Summerside hospital's ICU will be back up and running this summer, province says | P.E.I. woman accused of killing infant daughter released with conditions | Teen charged with assaulting off-duty P.E.I. RCMP officer who suspected impairment
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Summerside hospital's ICU will be back up and running this summer, province says; P\.E\.I\. Health Minister Mark McLane says the province has hired a sixth internal medicine doctor who will start work at PCH later this year\.

Summerside hospital's ICU will be back up and running this summer, province says

April 10 , 2025 at 06:30:57 p.m. ADT • :

P.E.I.'s health minister says the province will have enough staff in place to restore Prince County Hospital's intensive-care unit by this summer. 
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P.E.I. woman accused of killing infant daughter released with conditions; Winter Elizabeth Rose Acorn was three months old when she died in Halifax at the IWK Health Centre, the only dedicated children's hospital in the Maritimes\. Charlottetown police have charged her mother, Cassie Acorn, with first-degree murder\.

P.E.I. woman accused of killing infant daughter released with conditions

April 10 , 2025 at 04:04:54 p.m. ADT • :

A woman accused of killing her three-month-old child made her first appearance in P.E.I. Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Teen charged with assaulting off-duty P.E.I. RCMP officer who suspected impairment; Even when off-duty, police officers are required to intervene in a situation to prevent a criminal offence from occurring, says the P\.E\.I\. RCMP\.

Teen charged with assaulting off-duty P.E.I. RCMP officer who suspected impairment

April 10 , 2025 at 04:56:28 p.m. ADT • :

A 15-year-old has been charged with assaulting an officer after an off-duty member of the P.E.I. RCMP attempted to detain them for suspected impaired driving, police say. 
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P.E.I. projects record $183.9M deficit in budget designed with population growth, trade war in mind; Finance Minister Jill Burridge tabled the provincial operating budget in the P\.E\.I\. Legislature Thursday\.

P.E.I. projects record $183.9M deficit in budget designed with population growth, trade war in mind

April 10 , 2025 at 03:18:22 p.m. ADT • :

Prince Edward Island is projecting the largest budget deficit in its history for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, according to the province's latest budget, tabled in the legislature Thursday by Finance Minister Jill Burridge.
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Three Oaks students set to travel to Europe for WW II memorial events later this month; A teenage girl and boy wearing navy zip-up jackets with a red, navy and white circular emblem on the front\.

Three Oaks students set to travel to Europe for WW II memorial events later this month

April 10 , 2025 at 06:10:34 p.m. ADT • :

Some P.E.I. high school students are headed off to Europe to learn the history of the Second World War in a very up close and personal way. Hannah Heyman and Ian Sharpe join Sheehan Desjardins of CBC News: Compass to tell us about the research they've been doing with local veterans to prepare them for the 18-day trip.
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Bill to strengthen protections for prepaid funeral clients on P.E.I. passes 2nd reading; Green MLA Matt MacFarlane says the province bears some responsibility for how former Crapaud funeral home owner Lowell Oakes was able to defraud his victims and therefore should provide them with compensation\.  

April 10 , 2025 at 01:38:12 p.m. ADT • :

Bill to strengthen protections for prepaid funeral clients on P.E.I. passes 2nd reading

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Charlottetown lawyer who was former PC Party candidate and staffer charged with sexual assault; Michael Drake, seen in a file photo, did not appear in court on Thursday\.  

April 10 , 2025 at 10:45:02 a.m. ADT • :

Charlottetown lawyer who was former PC Party candidate and staffer charged with sexual assault

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Curiosity and creativity on display as P.E.I. fair gives students a head start on science; A girl wearing pink hoodie and black coat holds a can of pop in one hand and a bottle of Gatorade in the other, in front of a cardboard poster\.  

April 10 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Curiosity and creativity on display as P.E.I. fair gives students a head start on science

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Summerside ice cream parlour caught in 'sophisticated' scam costing over $5,000; Holman's Ice Cream Parlour in Summerside is a popular stop for those craving a sweet treat in western P\.E\.I\. But its owner went through a far-from-sweet experience recently\.  

April 9 , 2025 at 05:40:27 p.m. ADT • :

Summerside ice cream parlour caught in 'sophisticated' scam costing over $5,000

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Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics; 'When my country was threatened by the government of the United States of America… I felt like I had to do something,' says Christopher Griffin, the former artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College, located on the UPEI campus in Charlottetown\.  

April 9 , 2025 at 06:30:38 p.m. ADT • :

Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics

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