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More job opportunities available in rural areas
2020-06-30
The Employment Development Agency will provide funding for an additional 200 employment positions to businesses in rural PEI, through the Rural Jobs Initiative. The Rural Jobs Initiative helps rural business owners to recruit, hire, and train staff and supports innovation in rural communities...
Program connects Islanders with jobs in seafood industry
2020-06-16
Islanders looking for a job can now more easily find work in the seafood industry through a labour program restructured by the Province in partnership with the PEI Seafood Processors Association. Islanders and students who are interested in working in a seafood processing plant can register with...
New initiative to clean-up Island shores, protect the environment
2020-06-05
Today, the province announced the Cleaning Our Shoreline initiative as part of its commitment to protecting the environment and keeping coastal shoreline and waters healthy. The Cleaning Our Shoreline initiative will start on Monday, June 8, in accordance with World Oceans Day. Island students...
Island lobster season opens tomorrow
2020-05-14
Islanders and fishers are ready for the opening of Prince Edward Island’s spring lobster season tomorrow as the province moves through the Renew PEI, Together phase of the pandemic. “Our Island fishing and aquaculture sectors have long played a vital role in contributing to our Island economy and...
Atlantic Canada’s fisheries ministers to collaborate in helping industry weather impact of COVID-19
2020-03-19
Fisheries and Communities Minister Jamie Fox initiated a conference call of the four Atlantic ministers and deputy ministers responsible for fisheries and aquaculture to discuss the impact that COVID-19 is having on the fishing and aquaculture industries Prince Edward Island Minister of Fisheries...
First-ever Minister’s Seafood Symposium to be held this spring
2020-02-24
Members of the Island’s diverse seafood industry will gather in Charlottetown in April to network and learn from each other at the first Minister’s Seafood Symposium ever to be held in the province. The Minister’s Seafood Symposium will be held April 8, 2020 at the Delta Prince Edward in...
Island students and employers benefit from Jobs for Youth
2020-01-30
Island students can apply for a summer job through a program that gives them valuable work experience and allows employers to benefit from their energy and talent. The Jobs for Youth Program, delivered by the Employment Development Agency, offers employers a wage subsidy to create summer...
Province pleased with Northern Pulp decision
2019-12-17
The Prince Edward Island government is pleased that the Nova Scotia environment department will be undertaking a new assessment of the Northern Pulp effluent treatment plan. Nova Scotia Environment Minister Gordon Wilson said he needs more science-based information on the proposal. The assessment...
Province wants federal assessment on Northern Pulp’s plan
2019-12-10
The Government of Prince Edward Island has repeated its request for a federal assessment on the effluent treatment plan proposed by Northern Pulp given the project has direct implications on the shared area of the Northumberland Strait. Northern Pulp, located at Abercrombie Point in Nova Scotia,...
New video celebrates Prince Edward Island seafood
2019-12-05
Seafood distributors and exporters can now use a new video to help in their promotion of Prince Edward Island fisheries and aquaculture products. The video, entitled “Not Humble,” was developed by the departments of Fisheries and Communities and Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture. It was produced...