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PEI's Club Red Productions hits LA's Red Carpet
2018-11-09
After an evening of networking and celebrating on the roof of the West Hollywood Hotel, Prince Edward Island filmmaker Jenna MacMillan was rushing to catch a flight to the Cabo International Film Festival. “It was amazing,” she says enthusiastically about the Scripted Summit Industry Conference...
Encouraging full lives and independence for survivors of stroke
2018-11-06
There are 4,500 Islanders living with the effects of a stroke. The professionals in PEI's Organized Stroke Care Program are working to make sure a patient’s life, post-stroke, is as full and independent as possible. “Our role here is to ensure there is a compassionate, interdisciplinary...
PEI’s Famous Five inspire positive action toward gender equality in politics
2018-11-02
Emma Drake gets the lesson to be learned from the success of PEI’s Famous Five. It is a lesson about recognizing the need to do better and not accepting the status quo when it comes to women in leadership. “They should not be the exception when it comes to women in leadership, “ said Drake, a...
Keeping the great trail safe
2018-10-31
If something happens on the Confederation Trail, chances are Charles Easter is among the first to know. The Island’s longest serving trail volunteer, Easter has been pedaling the trail – keeping close eyes and ears on all the happenings - since he retired a decade ago. Clad in a neon yellow bicycle...
A homegrown heating solution
2018-10-31
On the first snowy late fall morning the big garage behind the Prince County Hospital was toasty warm and smelled of balsam fir. “Smells great eh?”shouts Dick Arsenault, chief bioenergy manager of ACFOR, over the humming engines of the German-engineered machines. He is also co-owner of the company...
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...
Want to run for a municipal council? Act fast.
2018-10-19
With 63 municipalities across Prince Edward Island electing councillors next month, Samantha Murphy says it’s a great time to stop thinking about getting involved – and start doing it. “There are more opportunities than ever to be involved in public life in our province – either by nominating or...
Money and energy - two good things to save
2018-10-19
Islanders looking to save energy and money are taking advantage of the PEI government’s new Instant Savings Program and replacing everything from light bulbs to refrigerators with new energy-efficient models. Until November 10, Islanders will be eligible for instant rebates in-store on select...
How was your hospital stay? Health PEI wants to know
2018-10-16
Were you or a loved one admitted to an Island hospital in the last month? Health PEI wants to hear from you as part of its new online patient satisfaction survey in acute care. The online survey is available in English and French, and patients discharged in September will receive a postcard in the...
For thousands of Islanders, home is where the care is
2018-10-16
Shelley Heron knows first hand that the home care program on Prince Edward Island is expecting continued growth in the years to come – and that’s good news for Islanders and the province’s health system. Health PEI’s Home Care Program helps Islanders – who are faced with illness or age-related...