Government and community organizations will receive a funding boost to support Islanders most in need of financial help as part of the $20 million dollar support package announced earlier this week. Islanders receiving benefits through social assistance or assured income will...
Rachel Morgan’s three-year-old son Link has always been a good communicator. He’s just not much of a talker. “Oh, he has no problem letting you know what he’s thinking!” said Morgan with a laugh from her home in Miscouche. “We taught him sign language when he was a baby, and he...
Family violence and intimate partner violence (IPV) are serious public health issues and have immediate and long-term consequences for victims, including physical, mental, cognitive and financial. Everyone in Canada should be safe and free from physical, emotional and sexual...
Health PEI Cough and Fever Clinics in Charlottetown and Slemon Park will end on March 31 as routine care for Islanders with respiratory illness is transitioned back to family physician offices and walk-in clinics. “Cough and Fever Clinics were established in 2020 to provide a...
This report summarizes the public and stakeholder consultations carried out by the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning between January and March 2021 to gather feedback regarding the development of an elected school board for the Public Schools Branch.
Seniors Mental Health Resource Teams are multi-disciplinary teams that provide specialized services to seniors experiencing complex mental health problems, as well as support to their families and/or caregivers. Teams are located in Kings, Queens and Prince Counties and include...
The province of Prince Edward Island showed its support to the people of Ukraine through a donation to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal fund. “Islanders have watched in horror as the unprovoked attacks on Ukraine create unnecessary violence and put...