We are committed to providing Islanders with safe end-of-life care with the utmost compassion and dignity. Individuals seeking medical assistance in dying are legally able to do so in Canada. The Supreme Court provided a deadline of June 6, 2016 for the federal parliament to...
Island correctional workers, volunteer and career firefighters, search and rescue volunteers, paramedics, police officers and public safety communicators can access a new, free, online mental health support program. In partnership with the University of Regina and the Canadian...
Island youth will soon have access to a new diversion and educational justice program to help them better understand the health, legal and social risks of cannabis use and possession. The program called Rethink was developed collaboratively by the Departments of Health and...
Islanders, Canadians and people around the world are addressing their individual roles to help contain the spread of COVID-19. The Prince Edward Island police agencies, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Charlottetown, Summerside and Kensington Police Services, as well as the...
Islanders experiencing sexual violence can request the Third Option in Prince Edward Island. PEI’s Third Option service is an extension of the current Enhanced Emergency Sexual Assault Services. Survivors of sexual violence who present at an Island hospital emergency room can...
The Province is inviting residents to share their opinion on changes to provincial legislation. Through a collaboration between PEI’s Department of Health and Wellness, Health PEI, the Department of Justice and Public Safety and the Chief Coroner’s Office, changes to the PEI...
Youth Justice Services provides supervision of Court ordered dispositions such as Probation Orders, Deferred Custody and Conditional Supervision Orders, Custody and Community Supervision Orders, as well prepares for and provides to the Youth Court, Pre-sentence Reports. Youth...
Cyberbullying has been identified by a number of community groups, government leaders and citizens as an issue for youth in PEI.
July 23, 2020 - The Government of Prince Edward Island has received the final report on its response to post-tropical storm Dorian that hit the province in September 2019.