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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

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 ...

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Cocaine, oxycodone seized, four arrested in Charlottetown drug bust

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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

P.E.I. government hired some critical PCH staff, but question of when Summerside hospital's ICU will reopen remains murky

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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

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

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

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Gas prices go up in P.E.I. on April 19, 2024

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Opinion

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi looks on during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Amman, Jordan, January 7, 2024. Reuters file

COMMENTARY: Can a Jordanian solution help end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Henry Srebrnik Commentary In the wake of the Gaza war, the so-called two-state solution – an Israeli and Palestinian state side by side — has been resurrected. This idea dates back to at least 1937, when a British commission suggested a partition of ...

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A large flag of Nova Scotia, flies at half staff on memory of the victims on this the 4th anniversary of the Portapique mass killing, at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth Thursday April 18, 2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

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Business

Richard Paquet is owner of The Knotty Pretzel, which operated at the Downtown Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market on Queen Street. - Contributed

Food vendors no longer allowed at downtown Charlottetown market say they are disappointed

For Sandra Sunil and her family at 4S Catering, the news was a surprise. They are one of eight food vendors at the Downtown Farmers’ and Artisans' Market in Charlottetown that will not be able to operate at the market this year. The vendors all ...

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Former P.E.I. environment minister raises risks of saltwater getting into drinking water

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Brad Trivers, a former Minister of Environment, raised the issue of saltwater intrusion on the province’s groundwater from coastal areas due to erosion. – Stu Neatby

Prices at the Pumps: An up and down week at the pumps

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Cultural care: New long-term care facility opens in Eskasoni

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Lifestyles

Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro, who passed away last September, will posthumously receive the Director's Special Achievement Award on Thursday, May 2 at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards. CONTRIBUTED/EAST COAST MUSIC ASSOCIATION

Two Cape Breton music industry greats to be honoured at 2024 ECMAs

The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is set to honour two well-known Cape Breton music industry members, Bruce Guthro and Stephen Muise, next month at the annual awards ceremony in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Bruce Guthro, who passed away last ...

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Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame to announce 2024 inductees next week

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Federal and provincial governments have announced funding aimed at nurturing emerging local talent. With a total allocation of $145,000, the initiative is set to support the island's vibrant music industry via the Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative (CBMIC).

‘Giving back feels amazing’: Shelter Movers is a volunteer-powered charitable organization that provides moving, storage services at no cost to individuals, families fleeing abuse

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A video still of Kathleen Ryan, volunteer driver with the P.E.I. Meals on Wheels program.

'She needs to be dressed up a little bit for her hundredth birthday': Historic N.L. church a finalist in the Next Great Save contest

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Haligonians make waves in international fashion scene

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Sports

Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild defenceman Luke Inman 2, looks to move the puck while the Charlottetown Bulk Carriers Knights’ Evan Nicholson, 18, applies pressure. The action took place during Game 4 of the best-of-seven P.E.I. major under-18 male hockey championship series at MacLauchlan Arena in Charlottetown on March 17. The Wild begins play at the Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship tournament in Membertou, N.S., on April 22.

Kensington Wild ready to take on Canada's best U18 teams at Telus Cup

After winning the P.E.I. and Atlantic championships, the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild will write the team’s final chapter to the 2023-24 season at the Telus Cup. The Wild travels to Membertou, N.S., on April 20 and begins play in the six-team ...

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MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.'s Western Capitals begin drive for sixth league title on home ice

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Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals defenceman Lincoln Waugh, right, defends against Amherst Ramblers forward Liam Dutcher, 12, as Caps forward Reid Vos, front, hustles back. The action took place in a Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) playoff game at the Island Petroleum Energy Centre on April 6. The Caps open the MHL final series against Miramichi on home ice April 20 at 7 p.m. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

A look at P.E.I. teams competing in regional hockey championships

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MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.’s Ross Martin enjoying successful first season as Miramichi Timberwolves GM

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Central Storm, Mid-Isle Wildcats ready for Atlantic U15 AAA female hockey championship in P.E.I.

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P.E.I.-champion Eastern Express focused on competing hard for 60 minutes at regional tournament in Montague

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Canada

The Halifax provincial courthouse on Spring Garden Road.

Quebec man’s Halifax sentencing for bail scam adjourned after he switches lawyers

A Quebec man’s sentencing hearing on eight fraud-related charges from a bail scam that targeted seniors in the Halifax area in late 2022 will not be going ahead next month after he switched lawyers Friday. Omar Zanfi, 25, of Laval pleaded guilty in ...

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Suspicious commercial building fire in Digby County sparks RCMP investigation

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Harbour Grace RCMP is investigating after a suspicious man approached two youths in separate incidents in Victoria and Carbonear on Monday, June 19. File

Alberta municipalities, farmers agree to cut water use as drought persists

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A view of mud and rocks and a tree stump near the Oldman Reservoir, which according to local news media is at its lowest point in 30 years, near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada March 15, 2024.

A multimillion-dollar question: Should the lobster carapace size be increased in southwestern Nova Scotia?

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Impaired driving charges laid after powerline pole destroyed in hit and run

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AC/DC tribute band to perform in Pictou County

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World

Dairy farmer Brent Pollard's cows stand in their pen at a cattle farm in Rockford, Illinois, U.S., April 9, 2024.

USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in the spread of bird flu in dairy herds, but it still does not know exactly how the virus is being moved around.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Nicole Shanahan greet people as she becomes the vice presidential candidate of Kennedy, in Oakland, California., U.S., March 26, 2024.

Organisers of Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia cancel annual celebrations over Gaza

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Jewish worshippers arrive at the Ghriba synagogue, during an annual pilgrimage in Djerba, Tunisia May 18, 2022.

Person covered in flames outside NY courthouse where Trump trial underway, says CNN

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

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P.E.I. government hired some critical PCH staff, but question of when Summerside hospital's ICU will reopen remains murky

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

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

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Opinion

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Two Cape Breton music industry greats to be honoured at 2024 ECMAs

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Kensington Wild ready to take on Canada's best U18 teams at Telus Cup

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A look at P.E.I. teams competing in regional hockey championships

MHL PLAYOFFS: P.E.I.’s Ross Martin enjoying successful first season as Miramichi Timberwolves GM

Central Storm, Mid-Isle Wildcats ready for Atlantic U15 AAA female hockey championship in P.E.I.

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Canada

Quebec man’s Halifax sentencing for bail scam adjourned after he switches lawyers

Suspicious commercial building fire in Digby County sparks RCMP investigation

Alberta municipalities, farmers agree to cut water use as drought persists

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Impaired driving charges laid after powerline pole destroyed in hit and run

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