The provincial government will no longer accept applications from immigrants looking to set up a business on Prince Edward Island in exchange for immediate permanent residency. The move eliminates the entrepreneur stream of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). It puts Prince...
Strengthening mental health services - Many Islanders struggle with the impacts of drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction. For them and their families, Recovery Day represents the light at the end of the tunnel. Observed across Canada on different days throughout September...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Since moving back home to Prince Edward Island, builder Matt Darrach hasn't been able to keep up with the demand for the energy-efficient homes that his company produces. He lived and worked in western Canada and “commuted” between Prince Edward...
Growing up in a small rural community, it was being surrounded by strangers in a big city that made Penny Walsh McGuire yearn for home. The Savage Harbour native -- and her high school boyfriend -turned-husband Ryan McGuire– left for the U.S. in 2004, she with a diploma from...
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...
Vision loss is very personal to David Hilchey. His daughter lives with a syndrome that will - within this decade - limit her vision to what would be seen looking through a straw. After almost 10 years of volunteering for the national organization that supports Canadians living...
Prince Edward Island artists are invited to apply for funding during the spring 2018 round of arts grants. Applications for funding can be submitted online at https://princeedwardisland.ca/artsgrants for three types of grants: creation, dissemination and professional development...
Creating jobs for Islanders Sam Sanderson says new government funding will extend a program that fills jobs in Prince Edward Island’s fast-growing construction industry. Team Construction is a program that helps young Islanders get skills training and find employment in the...
Investing in infrastructure - Islanders planning to build a new home will have help from the provincial government to lower their energy bills. The New Home Construction Program will offer financial incentives of up to $5,000 to build energy-efficient homes. efficiencyPEI will...
Investing in infrastructure You could say that Prince Edward Island’s newest long-term-care manors are being built around the residents who will live there. “When you design a building you have to start with the people who will use it and the reason they will be there,” says...