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A new cooking class is promoting nutrition in PEI’s Indigenous community by helping participants combine traditional dishes with modern methods. Melody Hyde, dietitian and health promotion coordinator for the Abegweit First Nation, delivered a program called Slow Cooked Dreams at...
On Advance Care Planning Day, Islanders are encouraged start the important and sensitive conversation about their own end-of-life care. Since 2012, April 16 has marked national Advance Care Planning Day in Canada. Last spring, Health PEI launched an online advance care planning...
Healthy eating can be a confusing, emotional topic for many people. Fortunately, the province’s dietitians are available to offer Islanders good advice on food and health. Diana MacLennan, a dietitian and diabetes nutrition educator with the Provincial Diabetes Program and...
L’Île-du-Prince-Édouard compte quatre établissements publics d’ enseignement postsecondaire : Université de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard Collège Holland Collège Maritime Christian Collège de l’Île On trouve aussi dans la province le Collège vétérinaire de l’ Atlantique , situé à...
Murray MacPherson knew he and his mother couldn’t care for his father by themselves. Diagnosed with dementia, 82-year-old Scott MacPherson had been in the hospital for 41 days with a bladder infection and related issues. It was only because of Health PEI’s home-care initiatives...
Supporting Island families - Government continues to accept applications for the Seniors Independence Initiative and reminds Island S eniors that help is available to make it easier for them to remain in their own homes and communities. The Seniors Independence Initiative...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Craig Harris is using the skills he honed as an innovator and job creator in Vancouver’s “Hollywood North” to help frame the future of film and video on Prince Edward Island. As co-owner of video production company Furrow Content and operator of the...
Supporting Island families - Our government is committed to the well-being of children. Unfortunately some children are unable to be cared for by their parents. In those situations, we want to make sure that grandparents and other care givers receive the help they need to care...
Il est crucial d’avoir des routes modernes et efficaces pour favoriser et soutenir l’activité économique, faciliter le commerce et créer des emplois pour la classe moyenne. Les gouvernements du Canada et de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard investissent dans des infrastructures bien...
Andrew Fudge found a welcoming community and a fulfilling career when he moved from Newfoundland to work as a registered nurse at Western Hospital in Alberton. After graduating from Memorial University last year, Fudge said he chose Prince Edward Island because it offered a...