Expanded hepatitis C treatment and resources are bringing Prince Edward Island closer to its goal of eliminating the disease from the province by 2025. The provincial government’s balanced 2018-19 operating budget includes approximately $2 million to expand the Hepatitis C Drug...
It was at Charlottetown Rural High School’s career day in grade 10 that Craig Malone decided to not only be a doctor, but to be a doctor at home on Prince Edward Island. “At the time, I was not the greatest student,” the Hampshire native laughs, “but I had this unrelenting dream...
Islanders are invited to join the provincial government and the sports community in a celebration to welcome home our Paralympic athletes, Mark Arendz and Billy Bridges. On Tuesday, April 3, Mark and Billy will be at Rodd Royalty Inn in Charlottetown to celebrate their victories...
On today’s Family Doctor Day (May 18), the College of Family Physicians for Prince Edward Island (CFPPEI) is recognizing some of its best for 2018. Dr. Charles Duffy has been named the Family Doctor of the Year, the college’s highest honour that recognizes an outstanding family...
Sports can be an avenue to friendship and learning for young people, but not everyone has equal access to these opportunities. A new free program, Girls at Bat, is offering the learning experience to Charlottetown area youth by exposing them to baseball. It’s a collaboration...
With the early arrival of winter, gardening is a faded memory for most Islanders. The tradition of pickling the harvest is a resourceful way to keep fruits and vegetable into the colder months. A lesser-known preserving method is fermentation and it's gaining attention thanks to...
Islanders living with diabetes are invited to a series of important conversations next month that will shape Prince Edward Island’s renewed diabetes strategy. Health PEI will hold four focus group sessions across the province from June 5 to 13 to help inform the new multi-year...
Cybelle Rieber knows that meeting the needs of Prince Edward Island’s most marginalized residents is essential to building a compassionate, equitable place for all Islanders. Her organization – the PEERS Alliance – is one of five community partners supported in 2018 through...
Due to inclement weather and road conditions forecasted for the next two days, Health PEI reminds Islanders with appointments at hospitals, clinics and other health care services to please call ahead to confirm their appointment – or notify staff if they are unable to make the...
Janice L. MacCallum, Donald K. MacKenzie and Ronald J. Keefe have been selected as 2018 appointments to Queen’s Counsel, a top recognition in the field of law. “I congratulate this year’s appointees. This designation is given to lawyers who have demonstrated excellence in the...