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Suicide Prevention Strategy intended to save lives
2017-05-23
Strengthening Mental Health Services -
A new strategy is intended to create a suicide-safer Prince Edward Island and reduce the painful, long-term effects of suicides on loved ones and communities.
The Department of Health and Wellness and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) have...
Minister Alan McIsaac’s statement on honey bee health
2017-05-23
The following is a statement from Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Alan McIsaac:
I would like to clarify recent misinformation about the importation of honey bees to Prince Edward Island.
While the province does allow the import of honey bees from other jurisdictions, a strict import protocol...
Libraries end overdue fines for children's books
2017-05-19
Island families will no longer have to pay fines on overdue children’s materials beginning June 1.
The policy change is timed to increase participation in the provincial libraries’ many summer reading programs, which help children avoid losing their literacy skills over the summer vacation months...
Team Youth Trucking expands student jobs
2017-05-19
Creating jobs for Islanders -
More young Islanders will have the chance to earn money and gain experience in the fast-growing trucking industry. The new Team Youth Trucking initiative will create jobs for youth in a variety of trucking-related businesses across the Prince Edward Island.
Modelled...
Week celebrates the ‘mortar’ that builds communities
2017-05-19
Investing in Infrastructure -
Roads, bridges, and water and wastewater systems are the public works infrastructure that helps communities grow.
National Public Works Week (May 21 to 27) recognizes the contribution this infrastructure makes in connecting individuals and communities. It also...
Government is pleased to announce the nomination of a new Complaints Officer
2017-05-19
Government is pleased to announce the nomination of Darlene Arsenault of St. Chrysostome, PEI, as the new Complaints Officer under the French Language Services Act, says Premier Wade MacLauchlan, Minister Responsible for Acadian and Francophone Affairs.
The Complaints Officer works with French...
Applications being accepted for arts grants
2017-05-19
Prince Edward Island artists are invited to apply for the spring 2017 round of arts grants.
Applications for funding can be submitted online at Arts Grants Program for three types of grants: creation, dissemination and professional development. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, June 20 at 4 p.m...
Students showcase their coding creations
2017-05-18
Island students showcased their new computer programming skills at the first Provincial Coding Arcade this morning.
Approximately 50 students in grades 4, 5, and 6 took part in the arcade at Cornwall’s Eliot River School, where they presented the coding projects they created in the classroom over...
Ride of Silence calls for greater cyclist safety
2017-05-18
Cyclists and those who support them made a heartfelt plea for safety at Charlottetown’s Ride of Silence event last night.
Representatives of the Government of Prince Edward Island, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), and the police spoke before the assembled cyclists began the slow, silent ride in...
Triple P training showing good results
2017-05-18
Supporting Island Families -
As one of 87 Islanders trained to deliver the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), Laura Quinn Graham says she is getting good feedback from parents who have taken the training.
Triple P is a world-renowned program that helps parents of newborns to 16-year-olds...