I feel as a good many caring families do for their children, teens or adults who are fighting a losing battle with drugs on the Island. It is disturbing to think the province may not have sufficient, or perhaps adequate facilities and treatment programs to deal with this issue that appears to be getting increasingly worse. You only have to look around you to see there is a problem. I feel at times like my hands are tied behind my back and wonder when this evil will leave us. We need the beautiful children we, as mothers, gave birth to back. ...

I support the HST but I don’t support the government not being honest with Islanders during the election. The Ghiz government can’t legally impose the HST on PEI. An election result was overturned in a federal riding in Ontario and Islanders can have the entire provincial election overturned here. The Liberals tampered with the election laws by increasing the number of signatures required to sign a candidate’s nomination. The fewer votes the Liberals and Conservatives receive in an election the less money both parties get in subsidies. An ordinary person can’t file a complaint to the Conflict of Interest Commissioner ...

May 1, 2012 was a beautiful day and a great one for a fisherman and an 89 year old who just couldn’t wait to get on the water once more. The gentleman had made many trips to the wharf to see how the boys were doing with their traps and have a chat, but when that great day finally came Angus Morrison (Cornie) was up and ready to go out with his friends Darren and Billy Victor. Cornie fished in his time with Bobby Saville and I often hear about those days. After the day on the water was over ...

I wish to respond to an article in The Guardian entitled “PCs question spending on new city school” dated May 11, 2012. In particular, I want to refer to two pieces of statistical data that will set a few things straight both for Mr Ghiz and Alan MacIssac. I will demonstrate that they are using baseless, irrelevant, and empty political rhetoric in their attempts to defend the building of the new Spring Park School. First, let us look at the scientific evidence of the concentrations of viable airborne mould between Morell Consolidated School and Spring Park Elementary School. 1MYCOTAXON CONSULTING ...

I want to express my displeasure at what I have heard and read about Plan B for the Trans-Canada Highway in Bonshaw, PEI. I have always loved the environment and have thought it should be protected as much as possible. From what I have seen, there is no reason for Plan B that would warrant the destruction of so much of our beloved Island’s natural beauty. I realize there is an argument for safety reasons being behind the proposal, but to be honest, I don’t think the area warrants such a drastic change to make the highway safer. ...

To say I am against the HST is an understatement. I am tired of being told I have to do without because the government cannot spend our money in a more responsible manner. I am fed up with election promises that are broken the second politicians get elected into office. While on the campaign trail they greet us, smile, listen to every word we say and promise to do what they can. After we vote them in they suddenly become deaf to everything we say and ignore our wants and needs. They become dictators, throwing democracy out the window. ...

Mr Premier: If it’s for no other reason, than to admit a mistake has been made, make an honourable decision and reverse your government’s stand on the closure of the two dialysis units in both Souris and Alberton. I can’t for the life of me understand it. This is such a basic right for unfortunate persons in our society, whose quality of life is already so restricted by this medical problem, through no fault of their own. They have to go three times a week to their local hospital, to be hooked-up and sit there for 12 hours to these machines ...

The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Islanders were drawn into that enormous global conflict. Many men and women (nurses) from the farms, villages, mills, towns and fishing villages of PEI joined up and served in the Canadian War effort. These individuals wrote letters home and kept diaries of their extraordinary experiences. I ask for your help in preserving those memorable letters and diaries. I am hoping to gather these documents for a book I am researching. Letters and diaries would be borrowed for research and then returned to their owners. If ...

Mr. Rick Hood Superintendent of Education Eastern School District Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Dear Mr. Hood: ...