After decades of delays, developer says Summerside resort on track for 2027 opening | Charlottetown not part of new P.E.I. police team aimed at curbing drugs, organized crime | Police say a West Kent parent believed a 2023 school touching incident had been reported to them. It hadn't.
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After decades of delays, developer says Summerside resort on track for 2027 opening; A wide shot of Ocean View Resort in Summerside, P\.E\.I\.

After decades of delays, developer says Summerside resort on track for 2027 opening

May 12 , 2025 at 08:54:59 p.m. ADT • :

Ocean View Resort has sat unopened in the P.E.I. city's west end since Sean Liu bought the property in 2005. Now, he says the building and a 27-hole golf course will be ready in two years' time.
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Charlottetown not part of new P.E.I. police team aimed at curbing drugs, organized crime; The P\.E\.I\. government is spending about \$800,000 on the new Joint Enforcement Team, or JET, which launched about two weeks ago with a focus on the illicit drug trade and organized crime\.

Charlottetown not part of new P.E.I. police team aimed at curbing drugs, organized crime

May 12 , 2025 at 06:00:00 p.m. ADT • :

The province is funding a new collaborative police unit to help clean up the drug problem on Prince Edward Island, but the Island's largest municipal force says it doesn't want to be involved.
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Police say a West Kent parent believed a 2023 school touching incident had been reported to them. It hadn't.; West Kent Elementary School, shown in a 2021 file photo, was the scene of allegations involving Matthew Craswell in June 2023, P\.E\.I\.'s education minister told the legislature Friday\.

Police say a West Kent parent believed a 2023 school touching incident had been reported to them. It hadn't.

May 12 , 2025 at 04:32:47 p.m. ADT • :

Investigators with Charlottetown Police Services say they didn't learn about an alleged 2023 touching incident involving Matthew Craswell at West Kent Elementary School until one of the girls' parents brought it to them 14 months later.
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Come From Away to join Anne on mainstage of 2026 Charlottetown Festival; A new production of the feel-good musical Come From Away will arrive in Charlottetown in the summer of 2026, a co-production with Neptune Theatre in Halifax\. This photo shows the cast of a touring production of the show, which made a stop in Moncton earlier this month\.

Come From Away to join Anne on mainstage of 2026 Charlottetown Festival

May 12 , 2025 at 03:58:29 p.m. ADT • :

The first Charlottetown Festival shows of 2025 haven't hit the stage yet, but plans for next year's edition are already in the works.
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P.E.I. trans and non-binary community wary of going to U.S. while Trump is president; '\[The\] Canada-U\.S\. border\.\.\. is one that you could just walk across, and now you can't cross it, because you could be thrown in jail, especially for trans people,' says Anastasia Preston\.

P.E.I. trans and non-binary community wary of going to U.S. while Trump is president

May 12 , 2025 at 01:35:35 p.m. ADT • :

Some members of the trans and non-binary communities in Prince Edward Island are growing increasingly concerned about travelling to the United States after President Donald Trump took office in January.
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City asks for meeting on Park Street services, but P.E.I. housing minister says it's pointless; The Community Outreach Centre in Charlottetown moved from Euston Street to Park Street in March 2024\.  

May 12 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

City asks for meeting on Park Street services, but P.E.I. housing minister says it's pointless

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Liberals call for firings, accountability in wake of former P.E.I. teacher's sex crimes case; P\.E\.I\.'s Public Schools Branch has confirmed that Matthew Alan Craswell continued to worked as a substitute teacher in high schools, even though it knew of two allegations of improper touching when he worked in Island elementary schools\.  

May 8 , 2025 at 08:24:33 p.m. ADT • :

Liberals call for firings, accountability in wake of former P.E.I. teacher's sex crimes case

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Coverage of hockey players' trial could retraumatize survivors, says P.E.I. advocate; Five former Canadian world junior hockey players have all pleaded not guilty in a sexual assault trial underway in London, Ont\. Reading and hearing the coverage may be difficult for people who have experienced sexual assault, says a P\.E\.I\. advocate\.  

May 8 , 2025 at 02:57:16 p.m. ADT • :

Coverage of hockey players' trial could retraumatize survivors, says P.E.I. advocate

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Staff in Atlantic Canada among 1,300 affected by announced CRA job cuts; The Canada Revenue Agency says it is not renewing the contracts of around 1,300 term employees across Canada\.  

May 7 , 2025 at 05:35:00 p.m. ADT • :

Staff in Atlantic Canada among 1,300 affected by announced CRA job cuts

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P.E.I. artists bring home 4 East Coast Music Awards; Vishtèn Connexions performs during a Music P\.E\.I\. Week showcase in March\.  

May 11 , 2025 at 04:34:46 p.m. ADT • :

P.E.I. artists bring home 4 East Coast Music Awards

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