitter over the notion that Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has his eye on his best buddy Justin Trudeau’s job. A while back some ...

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |5 min read

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Please play again

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |1 min read

Teaser for Bruce MacKinnon's editorial cartoon for Saturday, April 27, 2024.

GAIL LETHBRIDGE: The dark side of Halifax's population boom

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Construction continues on some Halifax high-rises in a photo taken from McIntosh Run mountain biking trails in Spryfield on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

JOHN DeMONT: Are we doing enough for our most vulnerable newcomers?

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |6 min read

EDITORIAL: Privacy, mental health and saving young people's lives

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |5 min read

COMMENTARY: Lucas' last words were 'I love you Mom. I don’t want to die.'

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |10 min read

Business

The fall lobster season for P.E.I. fishers will run from Aug. 9 until Oct. 10. File Photo.

Lobster setting day in Northumberland Strait pushed to April 27

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is delaying the start of the lobster fishing season in some parts of P.E.I. due to concerning weather conditions. Environment Canada’s marine forecast of westerly winds peaking at 35 knots is expected to affect wave levels ...

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |1 min read

Prices at the Pumps: Some small relief, more for diesel

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |1 min read

Union to launch boycott of Java Blend coffee shops in Halifax

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |3 min read

CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |9 min read

Construction boom hits Moncton in first quarter of 2024

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |2 min read

Morning Bid: The yen's mysterious move

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Lifestyles

Daily horoscope for Apr. 28, 2024

IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Planning out your next goal or career move can set you up for success. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Giving back to people in need will increase the feel-good vibes that are already in the air ...

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Daily horoscope for Apr. 27, 2024

Updated Apr. 27, 2024 |2 min read

THE BOOK SHELF: Patient advocate helps readers navigate health-care system

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |7 min read

Author Mary Jane Hampton offers health care hacks in her new book.

PHOTO: Supporting elders in Membertou

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |1 min read

OutFest provides a space for queer people in Halifax

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |3 min read

KATY JEAN: Good souls and a Great War soldier

Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |7 min read

Sports

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers advance to Don Johnson Memorial Cup final

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers took care of business on April 27 to set up a rematch with the Antigonish Bulldogs in the Don Johnson Memorial Cup final on April 28 in Mount Pearl, N.L. The gold-medal game of the Atlantic junior B ...

Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read

Pownal Ice Dogs drop close semifinal game at Maritime junior C hockey ch’ship

Updated 15 hours ago |1 min read

TELUS CUP: P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild wins final round-robin game; Dickson top point-getter

Updated a day ago |3 min read

Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild centre Michael Arsenault, right, prepares for a faceoff during Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship action against the host Sydney Mitsubishi Rush at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in Membertou, N.S., on April 26. The Wild won the game 12-2. Jeremy Fraser/SaltWire

P.E.I.'s Pownal Ice Dogs defeat N.S. at Maritime junior C hockey ch’ship

Updated a day ago |1 min read

FIDDLER'S FACTS: NHL playoff injuries; controversy in MHL championship series

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Longtime linemates: Kensington Vipers’ MacKay, Wyand have played together since U9 hockey

Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read

Canada

Eskasoni rapper Tommy "L'nu Joker" Johnson: "I've grown quite a bit compared to my original work." CONTRIBUTED/TOMMY JOHNSON

Eskasoni rapper 'L’nu Joker' releases new album, celebrates 20 years in music

ESKASONI — Tommy Johnson, better known by his stage name L'nu Joker, is no newcomer to the hip-hop world. With a career spanning over two decades, Johnson's sound has evolved as hip hop and rap music have grown. The 37-year-old’s latest venture aims ...

Updated 7 hours ago |4 min read

IN PHOTO: Cape Breton labour council honours National Day of Mourning

Updated 7 hours ago |1 min read

Brian Lahey, left, and Joe Wilson of the Carpenters Union Local 1588 lay a wreath on Sunday during the Cape Breton District Labour Council’s National Day of Mourning ceremony at the Steelworkers’ and Pensioners Hall in Sydney. The National Day of Mourning began in 1991 to honour the Canadians who were killed, injured or became ill because of workplace incidents. In 2023, 18 Nova Scotians died at work or because of their work, including seven acute traumatic injuries and 11 chronic injury fatalities. CHRIS CONNORS/CAPE BRETON POST

Cape Breton judge allows civil suit to proceed

Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read

A Vancouver woman who says she suffered severe eye and facial injuries when a golf ball flew into her open car window is suing the golfer who hit the shot and his golf club.

Dominion's last Second World War veteran remembered

Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read

Cape Breton's Northside 4 Chase the Ace builds anticipation with $260K jackpot

Updated 8 hours ago |5 min read

Day of Mourning ceremony honours Nova Scotia's 18 work-related deaths in 2023

Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

World

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs Joint Base Andrews for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, in Maryland, U.S., April 28, 2024.

US Secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the first stop in a broader trip to the Middle East, aimed at discussing with Arab partners post-war Gaza and to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Updated 12 minutes ago |1 min read

Chechen leader's 16-year-old son named trustee at special forces university

Updated 42 minutes ago |2 min read

China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon's 'hidden' side

Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China April 27, 2024. cnsphoto via REUTERS

US military says it engaged five unmanned drones over Red Sea

Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

South Korea's Yoon to meet opposition leader amid bid to reset presidency

Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

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Updated 32 minutes ago |1 min read

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Opinion

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PHOTO: Supporting elders in Membertou

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Sports

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers advance to Don Johnson Memorial Cup final

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P.E.I.'s Pownal Ice Dogs defeat N.S. at Maritime junior C hockey ch’ship

FIDDLER'S FACTS: NHL playoff injuries; controversy in MHL championship series

Longtime linemates: Kensington Vipers’ MacKay, Wyand have played together since U9 hockey

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Day of Mourning ceremony honours Nova Scotia's 18 work-related deaths in 2023

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