East Prince residents frustrated by inconsistent trash collection | Time is running out to see P.E.I. tulip fields this spring | Immigration protesters in Charlottetown say they'll begin a dry hunger strike on Tuesday
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CBC Prince Edward Island - Today's top headlines from CBC Prince Edward Island

 

Good evening, these are your top stories for Monday, May 27, 2024.
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East Prince residents frustrated by inconsistent trash collection; An overflowing black garbage bin\.

East Prince residents frustrated by inconsistent trash collection

May 27 , 2024 at 07:10:40 p.m. ADT • :

Mandy Dennis puts her garbage bin at the side of the road outside her home in Hamilton, P.E.I., every Thursday morning, but when it gets collected is anyone's guess.

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Time is running out to see P.E.I. tulip fields this spring; A tulip field on P\.E\.I\.

Time is running out to see P.E.I. tulip fields this spring

May 27 , 2024 at 08:00:00 p.m. ADT • :

Warm, dry weather means Island tulips have peaked earlier than usual. Growers like Vanco's Bas Arendse say the flowers will be topped or start to die off this week. He spoke with CBC's Nicola MacLeod.

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Immigration protesters in Charlottetown say they'll begin a dry hunger strike on Tuesday; A protesters, head bowed, sits in the grass with hunger strike signs\.

Immigration protesters in Charlottetown say they'll begin a dry hunger strike on Tuesday

May 27 , 2024 at 09:31:44 a.m. ADT • :

Foreign workers protesting changes to P.E.I.'s immigration strategy have been on a hunger strike for four days in downtown Charlottetown.

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RCMP make arrest in connection with Georgetown arson; Gavin Moore outside in his uniform\.

RCMP make arrest in connection with Georgetown arson

May 27 , 2024 at 11:52:30 a.m. ADT • :

An eastern P.E.I. man faces charges of arson, resisting arrest and assault with a weapon following a fire in Georgetown on Saturday.

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Island EMS hires 17 new paramedics to staff P.E.I. ambulance service; The goal of the new Community Paramedic Response Units is to free up ambulances to respond to high-risk patients\.

Island EMS hires 17 new paramedics to staff P.E.I. ambulance service

May 27 , 2024 at 01:00:00 p.m. ADT • :

Island EMS has grown its staff of paramedics with 17 new hires, but as P.E.I.'s new response units ramp up, the company says it is 'always looking for more.'

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46-year-old P.E.I. man facing life-threating injuries after motorcycle crash; rcmp royal canadian mounted police cruiser cop car vehicle crime enforcement  

May 27 , 2024 at 02:48:12 p.m. ADT • :

46-year-old P.E.I. man facing life-threating injuries after motorcycle crash

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57-year-old man dies after falling from oyster dory in Summerside Harbour; Police arrived at Holman's Wharf in Summerside at about 9:45 p\.m\. Saturday night\.  

May 26 , 2024 at 10:58:17 a.m. ADT • :

57-year-old man dies after falling from oyster dory in Summerside Harbour

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Driver of truck in fatal Marshfield collision misidentified, say RCMP; The collision happened on Route 2 between  

May 24 , 2024 at 10:42:25 a.m. ADT • :

Driver of truck in fatal Marshfield collision misidentified, say RCMP

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P.E.I. Nurses' Union frustrated over big delays in job offers for new grads; The new nursing graduate incentive program will offer a one time financial incentive and two full years of employment with Health PEI while at the same time requiring the new nurses to sign a return-in-service agreement which would see them remain in the province for the two full years\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 06:37:26 p.m. ADT • :

P.E.I. Nurses' Union frustrated over big delays in job offers for new grads

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Senate report on temporary foreign workers compared to putting 'Band-Aids on bullet wounds'; Farmworkers pick strawberries at Neufeld Farms\.  

May 27 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Senate report on temporary foreign workers compared to putting 'Band-Aids on bullet wounds'

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