Group of P.E.I. firefighters to join the fight against wildfires in western Canada | Talk with the Doc returns with advice about sore shoulders, recurring colds, and more | P.E.I. pitches 7 'nation-building' projects at first ministers' conference
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CBC Prince Edward Island - Today's top headlines from CBC Prince Edward Island

CBC Prince Edward Island - Today's top headlines from CBC Prince Edward Island

 

Good evening, these are your top stories for Monday, June 02, 2025.
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Group of P.E.I. firefighters to join the fight against wildfires in western Canada; The P\.E\.I\. provincial wildfire team now has about 50 members, so field service manager Mike Montigny says there's lots of capacity to send some out west\.

Group of P.E.I. firefighters to join the fight against wildfires in western Canada

June 2 , 2025 at 06:02:26 p.m. ADT • :

A dozen P.E.I. firefighters have been deployed to help fight the wildfires disrupting communities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Talk with the Doc returns with advice about sore shoulders, recurring colds, and more; A man with greying hair, beard and mustache, wearing a cream-coloured blazer over a pink shirt with a butterfly pattern\.

Talk with the Doc returns with advice about sore shoulders, recurring colds, and more

June 2 , 2025 at 06:05:19 p.m. ADT • :

Dr. Trevor Jain is back for another episode of Talk with the Doc, talking to Louise Martin of CBC News: Compass about everything from shoulder surgery and the wait times for an MRI to what to do about a recurring cold. Jain is an emergency room physician at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.
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P.E.I. pitches 7 'nation-building' projects at first ministers' conference; P\.E\.I\. Premier Rob Lantz \(second from left in blue tie\) is meeting with other provincial and territorial leaders and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday in Saskatchewan\. Major projects to boost the country's economy are expected to be the focus\.

P.E.I. pitches 7 'nation-building' projects at first ministers' conference

June 2 , 2025 at 10:22:53 a.m. ADT • :

P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz is pitching seven so-called "nation-building" projects at the first ministers' conference in Saskatoon.
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Golf P.E.I. hopes 'Buy Canadian' leads to another record year for Island courses; Golf course operators in P\.E\.I\. are hoping to capitalize more than ever on the buy-Canadian movement that's gained momentum in light of U\.S\. President Donald Trump's trade war\.

Golf P.E.I. hopes 'Buy Canadian' leads to another record year for Island courses

June 1 , 2025 at 02:30:57 p.m. ADT • :

Prince Edward Island golf operators are hoping to build on last year's record season, in part through tapping into Canadians planning trips to the province rather than head south of the border.
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Cavendish tourism industry looking into levy as way to boost North Shore businesses; Both Bosom Buddies Resort owner Kenny Singleton, left, and Fairway Cottages owner Adam Lowther would like the Resort Municipality to adopt an accommodation levy bylaw\.

Cavendish tourism industry looking into levy as way to boost North Shore businesses

June 2 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Tourism Cavendish Beach is hoping the Resort Municipality will join them in doing a study to see if a 3% accommodation levy could work on P.E.I.'s North Shore. Some tourism operators say the money would help with marketing and expand their shoulder season.
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Retired P.E.I. Catholic priest facing historical sex-related charges; Brendon Earl Gallant, who turns 80 on June 3, is shown in an image from his Facebook page\.  

May 30 , 2025 at 04:27:46 p.m. ADT • :

Retired P.E.I. Catholic priest facing historical sex-related charges

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Jennifer McCarron named interim chief of Charlottetown Police Services; Charlottetown's deputy police chief Jennifer McCarron has been appointed interim chief of police, effective June 16\.  

May 30 , 2025 at 11:05:04 a.m. ADT • :

Jennifer McCarron named interim chief of Charlottetown Police Services

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Purchase of land in Point Deroche 'monumental,' says P.E.I. conservation group; Island Nature Trust recently purchased 81 hectares of ecologically significant beach, dunes, wetlands and forest at Point Deroche\.  

June 1 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Purchase of land in Point Deroche 'monumental,' says P.E.I. conservation group

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New warning signs being placed along P.E.I. coasts where erosion and flooding are risks; Erosion is a serious issue along many parts of the Prince Edward Island coast\. This file photo shows how giant reefs were installed to protect threatened shoreline at Cedar Dunes Provincial Park in West Point\.  

June 2 , 2025 at 02:38:46 p.m. ADT • :

New warning signs being placed along P.E.I. coasts where erosion and flooding are risks

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Hydrogen balloon heading for Europe makes 'precautionary landing' in eastern P.E.I.; A hydrogen balloon is shown floating over Prince Edward Island shortly before landing in a swamp near Cardigan, P\.E\.I\., on Thursday\. All three crew members are safe, though one was treated for minor injuries, according to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre\.  

May 29 , 2025 at 03:47:35 p.m. ADT • :

Hydrogen balloon heading for Europe makes 'precautionary landing' in eastern P.E.I.

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