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Mounties in P.E.I. are investigating two suspicious fires at abandoned homes in Freetown and Lower Freetown on Sunday, April 21.

Fires at two abandoned Freetown, P.E.I., area homes deemed suspicious

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 19 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Mounties in P.E.I. are investigating two suspicious fires at abandoned homes in Freetown and Lower Freetown on Sunday, April 21. Around 1 p.m., the RCMP responded to the first fire at a house on Route 8, where the building was destroyed. About 15 ...

John Moses, minister at Trinity United Church, stands in the green space area of the church, which will be turned into a community garden for people to grow their food. He said people can grow any food they want except for potatoes. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

Downtown Charlottetown welcomes new community garden

Vivian Ulinwa · Journalist |Updated 22 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

A new community garden in downtown Charlottetown will soon be available for people to grow their own food for free. The garden will be located in the green space outside the entrance to Trinity United Church on Richmond Street. The church plans to ...

Ryan MacRae, an organizer with P.E.I. Fight for Affordable Housing, questions the intent behind a new application renters can use to reach a group of landlords. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

Centralized application for renters in P.E.I. could lead to privacy concerns, tenant blacklist: advocate

Logan MacLean · Journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

Renters and landlords in P.E.I. have a new way to connect, but it could raise privacy concerns for tenants.  In January, the Residential Rental Association of P.E.I. set up an application on its website where renters can reach more than 50 landlords ...

Liberal MLA Robert Henderson's right to repair bill would have amended the Farm Machinery Dealers and Vendors Act - Stu Neatby

P.E.I. PCs vote down right to repair bill

Stu Neatby · Journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

A private member’s bill, which would have set out some rights for farmers to have access to the tools needed to repair machinery, has been defeated in the P.E.I. legislature. The bill, introduced by Liberal MLA Robert Henderson, would have required ...

A 17-year-old youth was sentenced April 19 in provincial court in Georgetown in relation to the death of Tyson MacDonald. FILE

P.E.I. youth sentenced for misleading police after death of Tyson MacDonald

Terrence McEachern · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

A 17-year-old youth has been sentenced to custody, community supervision and probation for providing false statements and misleading police in relation to the death of Tyson MacDonald. The youth appeared in Youth Justice Court in Georgetown on April ...

Cains Bridge on Route 2 in Prince County will be closed starting April 22 for repair work.

Two bridges in rural P.E.I. closing for construction

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

P.E.I. drivers in both Prince and Kings counties are being advised of two bridge replacements impacting traffic throughout the spring and summer. Both Cains Bridge on Route 2 near Bloomfield Provincial Park, and Bridgetown Bridge on Seven Mile Road ...

Charlottetown Police Services arrested three men and a woman after officers seized cocaine, oxycodone/percocet, drug paraphernalia and $2,271 during a drug bust in the city on April 17. Contributed

Cocaine, oxycodone seized, four arrested in Charlottetown drug bust

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Police in Charlottetown have charged three men and one woman after seizing cocaine and cash during a drug bust in Charlottetown on April 17. Charlottetown Police Services conducted a targeted traffic stop on Grafton Street around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday ...

Health Minister Mark McLane said the province has hired on internal medicine specialist who is due to begin work at the Prince County Hospital this summer. The province has extended a job offer to another internist. – Stu Neatby

P.E.I. has succeeded in hiring critical care PCH staff, but question of when Summerside hospital's ICU will reopen remains murky

Stu Neatby · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Health Minister Mark McLane says the province has secured some additional staff needed at Prince County Hospital but has yet to provide concrete details about when the province projects the ICU will reopen. On April 18, McLane was asked in the ...

A 26-year-old man is facing drug trafficking charges after he fled from police but was eventually caught on Sunday night outside Halifax.

Single-vehicle accident claims life of Grand River, P.E.I., woman

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

A 45-year-old P.E.I. woman is dead following a single-vehicle accident in Grand River on April 18. Emergency crews were called to the crash on Route 12 around 4 p.m. on Thursday, where officers learned the car was heading southbound when it left the ...

City council voted 8-2 on April 9 to start the process of making 10 Prince St. a permanent heritage asset. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

Charlottetown council votes to start heritage process on building against owner’s will

Logan MacLean · Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

A controversial heritage designation may be coming to a building near Charlottetown’s waterfront.  City council voted 8-2 on April 9 to start the process of making 10 Prince St. a permanent heritage asset.  Councillors Bob Doiron and Mitchell Tweel ...

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