Prince Edward Island News

The town of Stratford, P.E.I. is building a statue and fountain on its waterfront to recognize the diversity of its heritage, and to honour in particular Mi'kmaq runner Michael Thomas.

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney's swag includes this T-shirt, which includes a list of his tour dates for the No Shoes Nation Tour 2013.

Out on the islands, there's quite a bit of restaurant retooling underway. On Isle of Palms, Hucks Lowcountry Table has given way to Ken Vedrinski's spanking-new Coda del Pesce.

A group of fishermen, angry over the low price of lobster and the P.E.I. government's response to it, have signed a petition demanding the resignation of Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley.

Most Rev. J. Vernon Fougere, bishop emeritus of Charlottetown, died Tuesday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.

Bishop Vernon Fougere speaks during mass at St. Dunstan's Basilicia Church in Charlottetown in this Guardian file photo dated Aug. 31, 2009.

Elizabeth DeBlois, event organizer, reads a passage from the newly published "Anne around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic" with one of the book's editors, Jane Ledwell.

The P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame recently moved out. An information centre has been built in that space, and there is still some room to spare.

Harshaan Ahluwalis, 2, dribbles a soccer ball in Montreal last Saturday, the day the Quebec Soccer Federation announced an end to its turban ban.

With a three-year deal in place, Summerside's hockey team hopes to be able to focus on the action on the ice for a while.

The Muslim Society of P.E.I. is launching a food basket campaign to provide donations for families who might otherwise go hungry during the month of Ramadan.

Island libraries are among the first in the country to become part of Freegal, an online service that lets you download music onto your home computer, iPod or mp3 player.

Yarmouth will mark the beginning of a 500 km trek that will take Bob Maher and Edward Wedler to PEI for the Georgetown Conference this fall.

The exhibit on the waterfront opened more than a decade ago. The attraction tells the story of Canadian Confederation, starting with the Charlottetown Conference in 1864.

RCMP in eastern P.E.I. are investigating an incident on Saturday where a shot was fired following what they were told was a domestic dispute.

Police say sometime that afternoon thieves entered the home and stole a significant quantity of cash.

A century-old train station in eastern P.E.I. will not be torn down as planned, but instead made available to the community.

Friday evening, following a stop on Arnett Avenue, police charged a 53-year-old Grande Prairie, Alta., man with impaired driving.

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, New Brunswick Premier David Alward, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, Alberta Premier Alison Redford, Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, left to right, listen to a choir at Province House during the annual Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax on Thursday, ... (more)

Historian Boyde Beck gives a tour of downtown Charlottetown to a group of delegates attending the Canadian River Heritage Conference being held in the city this week.