Supporting Island Families - Central Queens Elementary teacher Jonathan MacDonald was all smiles as he decorated his classroom to welcome students to his grade 2/3 split. He has a message for his first class as a full-time, permanent teacher – “persistence and patience pays off.”...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Country Lane Bed and Breakfast is one of more than 200 new tourism accommodations licensed this year in the province, and owners Michel and Doris Cavallin couldn’t be happier with the trend. Four times the accommodation licenses have been issued so...
Supporting Island Families - Community Hospital O’Leary marked its 60th anniversary with a community celebration and an investment in stroke care, which eliminates the need to travel to Charlottetown for some rehabilitation services. The expansion of the Telestroke program to...
Supporting Island Families - In five decades as an early childhood educator, Alice Taylor has learned that helping a family helps a child. Taylor runs a local version of a Canada-wide program called Handle with Care, which promotes the mental health of young children. She was...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Katie Zember has always been more comfortable wading through fields and streams than sitting at a desk. The Holland College student plans to spend her summer making central Prince Edward Island a better place for fish and animals to live. She will...
Prince Edward Island wasn’t on Melinda Ells’ radar when she started her job hunt after graduating from Dalhousie University as a nurse practitioner But after five years here, the 34-year-old Advocate Harbour, NS native can’t stop singing the Island’s praises. “It’s very peaceful...
More than a dozen Prince Edward Islanders were appointed or reappointed through Engage PEI this month to represent their fellow residents – and more are being sought. Health PEI is currently recruiting to fill vacancies on its board of directors. Applications will be accepted...
Growing up in a house with no plumbing gave Nancy Gaudet a passion for the trade. The Cornwall resident is the Island’s only female Red Seal plumber. “When I was really young we shared an outhouse with my grandparents, I had to deal with a lot of stuff,” she said with a laugh...
Strengthening mental health services - Not all emergencies that arrive at Prince Edward Island’s largest hospital involve physical health. For those who show up at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital emergency department with a mental health crisis, Sasha O’Hanley and her colleagues are...
Creating jobs for Islanders Prince Edward Island accountant Emma Fugate was excited when she learned that government will invest $3.5 million to grow the Island's cultural sector over the next five years. The Island film industry is one of the sectors that will benefit. When a...