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UPEI kicking off $15-million Robertson Library renovation fundraising campaign

UPEI is looking to raise $15 million to renovate the Robertson Library at the Charlottetown campus. Funds raised during the campaign are for upgrades to existing group and individual study spaces and renovate former storage areas to create new study ...

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Charlottetown doctor says trip to Ethiopia was life-changing

Updated 5 hours ago |6 min read

Dr. Sandra Jadin, a Charlottetown anesthesiologist, said her trip to Ethiopia last month renewed her faith in the health-care system and humanity. Dave Stewart • The Guardian

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

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

Opinion

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in "extreme and immediate danger" as worsening violence advances and threatens to "unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur," top U.N. officials warned the Security Council last week. - MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS

GWYNNE DYER: A look at the whys and hows of the wars in Africa

“We could see an all-out war between all the tribes and that is really the doomsday scenario. At this point, it’s not unrealistic,” the head of an international non-government organization that is working in Sudan told the Al Jazeera news agency last ...

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LETTER: N.L. needs to become faster at licensing international doctors

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More housing has been announced for doctors, nurses and other health-care practitioners in Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury.

LETTER: Diabetic supplies should be free for everyone who needs them

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Type 1 diabetes is a demanding chronic illness that requires people who have it to monitor their health every day. Unsplash+ photo

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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

Olympics-British Cycling confident new track bike will deliver more gold

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Lifestyles

Kelsey Puddister of the Jacob Puddister Memorial Foundation which is named after her brother who died by suicide.

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'I do not feel that the services are up to snuff': Long-term solutions needed as number of people in N.L. seeking help for mental health rises

Mark Hoffe Special to SaltWire “While I believe that some of the stigma surrounding mental health is improving as we have more open discussion in our community, stigma still exists when folks are accessing care,” said Kelsey Puddister, managing ...

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‘A farm is a local hub’: Buying direct from farmers a win-win situation in Atlantic Canada

Updated 2 hours ago |10 min read

Lukas Doman said his passion for farming began on family farms in South Africa. He now grows a variety of fresh vegetables on his farm in Cormack, N.L. - Contributed

20 QUESTIONS: With P.E.I. award-winning singer-songwriter Tara MacLean

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Charlottetown's own Tara MacLean has been a singer and songwriter for more than 25 years. MacLean will have a chance to add to her list of accomplishments in May during the 2024 East Coast Music Awards, where she has secured three nominations. Contributed

Mid-20th century Corner Brook and the Tablelands in Gros Morne provide the backdrop for virtual reality experiences being created here in N.L.

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'After 52 years of male leadership, it was time for a woman to take the lead': Connie Reid of Reidville answers 20 questions

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Daily horoscope for Apr. 29, 2024

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Sports

Miramichi Timberwolves forward David Doucet, 91, carries the puck during Game 3 of the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) final series against the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 24. Doucet scored a goal, added two assists and was named the second star in the Timberwolves’ 4-3 win in Game 4 in Miramichi, N.B., on April 28. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals in deep hole vs. Miramichi Timberwolves

After posting the best record in the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) regular season, the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals are facing their biggest test of the 2023-24 campaign. After dropping a 4-3 road decision on April 28, the ...

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Heartbreaking end for Kensington Vipers at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

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Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers goaltender Noah Visser, 30, is ready for action during Game 4 of the P.E.I. junior B hockey championship series at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on March 24. Visser turned in a 41-save performance in the Vipers’ 3-2 loss to the Antigonish Bulldogs in the deciding game of the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic junior B championship in Mount Pearl, N.L., on April 28. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

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

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BASKETBALL: AUS MVP Malcolm Christie leaves Dalhousie for NCAA's Oakland University

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

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

Updated Apr. 27, 2024 |3 min read

Canada

A group of protesters hold yellow flags with the word Khalistan, as well as a banner with the picture of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh, during a protest outside India's consulate, a week after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi's involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2023.

India protests over separatist slogans allowed at Toronto event

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner on Monday and expressed "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were raised at an event addressed by Prime Minister Justin ...

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Applications for the We Rise Again Fund–Shelburne County are open

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A Department of Natural Resources and Renewables helicopter releases water over a wildfire burning out of control in the Barrington/Clyde River region of Shelburne County on Sunday, May 28, 2023. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO

Warning in every puff: Canadian cigarettes now required to have health risk printed on each butt

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Canada is launching a new health warning initiative to print tobacco warnings on all individual cigarettes across he country, sold in stores by July 31. - Contributed

Explainer-With oil set to flow, what next for Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion?

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Purse stolen in Saint John robbery following two-vehicle collision: police

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Oromocto First Nation woman found dead, Burton man charged with second-degree murder

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World

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a virtual meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Presidents in response to the police raid at the Mexican embassy in Quito, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from his office in Mexico City, Mexico, April 16, 2024. Mexico Presidency/Handout via

Mexico's Lopez Obrador pushes Biden on legal immigration at shared border

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he had spoken with U.S. President Joe Biden on keeping the countries' shared border open to legal immigration. The two spoke over the phone on Sunday ...

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Columbia University urges pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse after failed talks

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Students continue to maintain a protest encampment at Columbia University in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2024.

Three more activists detained, Venezuela opposition says

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Annovis Bio reports positive results in mid-stage Alzheimer’s treatment trial

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Kenya Airways to suspend Kinshasa flights over detained employees

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UPEI kicking off $15-million Robertson Library renovation fundraising campaign

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Mid-20th century Corner Brook and the Tablelands in Gros Morne provide the backdrop for virtual reality experiences being created here in N.L.

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Heartbreaking end for Kensington Vipers at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

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

BASKETBALL: AUS MVP Malcolm Christie leaves Dalhousie for NCAA's Oakland University

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

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

Canada

India protests over separatist slogans allowed at Toronto event

Applications for the We Rise Again Fund–Shelburne County are open

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Purse stolen in Saint John robbery following two-vehicle collision: police

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