Every now and then I read a book that moves me more than I expected when I picked it up. In this case, a friend lent us a book written by a Northern acquaintance and edited by a good friend we met in the North. You’ve heard and seen all the news ...

A private member’s bill that would eliminate provisions in P.E.I.’s labour laws allowing employers to require their staff to provide sick notes proving their illness has been defeated in the legislature. The bill, an amendment to the Employment ...

An inmate at the Renous, N.B., Atlantic Institution has been taken to hospital for injury treatment following an assault in the facility.   Correctional Services Canada (CSC) said the inmate was the victim of an assault at the maximum-security prison ...

Following two complaints filed to OmbudsPEI, the province’s legal aid office says it will work on building a new internal policy to review and ensure decisions of denying representations are fair in the future. In a recent statement, OmbudsPEI says ...

Originally, Susanna Green’s plan was to start a photography business, but then things changed and she ended up focusing instead on crafting. At the time, Green was just doing photography and crafts as hobbies but eventually picked the craft angle to ...

Women made their mark – more than ever before – at this year's Skills Canada P.E.I. competition. Sally Pineau and 31 others received medals at the award night April 16 at Holland College's Florence Simmons Hall in Charlottetown. She competed in the ...

Partisan politics are so hard to comprehend sometimes. The uproar over the carbon tax, for example, mystifies me. I bet none of the vocal types against the tax returned their several carbon tax credit cheques to Ottawa. Two different friends of mine ...

The tax rates will be lower, but Berwick residents and business owners could pay more due to increases in assessments this fiscal year, says Mayor Don Clarke. Town council approved the operating and capital budgets for the 2024-25 fiscal year and set ...

Royal Canadian Navy leaders have covered up the actions of a serial sexual offender known as Officer X, the House of Commons defence committee heard Wednesday. Patrick White, a lieutenant of the Royal Canadian Navy, testified about the ongoing ...

Police are asking for the public's help investigating racial slurs found on a wall of a non-profit in Woodstock, N.B. In an April 17 statement, Woodstock Police Force said Harvest House was defaced by unknown culprits with racially derogatory ...