Hunt for volunteers is on as Meals on Wheels P.E.I. rolls out next phase of rural meal plan | Complaints about homeless residents eating up Summerside police resources, council told | P.E.I.'s spring dip-net fishery brings calls for more enforcement of smelt limits
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CBC Prince Edward Island - Today's top headlines from CBC Prince Edward Island

CBC Prince Edward Island - Today's top headlines from CBC Prince Edward Island

 

Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
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Hunt for volunteers is on as Meals on Wheels P.E.I. rolls out next phase of rural meal plan; Meals on Wheels hopes to provide access to frozen meals to more of the Island\. Pictured is a hot meal delivered by Meals on Wheels Sudbury\.

Hunt for volunteers is on as Meals on Wheels P.E.I. rolls out next phase of rural meal plan

May 22 , 2024 at 12:56:04 p.m. ADT • :

Meals on Wheels P.E.I. is expanding its services to cover more of the Island, and has selected the communities from which it will distribute healthy and accessible food. Now it needs the key ingredient: volunteers.

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Complaints about homeless residents eating up Summerside police resources, council told; Summerside Deputy Police ChiefJ ason Blacquiere, left, and Summerside Police Chief Sinclair Walker told city council there were over 300 calls related to issues surrounding those dealing with addiction and homelessness\.

Complaints about homeless residents eating up Summerside police resources, council told

May 22 , 2024 at 06:57:47 a.m. ADT • :

Summerside police and city staff say more officers are needed to address complaints connected to city residents facing addiction and homelessness.

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P.E.I.'s spring dip-net fishery brings calls for more enforcement of smelt limits; DFO fishery officer Matthew MacEwen demonstrates how to use a dip net\.

P.E.I.'s spring dip-net fishery brings calls for more enforcement of smelt limits

May 22 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Fishing with dip nets for smelts is a long-time tradition on Prince Edward Island. But the spring fishery has grown in popularity, and there are concerns that not everyone is sticking to the limit of 60 fish a day.

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Billy Cann to seek federal Conservative nomination in Cardigan; Billy Cann in 2015\. \(CBC\)

Billy Cann to seek federal Conservative nomination in Cardigan

May 21 , 2024 at 05:03:07 p.m. ADT • :

Former provincial NDP candidate Billy Cann intends to seek the federal nomination for the Conservative Party in the Cardigan riding.

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Does P.E.I. have venomous spiders? Good Question, P.E.I.; A brown recluse spider poised on a wooden dowel\.

Does P.E.I. have venomous spiders? Good Question, P.E.I.

May 22 , 2024 at 07:38:05 a.m. ADT • :

Reports of brown recluse spiders on the Island are bringing the province's reputation as a poisonous-arachnid-free zone into question. We get to the bottom of that mystery.

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People from islands around the world sharing their knowledge at P.E.I. summit; Woman with glasses standing beside people at a table\.  

May 21 , 2024 at 07:52:44 p.m. ADT • :

People from islands around the world sharing their knowledge at P.E.I. summit

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Summerside mayor fears his city will decline under new provincial immigration plan; Dan Kutcher standing on Water Street in Summerside\.  

May 21 , 2024 at 03:22:23 p.m. ADT • :

Summerside mayor fears his city will decline under new provincial immigration plan

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Baby survives extremely premature birth with P.E.I. hospital's help; Sutton Ivy McCabe with her parents, Kennedie Ogden and Jesse McCabe, at their home\.  

May 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Baby survives extremely premature birth with P.E.I. hospital's help

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Hitting the trails this spring? Dust off your feet before you head home; The New Brunswick Invasive Species Council is installing boot brushes like this at several hiking trails in hopes of preventing the spread of invasive species\.  

May 20 , 2024 at 10:56:20 a.m. ADT • :

Hitting the trails this spring? Dust off your feet before you head home

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How one horse can leave its hoof print on the P.E.I. economy; Mike McGuigan  

May 19 , 2024 at 11:30:08 a.m. ADT • :

How one horse can leave its hoof print on the P.E.I. economy

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