UPEI editor wants paper independent
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
The editor of the University of Prince Edward Island's campus newspaper wants to break away from the student union.
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Student pleads guilty in fatal crash
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A young man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in an accident that killed two fellow students in eastern Prince Edward Island and injured two others.
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Prominent Island civil servant dies
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paul Jelley, who served the government of P.E.I. as deputy minister in a number of major portfolios during his career, died on Friday.
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New rules to protect foreign workers
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
The federal government is proposing new regulations to protect foreign workers coming to Canada.
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New oilseeds plant set for Kensington
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A bio-refinery that will extract oils from specialty seeds will be built in Kensington, P.E.I., with the help of $6 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments.
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No charges in dirt bike collision with car
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
P.E.I. RCMP will not be laying charges in connection with a collision Saturday afternoon between a car and two 12-year-old boys on a dirt bike.
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Coyote caught after attack on dog
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of two coyotes that attacked a dog near Souris has been caught by P.E.I. wildlife officials, says the man who had been walking the dog.
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H1N1 costs P.E.I. $5M
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Delivering the vaccine and other preparations for swine flu have cost P.E.I. about $5 million so far, says Health Minister Doug Currie.
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Sushi Often Not What You Think
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Giant Atlantic bluefin tuna from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Credit: Jay R. Rooker From Live Science: That tuna in your sushi might be an endangered species, a new study finds. Some genetic detective work by scientists has shown that bluefin tuna, an endangered fish, regularly gets put on the plates of sushi eaters in New York and Colorado. "When you eat sushi, you can unknowingly get a critically...
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Two P.E.I. boys hurt in dirt bike-car collision
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Two 12-year-old boys from P.E.I. were injured Saturday when their off-road motorcycle was hit by a car on Cleremont Road.
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Canada's sledge hockey team wins silver
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Canada's sledge hockey team settled for a silver medal after losing 3-2 in overtime to the United States in Saturday's gold-medal game at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown.
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[FORUM] What's your local environmental catastrophe?
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Everything is local. That's the point I tried to make yesterday, when I blogged about the ongoing willingness of the Prince Edward Island government to subsidize a lobster fishery that's going to end in tears and, perhaps, herds of jellyfish. There are certainly any number of massive, global environmental catastrophes, like the worldwide devastation of fish stocks in particular and marine ecologies,...
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P.E.I. to welcome Olympic torch
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Olympic torch is headed for Prince Edward Island Saturday.
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Canada goes for gold in sledge hockey
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Canada will compete for the gold medal on Saturday at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown.
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[BRIEF NOTE] Why I don't trust Atlantic Canadians to manage their fisheries
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
This story demonstrates why I've no faith in Atlantic Canadians to manage their fisheries. P.E.I. Fisheries Minister Neil LeClair is defending a decision to offer financial assistance to new lobster fishermen when there are other efforts underway to get people to leave the industry. Future Fishers, a provincial program announced Tuesday, includes up to $1,000 per person to help pay for training costs...
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