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PEI Brewing Company to pursue new market opportunities
The food and culinary sector in PEI is central to its economy, from well-established traditional industries to increasing demand for new Island-made food and beverage offerings, including a vibrant craft beer market. The Government of Canada is stepping up efforts to make...
Sexual health clinics offer testing, confidentiality
Let’s face it – most people don’t want to talk about sexually transmitted infections. But now the Prince Edward Island government is offering non-judgemental, confidential sexual health clinics each month, alternating between Summerside and Charlottetown. The clinics are open...
L. M. Montgomery Elementary expansion underway
Investing in infrastructure – An expanded L.M. Montgomery Elementary School will be better equipped to serve a growing student population. Construction has begun on the 16,300 square-foot project, which includes 10 new classrooms and several other working spaces for students and...
Agriculture and Fisheries Annual Report 2016-2017
PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Annual Report 2016-2017
Startup Zone provides new programming to support entrepreneurs
Bolstering support for new entrepreneurs promotes a stronger, diversified economy that creates more opportunity for job growth and innovation by turning ideas into viable new businesses. That is why the Governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island are supporting organizations...
Improved COPD programs help Islanders breathe easier
Brian Crabbe remembers stopping to help push a stranded car out of a snow drift and becoming so winded he considered calling 9-1-1. Shortness of breath is one of the symptoms of the chronic lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) that affects some 8,000...
Sekisui Diagnostics to add jobs with latest expansion
Creating jobs for Islanders - The second expansion in as many years at Sekisui Diagnostics will bring new jobs and help the company increase its production and develop new export markets that will boost the Island’s economy. Premier Wade MacLauchlan and His Excellency Kimihiro...
Electricity rebates coming for Summerside customers
Summerside’s residential power customers will receive a refund on household electricity from the Prince Edward Island government. A 10 percent rebate will be applied to the first block – 2,000 kilowatts-hours – of electricity for the Summerside utility’s residential customers...
Increased truck traffic on Riverside Drive
Motorists are asked to drive carefully on Riverside Drive in Charlottetown due to increased truck traffic throughout the summer months. The trucks are transporting gravel needed for several large-scale projects. Drivers should practice safe driving habits around large trucks...