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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?

Contributed, Henry Srebrnik |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

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 ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 28, 2023.

BLAKE DOYLE: Federal budget presents economic degrowth strategies

Blake Doyle · Columnist, Contributed |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

We have just endured one of the most telegraphed budgets in memory. In an era of TikTok and depleted attention spans even budgets need to be pre-released to garner attention. Unfortunately, the assaults on business from provincial and federal ...

Premier Dennis King argued that a bill that would strike out a labour law provision allowing employers to require employees produce a sick note was premature. He said it lacked details on what would replace this provision to "police" workers who abuse sick leave provisions - Stu Neatby

CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King for exchange with doctor

SaltWire Staff |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |8 min read Premium content

Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King who got into an argument with Summerside ER physician Dr. Kay Dingwell over the topic of sick notes during debate on a Green party bill April 18. A policy requiring P.E.I. public service employees to get a doctor's ...

The P.E.I. government has announced it will cover the tuition costs for Canadian resident care workers who choose to train on the Island.

UPSE P.E.I.: The fallacy of Resident Care Worker (RCW) Appreciation Week

Contributed |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Karen Jackson, president of the Union of Public Sector Employees in P.E.I., provided the following opinion article. As we celebrate and recognize the great work and contributions of resident care workers (RCW), patient care workers (PCW) and home ...

CUPE P.E.I. members rally outside the Coles Building on April 11, arguing proposed wage increases for health support staff at Health P.E.I. are far below what workers have lost due to inflation in the last few years. Stu Neatby/SaltWire file

LETTERS: Charlottetown Irving site an embarrasment; P.E.I.health workers splintered by government

Contributed |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

An eyesore and embarrassment My name is Dale Vigneault, nee Murphy, and I have recently read yet another article on the old service station on the corner of Queen and Euston Street and I thought there might be some interest in the background of this ...

Auctioneer Brian Craswell takes bids for the grand champion at the P.E.I. Easter Beef Show and Sale in Charlottetown on Friday.

LETTERS: On P.E.I.'s Easter Beef cattle sale, parking at the QEH, cycling in Brackley, P.E.I., and more

Contributed |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Horrified by Easter beef ad I'm writing to you today about the March 26 edition of The Guardian. I was heartbroken to come across a full, two-page ad for the 73rd annual Easter Beef Show and Sale 2024. The beautiful cattle featured with their ...

Members of the Halifax Regional Police forensics identification unit are seen in front of C.P. Allen High School after a stabbing incident at the school in Bedford March 20, 2023. 

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

EDITORIAL: A is for anxiety: Atlantic Canadian schoolchildren living new world for learning

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The schoolchildren attending classes across Atlantic Canada today are experiencing a very different introduction to reading, writing and ’rithmetic than their parents — or even older siblings — did in years past. These days, an Apple left on a ...

Within the next 60 days, Charlottetown's Community Outreach Centre on Euston Street will be shut down, and the province will move it to 15 Park St., marking the fifth relocation of the centre in just a few years. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

IAN (TEX) MacDONALD: Other locales better suited to Charlottetown's outreach centre

Contributed |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Ian (Tex) MacDonald, a former mayor of Charlottetown, provided the following opinion article. In the landscape before us stands the Charlottetown Curling Club. It was built in 1945 after the original club, The Excelsior burned down in 1938. The ...

Traffic lines up to cross the scales at the waste drop-off plant in Charlottetown in this Google Streetview image.

LETTERS: Thoughts on P.E.I. waste collection

Contributed |Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Saving time and money It seems the government's answer to problems is to throw money at it. This is what is happening at Island Waste Management where they want to increase the rates. The government is giving them $2.9 million to defer those ...

The April 8 eclipse viewed from the Mill River Resort in Mill River, P.E.I., began shortly after 3:30 p.m. and lasted until after 5 p.m., with the moon obscuring the sun for more than two minutes. Tristan Hood • The Guardian

LETTER: Eclipse offered opportunity for reflection and connection

Contributed |Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Perhaps the eclipse on Monday was an opportunity for you, as it was for me, to stop and reflect — although it also reminds us that we are moving! My personal circumstances were such that I witnessed the 2017 solar eclipse, as well. On both occasions, ...

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