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Winnipeg, Manitoba - Alexa McQuaid, the 15 year old daughter of Randy and Katherine McQuaid of Charlottetown, has been selected to carry the flag and lead Team PEI into the Canada Games Closing Ceremony on Sunday. Alexa won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, finished...
September means back to school for some, but for hundreds of older Islanders it’s time to put on their game faces. This year’s Prince Edward Island 55+ Summer Games are happening in West Prince September 20 to 23. Together with the winter games – which were in Cornwall this year...
An emergency is not a good time to test whether a system is working properly. The PEI Chapter of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) wanted to make sure the province’s Text with 911 program, which began last fall, was working like a well-oiled machine. Turns out it is...
Strengthening mental health services - Every Monday morning, a five-person team meets at Hernewood Intermediate School. They have different areas of expertise – a mental health therapist, two nurses and two school outreach workers – but they have a shared goal: to help students...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Jenna MacNeill found her dream job through the Graduate Mentorship Program. After graduating from Holland College's Heritage Retrofit Carpentry program last spring, the 26-year-old Cornwall resident was hired the following week to work on the large...
Prince Edward Island scientist Dr. Subrata Chowdhury has developed an environmentally safe answer to the chemicals previously used to destroy fish-killing fungus. Fungal infections kill 160 million tonnes of fish and costs the worldwide aquaculture industry $3.8 billion each year...
Supporting Island families - For Lindsay Clow, a big part of her job’s reward is knowing that she can help a child in crisis – or even save a life. “The ultimate goal is that we want to support Island families and children to ensure that children can live a life free from harm...
For lawyer Susan Robinson, volunteering through Engage PEI offers the opportunity to provide some clarity for injured workers at a time of uncertainty. Robinson, of Albany, was appointed to the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal after applying through Engage PEI. “I knew the...
Like most of the farmers of the 1,500 farms on Prince Edward Island, the MacKinnons of Sandy Rae Farm near Montague don't take snow days off. Before sunrise 365 days a year - no matter the weather - Dannie or Alex MacKinnon is in the barn milking their 70 registered Holsteins...
Creating jobs for Islanders - When Lorne Valley Ranch developed a new crop - high-bush blueberries - co-owner Phil Jennings IV said the province's Harvest and Prosper program helped fill jobs they were having a hard time filling. “We had done different things trying to find help...