Health P.E.I. posting 500 permanent full-time jobs in effort to stabilize workforce | Protecting yourself against a fraudulent demand for money is getting harder and harder | UPEI medical school project 'on time, on budget,' says university president
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Health P.E.I. posting 500 permanent full-time jobs in effort to stabilize workforce; Woman with bangs smiles\.

Health P.E.I. posting 500 permanent full-time jobs in effort to stabilize workforce

March 20 , 2025 at 08:28:36 p.m. ADT • :

Health P.E.I. is posting 500 permanent full-time positions for current staff members, hoping to change existing part-time and casual workers into full-time employees. 
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Protecting yourself against a fraudulent demand for money is getting harder and harder; CBC's Sheehan Desjardins speaks with Geoff Morton, the senior director of fraud strategy for Royal Bank of Canada\.

Protecting yourself against a fraudulent demand for money is getting harder and harder

March 20 , 2025 at 05:28:25 p.m. ADT • :

More and more Atlantic Canadians are falling prey to scams, according to Royal Bank of Canada's annual Fraud Prevention Month poll. And bank officials say these scams are ever more targeted, ever more sophisticated — sometimes even personalized using artificial intelligence. CBC's Sheehan Desjardins speaks with Geoff Morton, RBC's senior director of fraud strategy.
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UPEI medical school project 'on time, on budget,' says university president; Women wears glasses, a collared shirt and a magenta blazer\.

UPEI medical school project 'on time, on budget,' says university president

March 20 , 2025 at 05:46:51 p.m. ADT • :

The University of Prince Edward Island says everything is on track for the August opening of the province's new medical school, which will be a regional campus of Memorial University in St. John's.
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P.E.I. woman, 51, dead after being pulled from ocean near Brackley Beach; A woman from P\.E\.I\.'s Queens County is dead after being found in the water near Brackley Beach on March 17\.

P.E.I. woman, 51, dead after being pulled from ocean near Brackley Beach

March 18 , 2025 at 10:49:06 a.m. ADT • :

A woman from P.E.I.'s Queens County found in the water near Brackley Beach on Monday night was pronounced dead in hospital, RCMP said Tuesday morning.
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Big savings at the pump ahead as carbon tax ends for P.E.I. fuel April 1; In this July 16, 2015 photo, a woman holds a nozzle as she refuels her car at a Costco gas station in Robinson Township, Pa\. Prices for coal, natural gas, oil and the fuels made from crude such as gasoline and diesel are all far less expensive than they have been in recent years, delivering big breaks for consumers and decimating energy company profits and leading to huge layoffs\. \(AP Photo/Gene J\. Puskar\)

Big savings at the pump ahead as carbon tax ends for P.E.I. fuel April 1

March 19 , 2025 at 07:18:51 a.m. ADT • :

The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission has confirmed the consumer carbon tax will be removed from P.E.I. fuel prices starting next month.
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P.E.I. child-care workers face uncertainty after change to immigration program; Child-care working reading a book to kids\.  

March 20 , 2025 at 10:34:22 a.m. ADT • :

P.E.I. child-care workers face uncertainty after change to immigration program

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With province's solar rebates going dark, P.E.I. customers and installers left 'in limbo'; Heather Rodgers looks over plans for her solar panels\. Now, she's not sure whether she'll get approved for a rebate after the provincial government paused its program\.  

March 19 , 2025 at 09:08:01 p.m. ADT • :

With province's solar rebates going dark, P.E.I. customers and installers left 'in limbo'

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3 people accused in one of P.E.I.'s largest drug busts to remain in jail; Charlottetown police seized a large quantity of fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine and cocaine, along with \$5,800 in cash and multiple cell phones, in a drug bust in Startford on Monday, March 10, 2025\.  

March 20 , 2025 at 04:48:08 p.m. ADT • :

3 people accused in one of P.E.I.'s largest drug busts to remain in jail

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Health P.E.I.'s outdated diversity policy is placing vulnerable workers at risk, say critics; Close-up of a "Policy and Procedures Manual" document with headings like "EQUITY AND DIVERSITY" and "Human Resources"  

March 20 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Health P.E.I.'s outdated diversity policy is placing vulnerable workers at risk, say critics

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Kent MacDonald acclaimed as federal Liberal candidate in P.E.I.'s Cardigan riding; Kent MacDonald, a seventh-generation dairy farmer from Little Pond, was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for P\.E\.I\.'s federal riding of Cardigan in March 2025\.  

March 18 , 2025 at 01:37:27 p.m. ADT • :

Kent MacDonald acclaimed as federal Liberal candidate in P.E.I.'s Cardigan riding

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