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Students at Slow Cooked Dreams cooking session

Combining nutrition awareness and Indigenous traditions

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/combining-nutrition-awareness-and-indigenous-traditions
2018-12-24
A new cooking class is promoting nutrition in PEI’s  Indigenous community by helping participants combine traditional dishes with modern methods. Melody Hyde, dietitian and health promotion coordinator for the Abegweit First Nation , delivered a program called  Slow Cooked Dreams at the Abegweit...

Wellness grants helping Islanders to live healthy 

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/wellness-grants-helping-islanders-live-healthy
2018-12-17
Thirteen Prince Edward Island community groups have received provincial government funding this year for projects that promote wellness and healthy living. The annual Wellness Grant program provides $50,000 to support community-led wellness initiatives that address pillars of government’s Wellness...
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Showing the benefits of supported employment

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/showing-the-benefits-of-supported-employment
2018-12-12
For years organizations like Inclusions East in Montague, Community Inclusions in O'Leary and Tremploy in Charlottetown have been helping Island residents with intellectual challenges find rewarding work in their community. Now, a new video series will show just how valuable their work is to...
Ball players from the Girls at Bat program

Lessons in life, on the baseball diamond

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/lessons-in-life-on-the-baseball-diamond
2018-12-07
Sports can be an avenue to friendship and learning for young people, but not everyone has equal access to these opportunities.  A new free program, Girls at Bat, is offering the learning experience to Charlottetown area youth by exposing them to baseball. It’s a collaboration between the Women’s...

Cooking to Quit classes offer tasty, healthy alternatives to smoking

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/cooking-to-quit-classes-offer-tasty-healthy-alternatives-to-smoking
2018-11-30
Many people who smoke are looking for a way to quit. A new program from the Canadian Cancer Society aims to help people replace their bad habit with some healthy habits. The Cooking to Quit program, launching February 2019 in Stratford and Summerside, provides smokers with training in cooking and...

New Stewart Memorial Home opens in Tyne Valley

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/new-stewart-memorial-home-opens-tyne-valley
2018-11-26
Supporting Island families, The new Stewart Memorial Home in Tyne Valley offers long-term and respite care and improved services for Prince County seniors. The new facility has 22 long-term care beds and two respite care beds, grouped in two households, each containing 12 private rooms with...

It’s official - the 2023 Canada Winter Games are coming to PEI

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/its-official-2023-canada-winter-games-are-coming-pei
2018-11-09
The province of Prince Edward Island has been officially named host of the 2023 Canada Winter Games. “We are thrilled to be welcoming Canadian athletes, their families, coaches and spectators to our Island shores in 2023,” said Health and Wellness Minister and Minister responsible for Sport, Robert...

100 new long term care beds

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/100-new-long-term-care-beds
2018-11-07
The provincial government is adding 100 new long-term care beds across the province to help more seniors access the care they need in their communities close to family and friends.      The 100 beds will be added to private nursing homes in Belfast, Stratford, Charlottetown, Summerside and...

Province providing support to Islanders living with an ostomy

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/province-providing-support-islanders-living-ostomy
2018-11-05
 A new Ostomy Supplies Program is being established by the province, to support individuals living with an ostomy. “This new program will have a major impact on the lives of hundreds of Islander currently living with ostomies,” said Health and Wellness Minister Robert Mitchell. “Living with an...
Souris dialysis clinic

Expanded hemodialysis services enable community-based treatment

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/expanded-hemodialysis-services-enable-community-based-treatment
2018-10-24
Pam Veinotte, an RN with the Summerside Hemodialysis Unit at Prince Count Hospital, specializes in nephrology - or kidney function - and has seen the way dialysis and other kidney treatments change people’s lives for the better.  That’s why she welcomes more investments to expand hours and...
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