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Music P.E.I. Week postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak in P.E.I.
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UPDATE: P.E.I. government launching $1-million fund to support workers affected by COVID-19 restrictions
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THINKING OUT LOUD WITH SHELDON MacLEOD: Robert Huish and Pandemic Shaming
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No positive COVID-19 as of March 1, 2021 after mass testing
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Charlottetown police charge two people with impaired driving in separate incidents
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Nice day for a skate in Stratford, P.E.I.
UPDATED: Five new COVID-19 cases lead to new restrictions in P.E.I. starting March 1, 2021
P.E.I. has implemented new pandemic restrictions, including school closures, after five more cases of COVID-19 were announced at an unscheduled briefing on Sunday. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison said increasing measures beginning ...
REPLAY: Six new COVID-19 cases confirmed in P.E.I. on Feb. 27, 2021
There are six new cases of COVID-19 in P.E.I. leading the province to enter its second circuit breaker of the pandemic. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison provided the update Saturday afternoon in an unscheduled briefing as the ...
Jail for drunk driver stuck in snowbank
A P.E.I. man whose vehicle was found stuck in a snowbank on the side of a road was sentenced recently to 20 days in jail for drunk driving. Jason Harold Smith appeared before Judge Nancy Orr in provincial court in Charlottetown where he entered ...
Woman gets suspended sentence for breaching her probation
A Stratford woman who breached her probation by not reporting as required was recently given a suspended sentence. Jamie Lynn Gill, 34, appeared before Chief Judge Jeff Lantz in provincial court in Charlottetown where she pleaded guilty to ...
No jail time for probation breach
A P.E.I. man who didn’t report to his probation officer as required was recently given a suspended sentence. Michael Justin Petitpas, 30, appeared before Judge Nancy Orr in provincial court in Charlottetown where he pleaded guilty to ...
Woman jailed for toy theft in P.E.I.
A Tyne Valley woman who stole more than $1,000 worth of toys while she worked at Toys “R” Us in 2018 and then didn’t show up for court was sentenced recently to 90 days in jail. Megan Rena Hawkins, 33, appeared before Judge ...
Bridge closure possible early Sunday morning due to wind
The Confederation Bridge may be restricting traffic on Sunday, Feb. 28. Weather forecasts predict wind conditions that could restrict traffic between approximately 3 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Confederation Bridge receives site-specific ...
Presence of fentanyl in cannabis caused a death on P.E.I., CPHO reports
An accidental overdose death on P.E.I. was the result of a cannabis product mixed with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and a synthetic drug called W-18. The province's chief public health office (CPHO) stated that an investigation into the ...
P.E.I. home heating fuel, propane will not be exempt from carbon tax
Premier Dennis King is expecting the federal government to take a harder line on negotiations on the next round of carbon pricing and said home heating fuel and propane in P.E.I. will not be exempt after the fall. King also said the new agreement ...
International Women's Day 2021: Building an equal future in Atlantic Canada
Editors Note: On March 8, we celebrate International Women's Day. In the week leading up to it, SaltWire Network is sharing stories written entirely by women that focus on this year’s theme: "A challenged world is an alert ...