RCMP looking for help to find who's responsible for 3 suspicious fires in P.E.I.'s Prince County | P.E.I. making 'exceedingly slow' progress on child advocate recommendations, report says | What this Canadian Hurricane Centre expert thinks the next few months of 2025 will hold for P.E.I.
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, July 02, 2025.
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RCMP looking for help to find who's responsible for 3 suspicious fires in P.E.I.'s Prince County; Cement and metal debris from a structure fire are shown in a field\.

RCMP looking for help to find who's responsible for 3 suspicious fires in P.E.I.'s Prince County

July 2 , 2025 at 06:32:07 p.m. ADT • :

Since June 24, there have been three suspicious fires in Prince County, with the RCMP saying that all involved abandoned houses. As CBC's Stacey Janzer reports, police are asking for the public's help to find answers.

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P.E.I. making 'exceedingly slow' progress on child advocate recommendations, report says; The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate put forward five recommendations to the province in August 2024\. After 10 months, none of those recommendations have been fully implemented, said Marvin Bernstein, P\.E\.I\.'s Child and Youth Advocate\.

P.E.I. making 'exceedingly slow' progress on child advocate recommendations, report says

July 2 , 2025 at 06:14:39 p.m. ADT • :

The province's progress toward improving support for neurodiverse students in Prince Edward Island schools has been 'exceedingly slow,' says the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate. 

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What this Canadian Hurricane Centre expert thinks the next few months of 2025 will hold for P.E.I.; Balding man wearing a grey golf shirt with "National Hurricane Conference" in red lettering\.

What this Canadian Hurricane Centre expert thinks the next few months of 2025 will hold for P.E.I.

July 2 , 2025 at 07:06:44 p.m. ADT • :

It's not an aspect of this time of year we look forward to, but the Atlantic hurricane season is underway for 2025. Warning preparedness meteorologist Bob Robichaud joins CBC's Louise Martin to give his annual update on how it's shaping up so far and what the region can expect.

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Police ask for public help over 3 suspicious fires at abandoned homes in western P.E.I.; The fires at abandoned homes in western P\.E\.I\. included two separate incidents a week apart at this property on Route 2 in New Annan\.

Police ask for public help over 3 suspicious fires at abandoned homes in western P.E.I.

July 2 , 2025 at 02:51:21 p.m. ADT • :

RCMP on Prince Edward Island are asking for the public's help in solving a series of suspicious fires in the western part of the Island, including two set at the same property just a week apart.

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Heat warning in effect for all of P.E.I. on Wednesday and Thursday; Environment Canada is forecasting high temperatures and humidity across Prince Edward Island on Wednesday and Thursday\.

Heat warning in effect for all of P.E.I. on Wednesday and Thursday

July 2 , 2025 at 11:03:25 a.m. ADT • :

A heat warning has been issued for all of Prince Edward Island, with temperatures possibly soaring to 30 C on on Wednesday and Thursday, feeling like 37.

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P.E.I. community raises nearly $250,000 for a new playground to honour late teacher; A P\.E\.I\. teacher's dying wish to have a playground built at Englewood School has come true  

July 1 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

P.E.I. community raises nearly $250,000 for a new playground to honour late teacher

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3 Prince County residents dead after 2 Friday single-vehicle crashes; a sign saying Royal Canadian Mounted Police  

June 28 , 2025 at 10:55:56 a.m. ADT • :

3 Prince County residents dead after 2 Friday single-vehicle crashes

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Man admits to sexually assaulting teen girl as he pleads guilty in TikTok luring case; Charlottetown man pleads guilty to sexual assault and other crimes in TikTok luring case  

June 30 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Man admits to sexually assaulting teen girl as he pleads guilty in TikTok luring case

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Why a P.E.I. couple is turning over land to birds, butterflies and bees; A woman in a red and white floral dress and a man in jeans and a work shirt are shown in front of a green rolling hillside\.  

July 2 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Why a P.E.I. couple is turning over land to birds, butterflies and bees

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Tignish residents fear they may never again be able to use beach due to sludge dumping; Jamie Lee Chaisson and Jamie Perry walk along a part of the beach where a covering of sand has deposited itself over the hardened sludge\.  

June 30 , 2025 at 05:54:08 p.m. ADT • :

Tignish residents fear they may never again be able to use beach due to sludge dumping

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