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Positioning Silliker Glass for future growth in Borden-Carleton
2017-12-18
The following was originally distributed by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency -, Atlantic Canadian businesses that put more goods and products on the market help to grow the region’s economy and create jobs for Canadians. That is why the federal and provincial governments are helping G.E....
Tourism industry reaches a million overnight stays
2017-12-08
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Overnight stays on Prince Edward Island have surpassed the one-million mark for the first time. Total overnight stays is a measurement of room nights sold at roofed accommodations combined with campground site nights sold. The next-highest total was 964,671, which was...
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...
Island’s 2017 tourism set to break records again
2017-11-23
Creating jobs for Islanders -, The 2017 tourism season proved once again the vital importance of the industry to the provincial economy, employment, and local entrepreneurs. Figures released today by Tourism PEI project record spending and visitation for the fourth straight year. More than 1.5...
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...
Province eyes one million overnight stays as record season continues
2017-11-02
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Prince Edward Island in 2017 will likely surpass the one-million mark for overnight stays for the first time. There were 938,277 overnight stays in roofed accommodations and campgrounds recorded in the provincial government’s September tourism indicators released...
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,...