Home, dairy cattle, spared in Unionvale blaze

Home, dairy cattle, spared in Unionvale blaze

During the dinner hour Thursday O’Leary residents looking skyward saw a thick plume of white smoke that curled far into the horizon. It was a fire at a Unionvale farmyard owned ...

Hot weather closes PEI Humane Society

Hot weather closes PEI Humane Society

 The PEI Humane Society located at 309 Sherwood Rd, Charlottetown, will be closed on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 due to hot weather conditions.   “The Society does not have an air conditioning system to ...

Hurricane Earl remains threat to Maritimes

Hurricane Earl remains threat to Maritimes

Hurricane Earl continues its course towards the Maritimes. The Category 4 system is currently about 660 kilometres south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., packing maximum sustained winds of 230 km/h. Environment Canada ...

First PC Party Town Hall- My Take

First PC Party Town Hall- My Take

Well, of course I went, and of course I offered a question regarding dwindling rural population along with a gentle pry for a strategy to combat it, although I think ...

Carol Evans conquers the Island on her 60th birthday

Carol Evans conquers the Island on her 60th birthday

Carol Evans has had more laid-back birthdays. How many Islanders would even think of walking close to 40 km on their 60th birthday? How about walking along the Confederation Trail from ...

Lights go out in Eastern PEI

Lights go out in Eastern PEI

The areas of Victoria Cross, Montague, Dover, Scotchfort and Lorne Valley lost power for about 10 minutes early this afternoon. Kim Griffin of Maritime Electric said the outage was neither caused ...

Hurricane Earl forecast to hit the Maritimes this weekend

Hurricane Earl forecast to hit the Maritimes this weekend

Hurricane Earl's fury headed for East Coast The Maritimes remains in the path of Hurricane Earl, and could see its effects as early as Saturday morning. The latest forecast from the ...

Progressive Conservative leadership forum held Tuesday night in Pooles Corner

Progressive Conservative leadership forum held Tuesday night in Pooles Corner

A litany of topics were covered on Tuesday night as the five candidates for the Progressive Conservative Party of PEI took part in a town hall forum in Pooles Corner. ...

Gift card legislation takes effect today (Sept. 1)

Gift card legislation takes effect today (Sept. 1)

Justice and Public Safety Minister Doug W. Currie is reminding Islanders that Gift Card legislation passed this spring comes into effect today, September 1. The Gift Cards Act prohibits expiry dates and administrative ...

Roundabout cost jumps to $1.1 million

Roundabout cost jumps to $1.1 million

The final cost of a new roundabout in Montague will be $1.1 million rather than $600,000, as cited earlier by Transportation Minister Ron MacKinley. In July Mr MacKinley said the initial ...

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