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He found a business opportunity in affordable medicines
2017-12-29
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Mohammed Moin remembers the brush with illness that set him on a path to founding bioscience company Somru BioActives. “I was in my last year in high school - at home in Bangladesh - when my father became seriously ill with esophageal cancer,” Moin said. “The...
Construction boom strengthens provincial economy
2017-12-05
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Builders and contractors like Carson Gill are benefiting from an active 2017 for residential construction in Prince Edward Island. Housing starts are up 43.7 percent compared to 2016 and building permits have increased 23.8 percent. Gill, who owns Gill Construction in...
Plan sets the stage for Island’s cultural future
2017-11-20
Creating jobs for Islanders -, A new five-year plan will help enrich Prince Edward Island’s cultural life and share it across Canada and around the world., Cultivating Growth – A Five Year Action Plan for Culture and Creative Industries, will bring together our cultural and creative industries to...
Province continues to invest in Island artists
2017-11-16
Artists from across Prince Edward Island continue to enrich the province’s cultural life with the help of provincial government grants. Another $50,000 has been awarded in fall 2017 to 17 projects by established and emerging artists in film and media arts, music, theatre, crafts, visual arts,...
Minimum wage keeping up with Island’s growing economy
2017-11-09
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage will remain the highest in Atlantic Canada when it increases by 30 cents to $11.55 per hour on April 1, 2018. “Given Prince Edward Island’s economic growth, it is very important that all Islanders benefit from improved economic...
Immigration agents to help drive rural population growth
2017-11-03
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Aman Sedighi says there are abundant opportunities for immigrant entrepreneurs in rural Prince Edward Island – a fact the provincial government wants to tell more people about. Sedighi runs A-OK Gardens in Brookfield – a 15-acre organic farm – and emigrated with his...
Harvest and Prosper offers experience ‘in the field’
2017-10-27
Creating jobs for Islanders -, When Lorne Valley Ranch developed a new crop - high-bush blueberries - co-owner Phil Jennings IV said the province's Harvest and Prosper program helped fill jobs they were having a hard time filling. “We had done different things trying to find help, putting ads...
She’s in the worker’s corner
2017-10-18
Creating jobs for Islanders - , Maureen Peters likes a challenge, and she gets plenty in her role as Prince Edward Island’s worker advisor. She acts as a free legal service – funded by employers -- that helps injured workers and their families navigate the Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB) appeals...
15,000 people in Atlantic Canada to benefit from Government of Canada and Atlantic provinces’ apprenticeship harmonization efforts
2017-10-13
Creating jobs for Islanders -, To grow our economy and strengthen the middle class, Atlantic Canadians must have access to the skills training they need to find and keep good, well-paying jobs in Atlantic Canada. The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour,...
Harvest and Prosper fills farm jobs
2017-10-11
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Islanders needing jobs are helping meet the agriculture sector’s workforce demands during its busy harvest season. Harvest and Prosper is a program supported jointly by the Prince Edward Island government and industry groups. It has opportunities for up to 50...