PEI News

Prime Minister Trudeau adds $7.1 million to P.E.I. school food program

MOUNT STEWART, P.E.I. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to a public school in eastern Prince Edward Island Friday where he announced $7.1 million in federal support over three years for the Island’s school food program.

Nov 29, 2024 12:18 PM Read more >

Dermo disease detected in oyster samples in northeastern Nova Scotia

MERIGOMISH, N.S. — Federal food safety officials say they have confirmed the first case of dermo disease in oysters from Nova Scotia — the second confirmed case in Canada.

Nov 28, 2024 11:23 AM Read more >

Longtime P.E.I. mayor resigns after a contentious vote for pickleball courts

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. — A feud over proposed pickleball courts in Prince Edward Island has prompted a longtime mayor to throw in the towel. Rowan Caseley says there was lots he still wanted to accomplish as mayor of Kensington, P.E.I.

Nov 27, 2024 4:05 PM Read more >

McCain, Cavendish Farms named in U.S. class-actions alleging 'potato cartel'

The heat has been turned up on two Canadian frozen-potato giants who have been named in separate price-fixing lawsuits south of the border. McCain Foods Ltd.

Nov 20, 2024 12:10 PM Read more >

'Rare' case of RCMP seizing goats and sheep allowed to roam free in cornfield

SHERBROOKE, P.E.I. — RCMP say they seized more than 80 goats and two sheep from an owner who had been letting the animals roam free on a neighbouring property in Prince Edward Island.

Nov 18, 2024 9:24 AM Read more >

Sharkey scores winner to lift Titan over Islanders in QMJHL action

CHARLOTTETOWN — Dawson Sharkey scored the game-winning goal at 14:40 of the third period to lift the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 2-1 win over the Charlottetown Islanders in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League play on Friday.

Nov 15, 2024 8:44 PM Read more >

P.E.I. residents asked to look out for health records 'carried off by strong winds'

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's health authority is asking for the public's help in finding a some paper health records that were "carried off by strong winds." Health P.E.I.

Nov 14, 2024 9:05 AM Read more >

Damaged Nova Scotia-P.E.I. ferry expected to resume sailing next month after repairs

CARIBOU, N.S. — The ferry company that provides service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island says it expects to get one of its boats back in the water before the end of the sailing season.

Nov 13, 2024 9:43 AM Read more >

'Possible' spread of oyster parasite MSX to New Brunswick's east coast

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick says a parasite threatening the country's oyster industry may have spread to the province's east coast.

Nov 8, 2024 10:06 AM Read more >

Potato wart: Appeal Court rejects P.E.I. Potato Board's bid to overturn ruling

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by the Prince Edward Island Potato Board to overturn a 2021 decision by the federal agriculture minister to declare the entire province as “a place infested with potato wart.

Nov 5, 2024 2:02 PM Read more >