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The East Pointers, Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron, led the 2024 East Coast Music Awards with three wins. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

The East Pointers win three East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The East Pointers were the big winners at the 36th East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown. Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron of the East Pointers walked away with three wins at the award ceremonies held May 2 and May 5. They were followed by Jenn ...

Updated 15 hours ago |6 min read

Attempted murder, arson charges adjourned again for P.E.I. man

Updated May. 3, 2024 |2 min read

Jesse Douglas Paquet, 30, had his arson and attempted murder charges called in provincial court in Charlottetown on May 2. Paquet had his matters adjourned to May 30. He has been in custody since Nov. 6, 2023, for allegedly setting fire to a tent near the Park Street shelter with someone inside it. File

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The Pulse: P.E.I. migrant worker speaks out

Updated May. 3, 2024 |6 min read

Lude Meng, a temporary foreign worker in Prince Edward Island, says her dream of relocating to the Island permanently was put in jeopardy after she made a complaint about sexual harassment in the workplace and was abruptly laid off. Meng shares her story in a three-part series for SaltWire. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

Charlottetown police chief explains arrest of Canada's most wanted man

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

International students will be allowed to work up to 24 hours a week this fall

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

P.E.I. transit plan would add routes, increase frequency and extend hours in Charlottetown, Stratford, Cornwall

Updated May. 3, 2024 |7 min read

Opinion

Two weeks after surgery to fix a hernia, Rick MacLean is counting down the weeks until he can hop on the bike again. Greg Rosenke • Unsplash

RICK MacLEAN: The girdle offered me a pregnancy lesson

The cool thing about regaining consciousness is how sudden it can be. One minute you’re getting to know what it’s like to be wheeled down the hall on a stretcher. It’s exactly the same view shown in all the TV shows set in hospitals. The lights of ...

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Ready, aim, pace yourself

Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

PERSPECTIVE: Want to fix student absence rates? Reduce illness in schools

Updated May. 3, 2024 |7 min read

Teachers in Nova Scotia will hold a strike vote on April 11. Nova Scotia Teachers Union president Ryan Lutes said teachers hope job action won’t be necessary. STOCK IMAGE

GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Poilievre talking points constantly cross decorum line

Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read

EDITORIAL: Temporary foreign workers are critical to Atlantic Canada and deserve supports

Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

JOHN DeMONT: Getting kids off screens will make them happier — here’s how

Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

Business

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Prices at the Pumps: Explaining recent pump fluctuations

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Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

P.E.I. lobster fishers allowed to head out on May 5, 2024

Updated May. 3, 2024 |2 min read

Boats lined up in North Rustico on April 30 will continue to stay docked as setting day for lobster fishing area 24 continues to be delayed due to forecasted high winds. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced on April 30 that the delay will continue until more favourable weather is forecasted, and a meeting has been scheduled between industry and members of DFO, the Canadian Coast Guard and Environment and Climate Change Canada on May 1. Caitlin Coombes, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

International students will be allowed to work up to 24 hours a week this fall

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

Clinton Esosa, a first-year political science student at UPEI said that the minister's decision to increase the working hours for international students from 20 hours to 24 hours per week was a good decision. Clinton believes that this increase in hours will allow him to work more and earn enough money to pay for his bills. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

THE WRAP: TikTok kids crazy, Loblaw boycott lazy and Bargain Harley’s checks out

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

Atlantic Canadian post-secondary institutions awarded nearly $10M to commercialize research

Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read

Creative Pictou County to host Economic Development Forum for Artists

Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read

Lifestyles

Sweetland, written by Michael Crummey, is now adapted into an upcoming movie, directed by Christian Sparkes

20 Questions with award winning author Michael Crummey

Michael Crummey is an award-winning author and his last book, 'Sweetland', is now being adapted into a movie, directed by Christian Sparkes and released on May 3, 2024. Set on a fictional island off the South Coast of Newfoundland, 'Sweetland' tells ...

