P.E.I. strawberry farmer hopeful more Islanders will buy local amid disease concerns | Oyster harvesters in P.E.I. fear overfishing, empty rivers next spring amid MSX concerns | Donation of Turkish-language books expands Charlottetown library's multilingual collection
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
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P.E.I. strawberry farmer hopeful more Islanders will buy local amid disease concerns; Matthew Compton, owner and operator of Compton's Farm Market says the new fungal disease Neo-P is affecting farmers across Prince Edward Island\.

P.E.I. strawberry farmer hopeful more Islanders will buy local amid disease concerns

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

With strawberry season around the corner, one Prince Edward Island farmer is sharing his concerns about a new disease that's affecting some crops.
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Oyster harvesters in P.E.I. fear overfishing, empty rivers next spring amid MSX concerns; P\.E\.I\. oyster harvest

Oyster harvesters in P.E.I. fear overfishing, empty rivers next spring amid MSX concerns

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

More than 80 of the Island's wild oyster harvesters had to find new places to fish after the MSX parasite forced the shutdown of Bedeque Bay last year. As CBC's Nancy Russell reports, the pressure to find more oysters has meant some rivers are being fished out — and that could mean no catches next spring.
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Donation of Turkish-language books expands Charlottetown library's multilingual collection; Dilek Yesil holds a copy of a book written by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk\. She says it's one of the most important books of the 20 she donated to the library\.

Donation of Turkish-language books expands Charlottetown library's multilingual collection

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

The Charlottetown Library Learning Centre has added another language section to its multilingual collection. 
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Prince Edward to visit P.E.I. this month, marking first royal visit in over a decade; Britian's Prince Edward, then the Earl of Wessex, left, inspects soldiers of the Saskatchewan Dragoons at the Regina International Airport in Regina on June 22, 2016\.

Prince Edward to visit P.E.I. this month, marking first royal visit in over a decade

June 9 , 2025 at 02:00:13 p.m. ADT • :

The Duke of Edinburgh, who also holds the title of colonel-in-chief of the Prince Edward Island Regiment, is scheduled to visit P.E.I. on June 25 to attend celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the regiment, according to the royal calendar.
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McLane defends Health P.E.I. guidelines after doctors threaten to take legal action; P\.E\.I\. health minister 'confident' province, family doctors can reach compromise on workload targets

McLane defends Health P.E.I. guidelines after doctors threaten to take legal action

June 9 , 2025 at 06:11:27 p.m. ADT • :

The province's health minister says he's confident Health P.E.I. and the society that represents family doctors on the Island can reach a compromise in a dispute over physician workloads. 
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Medical Society of P.E.I. plans legal action over alleged breach of contract; Society representing P\.E\.I\. doctors is suing Health P\.E\.I\. over new targets for family physicians  

June 7 , 2025 at 11:27:53 a.m. ADT • :

Medical Society of P.E.I. plans legal action over alleged breach of contract

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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\.  

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

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

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This rural P.E.I. community took health care into its own hands. Now it has a thriving clinic; Lisa Gallant stands in a section of the South Shore Health and Wellness Centre that is undergoing its third expansion since the facility opened in January 2018\.  

June 8 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

This rural P.E.I. community took health care into its own hands. Now it has a thriving clinic

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A conversation with the new leader of P.E.I.'s Green Party; A man sitting in a TV studio\. He is not looking at the camera\.  

June 9 , 2025 at 03:38:43 p.m. ADT • :

A conversation with the new leader of P.E.I.'s Green Party

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P.E.I.'s only full brass band celebrates 10-year anniversary; The Great George Street Brass Band plays music at a garden party in 2018\.  

June 8 , 2025 at 01:40:48 p.m. ADT • :

P.E.I.'s only full brass band celebrates 10-year anniversary

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