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Island EMS unveils new base in O'Leary, keeping paramedic services in the community

June 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A new base for paramedics and ambulances has finally risen from the ashes after an electrical fire claimed the original building in a western P.E.I. community nearly two years ago.

Deep-red field turns heads: Crimson clover is a colourful soil builder for this P.E.I. potato farm

June 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Last fall, Summerside-based Linkletter Farms planted crimson clover as a cover crop, to hold potato field soil in place over the winter. Co-owner Mark MacEwen didn't expect it to survive the icy weather the way it does in other provinces, but it did. Now he's looking forward to seeing what it does next. CBC's Nancy Russell and drone operator Aaron Adetuyi went to Linkletter to have a look.

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Proposed wage hikes have 'uplifted' P.E.I.'s health support services workers, says union

June 18 , 2025 at 02:45:49 p.m. ADT • :

After two years of negotiations, Health P.E.I. has reached an agreement on wages for support services staff that the union representing the workers is calling "historic."

Entangled right whale has P.E.I. fishermen's group on alert as lobster season nears its end

June 18 , 2025 at 11:02:02 a.m. ADT • :

The P.E.I. Fishermen's Association says it is closely monitoring the situation after Fisheries and Oceans Canada restricted a fishing area off P.E.I. waters due to the detection of an entangled North Atlantic right whale very close to the Island's coast.

Johnson 'has absolutely no insight' into his voyeurism crimes, judge says while jailing him

June 18 , 2025 at 03:24:01 p.m. ADT • :

The man who worked as a podiatrist without any credentials and then was caught masturbating outside a Charlottetown woman's window will spend just over five months in jail, with a P.E.I. judge citing his lack of remorse for his actions.

June 18 , 2025 at 10:42:12 a.m. ADT • :

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Island EMS unveils new base in O'Leary, keeping paramedic services in the community

Deep-red field turns heads: Crimson clover is a colourful soil builder for this P.E.I. potato farm

Proposed wage hikes have 'uplifted' P.E.I.'s health support services workers, says union

Entangled right whale has P.E.I. fishermen's group on alert as lobster season nears its end

Johnson 'has absolutely no insight' into his voyeurism crimes, judge says while jailing him

It may look like a quiet moment in the park, but this silent disco is much more than it seems

37-year-old Island man arrested, weapons seized after alleged gun-pointing incident

Sekisui Diagnostics facility in P.E.I. expanding, hiring 25 new staff with $3.9M from province

Community invited to take 1st look at vision for transformed Eastlink Centre next week

Canadian Blood Services is shooting for more than 500 extra donations this summer on P.E.I.