Charlottetown News

“Right off the bat we're looking at the possibility of closing that entrance right next to Tim Hortons, and move the entrance back”

Charlottetown city council is looking for a fix to the rush-hour traffic jams near many popular coffee shop drive-thrus. 'We should be looking at maybe how we approve these things.' - Coun. via CBC

“You have to keep the patient comfortable, so if it takes three drugs to keep the patient comfortable, well, the patient will have three drugs”

Doctors caring for dying patients are looking forward to the reintroduction of a drug used to make the end of life easier. via CBC

“I can just tell you ... from our last January, we were up probably 35 per cent. It was a crazy month. January was a very busy month. They are just fed up with the weather”

Islanders appear to be looking for relief from a series of storms. The first major winter storm struck the Island Dec. via CBC

“It's not just pathologists we're short of; pathology laboratories in general have been very underfunded.”

Chronic underfunding has led to a nationwide shortfall of pathologists, with many of them now compelled to work well past retirement age,A as well as a failureA to consistently double-check their diagnoses, ... via CBC

“I think it was a garden shed at some point”

P.E.I.'s fastest growing community has long outgrown its library, say provincial librarians, and based on its current population, Stratford should have a facility five times the size of the current one. via CBC

RCMP and municipal police forces in Summerside and Kensington laid 40 charges against a 35-year-old Kensington, P.E.I. man in connection with a series of break-ins. Businesses throughout eastern Prince County ... via CBC

“We are also proud to continue weekend non-stop service to New Orleans from Boston, making it easier to get to the 'Big Easy.'”

With its summer 2008 schedule, Delta Air Lines will continue to offer Boston customers nonstop service to New Orleans on Saturdays through the fall, as well as flights to popular summer destinations in Canada ... via PrimeNewswire

“Don't give out false information.”

Charlottetown city councillor Terry Bernard is demanding a public apology from a fellow councillor who accused him of masterminding a "fire sale" of city property. via CBC

“We certainly understand that it is a major problem in society, not only in our community but also globally. It did surprise me, the fact that there was that many people, when they actually took the snapshot of how many people were trading.”

While there have been 15 arrests for possession of child pornography in the last three years, RCMP say that would appear to represent only the tip of the iceberg. via CBC

“It's just recognition. It feels good to know people are listening.”

P.E.I. artists picked up four East Coast Music Awards Sunday night in Fredericton, and an Island columnist was named Media Person of the Year. via CBC

“The governments know there is a transition period that's going to happen”

A $12 million investment by the Maritime provinces and the federal government for the regional beef plant on P.E.I. has not yet materialized, because the plant hasn't met certain conditions. via CBC

“How can we fix the problem? How can we help?”

When a Cabinet minister takes a public shot at any Canadian citizen, Canadians take notice. via The Hill Times

“The cause of the fire in Miscouche was accidental, and the probable cause was the malfunction of the propane tank”

A fire in a Miscouche house was caused by a propane tank leak that may have been noticed earlier if the occupants hadn't been forced out of the house by a power outage. via CBC

“They've been picked up along the sides of the road as they've been escaping their towns their villages, their homes, often with just the clothes on their back.”

A P.E.I. aid worker left for Kenya on Monday morning with the goal of making life in refugee camps that have sprung up following post-election violence more comfortable. via CBC

“Spruce, pine seemed to get hit fairly well, also some of your softer softwoods. Everything fromA immature ... newly planted trees ... upA to 60-foot, 70-foot mature trees [is damaged]”

The ice storm that swept the island last week damaged nearly 70 per cent of trees in the city of Summerside and left enough hanging and brokenA tree limbsA in P.E.I. National Park that the park has had to close ... via CBC

“This program is important, because it encourages schoolchildren and communities to think about our Veterans throughout the year-beyond November 11”

Veterans Affairs Canada is helping schoolchildren, youth groups, and other caring Canadians to distribute tens of thousands of valentines to Veterans in long-term care facilities across Canada as part of the ... via Market Wire

“While they were over there they explained that the dhow turned over on its side - it was beam to the sea - and sank with five people on board.”

Two Pakistani men rescued by a Canadian warship after their dhow sank in the Arabian Sea last week were on their way home Wednesday. via Canoe

“It is a really tough issue to communicate, finding the right level of public interest while taking into account the very real security concerns at the operational level”

ABOARD HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN in the Strait of Hormuz - The general responsible for all Canadian Forces overseas says the war in Afghanistan is winnable and he is "very comfortable" with the manner in which those ... via Ottawa Citizen

The trial of a woman accused of defrauding two Charlottetown men of more than $50,000 by convincing them she could convert white paper to money continued Friday. via CBC

“As the helicopter approached, the crew members could see two people aboard waving frantically, and no tug in sight”

The ship's Sea King helicopter was conducting a routine patrol as part of maritime security operations when the crew spotted the Azaan, a 240-foot barge designed for towing by a tugboat, about 160 kilometres ... via Daily Times