Prince Edward Island News

Cathy Nabuurs, seen here with her daughter, says P.E.I. should have a catastrophic drug plan.

Ripped Paper, consisting of Stonepark students, plays a set during the QEH Foundation Telethon Saturday in the Eastlink studios in Stratford.

Employment insurance, or what more properly used to be called unemployment insurance, is only partly about insuring people against temporary loss of work.

"A question for the premier, will you stop this unprecedented assault on rural P.E.I. by overturning this decision to close the Wood Islands liquor store?" asked Opposition house leader Steven Myers.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Catch and shuck your dinner PEI seafood is prized around the world, and it tastes better when you catch it yourself.

It's not a full retreat from the initial announcement that provincial hemodialysis treatment would be consolidated in expanded facilities at hospitals in Charlottetown and Summerside.

The human history of Canada's first national urban park dates back 10,000 years, to the nomadic tribes that travelled through the wilderness and left their stone scrapers and spear points behind.

Increased fees on environmental permits, and electrical and plumbing inspections mean Islanders will now pay a little more to build new homes.

Dalvay-by-the-Sea Dalvay-by-the-Sea is a national historic site. The house was built in 1895 as a summer home for the U.S. oil executive Alexander MacDonald.

The vice-chair of BMO Financial Group wants to see businesses on P.E.I. be a part of a critical mass aimed at succeeding in the global economy.

Diana Love shows her growing confidence during a performance at the 2012 New York City Frigid Festival Show.

Farm cash receipts for Canadian farmers totalled $14.4 billion during the first quarter of this year, up 16.9 per cent from the same period in 2011, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.

Grade 9 student Avinash Pandey found a simple and effective solution with a text message reminder system - a project that won the Waterloo teenager top prizes at a national science fair.

A Grade 11 student from Chilliwack was awarded one of the top prizes at a national science fair for his work developing a computer program that reduces the time it takes to test the effectiveness of anti-flu drugs from over a year to less than a week.

Changes to EI are raising concerns for people in many industries on the Island including those in seasonal and casual positions.

On behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament for Egmont, today announced a contribution of up to $25,000 to restore three Centennial Park Memorials, which are erected in memory of those who lost their lives in the First World War and the ... (more)

The horse that holds the fastest record at Red Shores Raceway had to be put down at a track in Ontario, Friday.

Last year, Tourism P.E.I. handed out about $60,000 worth of free golf passes to promote the Island as a tourism destination.

If the words "science fair" conjure images of fizzing paper mache volcanoes and potato-powered batteries, then you haven't met Maya Burhanpurkar.

Holland College has purchased 14 new pieces of equipment with money from ACOA, including a robotic welding arm worth $60,000. "Given some of the announcements that have been made locally, with local industry and off-Island with the Halifax shipyards, we know that demands are going to increase for welding," said Boudreau.