P.E.I.'s affordable housing program isn't delivering desired results, says Auditor General | PEI Energy Minister 'not overly' concerned about power grid capacity | City of Charlottetown urges Islanders to stay off the ice
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P.E.I.'s affordable housing program isn't delivering desired results, says Auditor General; Man sits in chair at desk\.

P.E.I.'s affordable housing program isn't delivering desired results, says Auditor General

March 13 , 2025 at 05:32:13 p.m. ADT • :

Prince Edward Island's Affordable Housing Development Program fell short of its intended purpose, the province's Auditor General says.

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PEI Energy Minister 'not overly' concerned about power grid capacity; PEI's Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action Gilles Arsenault speaking with CBC: Compass host Louise Martin\.

PEI Energy Minister 'not overly' concerned about power grid capacity

March 13 , 2025 at 06:25:39 p.m. ADT • :

CBC:Compass host Louise Martin speaks with P.E.I.'s Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action Gilles Arsenault about capacity issues with the Island's power grid.

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City of Charlottetown urges Islanders to stay off the ice; 'The ice floe could give way\. The children could end up in the water, which isn't safe at this time of year,' says Mitchell\.

City of Charlottetown urges Islanders to stay off the ice

March 13 , 2025 at 05:46:54 p.m. ADT • :

The City of Charlottetown is warning Islanders to stay off ice floes after receiving a call about people who ventured out onto the ice in the Charlottetown Harbour area. 

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Lessons from the 1st year of a new way of dealing with P.E.I.'s mental health emergencies; Rebecca Jesseman is the executive director of mental health and addictions for Health P\.E\.I\.

Lessons from the 1st year of a new way of dealing with P.E.I.'s mental health emergencies

March 12 , 2025 at 05:26:56 p.m. ADT • :

Prince Edward Island's mental health and addictions emergency department has just marked its first year of operation, and officials say it's making a difference. Here is CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin talking with the executive director of mental health and addictions for Health P.E.I., Rebecca Jesseman.

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Former P.E.I. foot clinic owner pleads guilty to prowling and voyeurism; Image of a person with short black hair wearing a black face mask and blue button-up shirt\.

Former P.E.I. foot clinic owner pleads guilty to prowling and voyeurism

March 12 , 2025 at 04:21:27 p.m. ADT • :

John Johnson, 26, appeared in a Charlottetown provincial courtroom alongside his lawyer Wednesday morning. He entered guilty pleas to charges of prowling at night, observing someone for a sexual purpose, and committing an indecent act.

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5 years on from COVID, what's changed and what hasn't in P.E.I.'s long-term care homes?; Christina Linton, the activity director Gillis Lodge in Belfast, P\.E\.I\., dances with a resident during a musical performance\.  

March 13 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

5 years on from COVID, what's changed and what hasn't in P.E.I.'s long-term care homes?

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New dorm buildings for Buddhist nuns' campus get the go-ahead in Three Rivers; Three Buddhist nuns shot from behind walk toward their monastery in Brudenell, P\.E\.I\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 09:05:34 p.m. ADT • :

New dorm buildings for Buddhist nuns' campus get the go-ahead in Three Rivers

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'Blood moon' total lunar eclipse to light up P.E.I. sky tonight; A lunar eclipse will last about an hour on Sunday evening and turn the moon red over Edmonton\. The blood moon should be visible between 9:41 and 10:43 p\.m\.  

March 13 , 2025 at 12:35:31 p.m. ADT • :

'Blood moon' total lunar eclipse to light up P.E.I. sky tonight

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It now takes more than good grades to get a chance to become a great veterinarian at this P.E.I. college; Danielle Harmon and Sam Berube are second-year students at UPEI's Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown\.  

March 12 , 2025 at 06:51:53 p.m. ADT • :

It now takes more than good grades to get a chance to become a great veterinarian at this P.E.I. college

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Police conducting Summerside traffic stop seize kilo of suspected MDMA, arrest 2 people; Summerside police arrested two people after allegedly finding one kilogram of MDMA in a vehicle during a traffic stop on March 11, 2025\.   

March 12 , 2025 at 04:00:35 p.m. ADT • :

Police conducting Summerside traffic stop seize kilo of suspected MDMA, arrest 2 people

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