Changes to PEI 's immigration streams the focus of protest Thursday
There was a protest in downtown Charlottetown Thursday, outside federal and provincial offices. The protest was in regards to the provincial government cutting the number of people from other countries that it nominates for permanent residency in Canada through the Provincial Nominee Program - with the number of nomine...
May 10, 2024
Annual W-I Roadside Cleanup on Saturday
Islanders have been cleaning roadsides across the province, picking up litter in advance of this Saturday's annual PEI Women's Institute Roadside Cleanup. W-I yellow litter bags are available for collecting waste along Island roads and can be picked up at various businesses across the Island. Clear plastic bags from ...
May 10, 2024
Aylward seeking to run federally
Former provincial cabinet minister James Aylward has announced that he is seeking the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for the riding of Cardigan. Aylward was elected to the Provincial Legislature in 2011 and re-elected in 2015 and 2019. During that period, he served as Leader of the Opposition; Leader of the PC...
May 10, 2024
Gas, diesel and furnace oil prices decrease in PEI
There were decreases in fuel prices on PEI overnight. The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission approved a decrease of 5.0 cents per litre in the price of regular gasoline. The price of furnace oil went down by 2.0 cents per litre, and the price of diesel decreased by 3.0 cents per litre. Including taxes, pump pr...
May 10, 2024
Anesthesiologist found guilty of misconduct in death of patient
A PEI watchdog agency has found that an anesthesiologist who was working temporarily at the hospital in Summerside is guilty of misconduct in relation to a patient who died three years ago. Doctor Sheshagiri Bengeri had just started working as a locum at the hospital in September 2020 when a man he was treating died af...
May 09, 2024
Public service unions to fight new requirements regarding work from office
Public service unions say they plan to launch legal challenges and grievances over new rules that state federal employees must work from the office at least three days a week.' They're promising what they are calling "a summer of discontent" over the policy announced by the federal government earlier this mo...
May 09, 2024
PEI's four Liberal MPs say Premier King targeting wrong tax
PEI's four Liberal M-Ps have called on Premier Dennis King to lower the province's gas tax rather than fight Ottawa's carbon tax. King wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March seeking a pause ahead of the latest increase of the carbon tax, saying many Islanders are facing "serious affordability challenges...
May 09, 2024
Unclear what killed a beluga whale found at Tracadie Beach
It remains unclear what killed a beluga whale found dead on an Island beach. Staff with the Atlantic Veterinary College were dispatched Tuesday to Tracadie Beach to conduct a necropsy. Wildlife pathologist Laura Bourque says belugas unfamiliar with the Island's coastline sometimes get stranded. She says there's no ev...
May 08, 2024
Paramedics in PEI given more options for treating patients
Paramedics in PEI now have more options for treating patients beyond just taking them to an emergency room. Island E-M-S is introducing new protocols aimed at relieving pressure on the health care system. Previously, paramedics were required to take all patients to the emergency department -- and as many as 35 per ce...
May 08, 2024
Charlottetown Airport saw record passenger traffic in 2023
At its Annual Public Meeting, the Charlottetown Airport Authority reported strong record passenger traffic in 2023. 2023 saw 402,686 passengers travel through the airports, which is an 18% increase from the previous year, and 5% increase over the previous record year in 2019. Charlottetown Airport Authority CEO Doug ...
May 07, 2024