Charlottetown News Archives

A shortage of swine flu vaccine prompted health officials to shut down three clinics early on Thursday and health officials are warning the stockpile of vaccine on the Island is running dangerously low.

Anne Murray says she decided to write her tell-all memoir because it was the last item remaining on her career to-do list.

CHARLOTTETOWN A 26-year-old North Milton man is facing charges of possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography following a police search carried out Wednesday.

Jim Ross, right, president of Provincial Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, places the first poppy on the lapel of P.E.I. Lt.-Gov. Barbara Hagerman as Lee Gill, honorary president, looks on.

An Influenza Assessment Site, opening in Charlottetown tomorrow, will provide health services to Islanders with influenza-like illness, says Dr.

A pair of anti-seal protesters protesters were arrested Wednesday for disrupting the Fisheries Council of Canada fall conference in Charlottetown.

Demonstrators with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are planning to protest the Canadian seal hunt outside the Fisheries Council of Canada fall conference in Charlottetown today.

The city laid it on the line Tuesday with representatives from Bell Aliant over pending job losses in Summerside and is now awaiting a reply from the major communications company.

Shoppers looking for bargains had a last chance on the weekend at two Charlottetown stores dedicated to selling P.E.I. products.

Hundreds of Islanders will be rolling up their sleeves Monday as the province opens swine flu vaccination clinics.

As a child growing up in Charlottetown in the 1970s, Carolyn Campbell showed plenty of promise in dance.

Peter Goodhand was a relatively young man when his first wife was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of cancer at the age of 30.

Charlottetown police are advising the public of road closures for the Prince Edward Island Marathon, which will be held Sunday.

Bell Aliant is closing two storefront customer service locations in Charlottetown and Summerside, P.E.I., as part of an ongoing effort to streamline its operations.

Doorknobs merit federal stimulus signage Liberal MP Wayne Easter holds up a doorknob during a news conference in Ottawa on October 19, 2009.

Charlottetown city police say they have called in two external agencies in an effort to determine the origin of a Facebook chat box which contained the threat of a shooting to happen today at Charlottetown Rural High School.

SUMMERSIDE Nicole DesRoches doesn't remember exactly what happened July 21 around 8:30 p.m., but it was a moment that drastically altered the course of her life.

Robert Irving, left, president, Cavendish Farms Corporation, and Dr. Brian McMillan, president, Holland College, try Oysters Rockefeller at the test kitchen at Holland College's Culinary Institute of Canada during the official grand opening of Canada's Smartest Kitchen, a state of the art facility that combines arts with the science of food to ...

The Kier Gallery believes renovations to the two buildings will cost $400,000. An art gallery that operated in Charlottetown for years is moving to Souris.

The total number of people affected wasn't disclosed but Atlantic Canada's main phone company said its 16 customer call centres range in size from four employees to 400 and employ about 1,400 jobs in total.

Ten aspiring country music stars will be on the edge of their seats tonight. Country Music Television's Karaoke Star airs tonight at midnight when the winning contestant from the Charlottetown auditions for the program will be announced.

More than 1,000 Maritime Electric customers lost power in Charlottetown overnight due to a downed wire in West Royalty.

After twice voting not to rezone Idlewheels Trailer Park to allow for the building of apartments, Charlottetown city council finally approved the project Tuesday night.

Three years after its completion, some drivers are still trying to get around it literally and figuratively.

Those making a trip into Charlottetown today will have to choose a different route from North River Road today.

In a scathing rebuke of the federal government's new credit-card regulations, Senator Pierrette Ringuette has introduced two bills in the Senate to force Ottawa to address "significant flaws" in Canada's multibillion-dollar payments market.

ALBERTON Hand sanitizers are showing up in some Island churches as clergy and their congregations take steps to control the spread of the H1N1 virus, swine flu.

The Charlottetown Airport Authority and the Charlottetown Police Services have advised that an emergency exercise is currently underway at the Charlottetown Airport.

People need to know that there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young.

Charlottetown City Coun. Peter McCloskey speaks to his motions Tuesday at a special public meeting of council at City Hall.

The City of Charlottetown has received the Best Blooming Community in Canada award, received a five-bloom rating and a special mention for the expansion of Adopt-A-Corner. Vaughn, Ontario, hosted the 15th edition of the Communities in Bloom national awards ceremony.

Families are seeking compensation from city of Charlottetown for sewage cleanup TERESA WRIGHT The Guardian Some residents of Hillsborough Park who were horrified to find raw sewage pouring into their basements in June are upset the city of Charlottetown is not footing the bill for the cleanup.

A Liberal MP?is siding with the Conservative opposition in P.E.I. and calling for the provincial public accounts committee to hear from deputy ministers.