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LEO J. DEVEAU: This Week in Nova Scotia History: May 4-10

Updated May. 2, 2024 |9 min read

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Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

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Sports

The horses line up behind the starting gate at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on May 4. The first live card of the spring meet featured 12 dashes. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

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Live harness racing returns to Charlottetown

Live harness racing has resumed in P.E.I. following a winter break. Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park hosted a 12-dash program on an Opening Day program on May 6. Live racing resumes in Charlottetown on May 9 at 6 ...

Updated 6 minutes ago |5 min read

Chelski prevails in Opening Day feature at Red Shores Charlottetown

Updated 20 hours ago |1 min read

Trainer Jaycob Sweet drives Timberlea Lady, 1, to victory over Arts Beach and driver-trainer David Dowling, 4, and the Gilles Barrieau-driven Rollwithitdarling, 5, in the opening race of a 12-dash harness racing program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on May 4. Time of the mile was 1:59.4. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Canada, coached by P.E.I.'s Gardiner MacDougall, advances to gold-medal game

Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read

UNB Reds head coach Gardiner MacDougall follows the play during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Men’s Hockey Conference game during the 2023-24 season. MacDougall, from Bedeque, P.E.I., has been named head coach of Team Canada for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world under-18 championship in Finland from April 25 to May 5. James West Photo/For UNB Athletics

Bruins end Leafs' season with OT win in Game 7

Updated a day ago |2 min read

FIDDLER'S FACTS: Toronto Maple Leafs' jobs on the line going into Game 7

Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

Live harness racing resumes in Charlottetown on May 4

Updated May. 3, 2024 |2 min read

Canada

Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell speaks to reporters Tuesday afternoon in response to the NLTA news conference. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

N.L. education department prioritizes hiring teachers whose majors match the subject area

There are over 250 permanent teaching positions vacant in Newfoundland and Labrador right now but getting one of the jobs could prove difficult for some teachers and it’s because of the way the hiring system works. For 10 years Samantha Hicks has ...

Updated 14 minutes ago |5 min read

IN PHOTO: Cape Breton Clean Up tackles trash in CBRM

Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read

Ann Dunn-Ling reaches for a piece of trash while cleaning litter from a ditch near Malcolm Munroe Memorial Middle School in Sydney River during the CBRM's Cape Breton Clean Up on Saturday. The Sydneya River resident has been volunteering with the annual cleanup since it began more than 10 years ago. Dunn-Ling says she thinks the litter problem has gotten worse. "That's why I do it," she said. "It's the beginning of tourist season and we live here. We should all have a beautiful area." More than 300 community members took part in Saturday's cleanup event, around the CBRM, according to the municipality's Facebook page. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

IN PHOTOS: Remembering the Battle of the Atlantic

Updated 13 hours ago |3 min read

Cape Breton Naval Veterans Association master-at-arms David Keeping, right, leads the colour guard during the Battle of the Atlantic in Sydney Mines on Sunday. The battle lasted throughout the Second World War and more than 4,300 members of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Merchant Navy were killed trying to control the Atlantic Ocean against German forces. The Battle of the Atlantic also brought the Second World War to Canada’s doorstep, with German submarines torpedoing ships within sight of the coast, including the SS Caribou, a passenger ferry that ran between North Sydney and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. On Oct. 14, 1942, a U-boat sank the vessel, causing the worst loss of life in Canadian waters during the Second World War. Of the 237 people onboard, 167 were killed, including several mothers with children. The Battle of the Atlantic is recognized on the first Sunday in May in Canada. CHRIS CONNORS/CAPE BRETON POST

IN PHOTO: Honouring Red Dress Day in Sydney

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Cape Breton councillors 'shocked' by abrupt changes to fire service's hazmat response unit

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Things to know to help shape your week in Newfoundland and Labrador May 6

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World

German ministers to hold special meeting after spate of attacks on politicians

BERLIN (Reuters) - The interior ministers of Germany's 16 states will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to counter a spate of attacks on politicians that represents a "new dimension of violence", a federal interior ministry ...

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Marseille garbage collectors strike ahead of Olympic torch arrival

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The East Pointers win three East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

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