Cannabis - legal or otherwise - is a hot topic. Parents who provide their kids with balanced information about the effects associated with cannabis can help them make informed decisions. 1 Public safety and health protection, especially for children and youth, was a key priority...
Transgender Islanders will now be able to access medically necessary gender-confirming surgeries through the province’s Medicare program. Gender-confirming surgery, also referred to as gender affirming or sex reassignment surgery, is a medically recognized treatment for gender...
Two years ago, Karen Wood lost her husband - her best friend and soulmate, Lawrence Wood. But the decision they made together to register as organ and tissue donors became a light in her darkest of days. “It was something we believed in,” said Karen from her home in Stratford...
What is the Fertility Treatment Program? The Fertility Treatment Program is a funding support program that will provide funding to Islanders who are accessing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI) and associated prescribed medications at fertility clinics...
You must have a licence to operate a food premises or to prepare and/or serve food to the public at any location - a super market, canteen, farmer’s market, craft fair, special/fundraising event, or home-based food/catering service, etc. Your food premises licence will expire on March 31 and must be renewed each year. Exemptions: As of October 17, 2024, food preparation areas in private residences where low-risk food is prepared and packaged for sale at farmers markets and/or special events are no longer required to have a licence. High-risk food must be prepared in a licensed food premises -...
Prince Edward Island is joining several other provinces and territories by expanding the use of biosimilar drug treatments for Island residents. Through the PEI Biosimilar Initiative, coverage under PEI Pharmacare for certain drugs will be replaced with coverage for biosimilar...
Supporting Island families Islanders will be able to remain safely and independently in their homes for as long as possible with the help of three new home-care initiatives being developed. The programs are aimed at decreasing patients’ length of stay in hospital; decreasing re...
The province is preparing to break ground on two new facilities on the mental health and addictions campus as part of ongoing investment to build a more responsive, encompassing and accessible mental health, addiction and substance use service for Islanders. As part of capital...
A new program offered through community pharmacies across Prince Edward Island will provide Islanders with new options for timely, routine, non-urgent health concerns in 48 locations in 16 communities across the province. Through the Pharmacy Plus PEI program, pharmacists can...
Home food production is the production of food by an individual in their personal home kitchen. As of October 17, 2024, you can produce low risk food items for sale at farmers' markets and/or special events, in your home kitchen without requiring a food premises license and...