Prince Edward Island News

The Island Nature Trust is doing an inventory of all the species of plants and animals in P.E.I.'s first wilderness park and the area surrounding it.

As wireworms spread across P.E.I., costing potato growers millions of dollars by damaging crops, farmers are turning to a new rotation crop for the fight.

Catherine Callbeck looks over scrapbooks that were compiled and given to her by Janet Warren.

A P.E.I. sprinter competing at the Commonwealth Games will not progress to the semi-finals of the Men's 100-metre event.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Seacow Head Lighthouse. Community celebrations began July 27 in Fernwood, P.E.I. The Seacow Head Lighthouse in Fernwood, P.E.I., is celebrating its 150th anniversary this weekend, but amidst the festive mood there is fear the community may lose the historical structure.

Tapping the keg. The Petit-Sault Brewery brews out of an old police station in Edmundston's downtown.

Ryan DesRoches, a native of Charlottetown, is pictured picking berries while cycling on a trail in Germany, meant to show his fondness for using natural products.

The Littlefield family recently visited Prince Edward Island in Canada on vacation and brought along their Republican Journal.

Ottawa's proposed changes to firearms legislation could possibly mean owners of restricted or prohibited guns would be permitted to carry them around at will, says Prince Edward Island's chief firearms officer.

Lighthouses, lobster and cooler temperatures are big draws for travel to Canada's Maritime Islands and New England in the summer months, especially for Texans who are eager to escape the heat.

Lord Selkirk Campground in Eldon will host a new event today, Saturday, July 26 - Florida Days on Prince Edward Island.

A Jack Russell terrier is scanned for a microchip at the Blue Cross Lewknor Rehoming Centre in London.

Netherland natives Chiel Middelkamp, right, and his brother, Eelco, are standing tall in the fourth season of operating Middelkamp Organic Produce in Prince Edward Island.

Left to right: Jenna Knorr, Erica Knorr and Megan Aiken take part in a protest as pro-choice demonstrators rally at the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton on Thursday, April 17, 2014.

P.E.I. Rural Development Minister Ron MacKinley says it's taken longer than expected to get money flowing from the Hermanville community enhancement fund.

A U.S. company seeking the return of aircraft engines, claimed by the government of Colombia but currently in a P.E.I. repair shop, must post a bond if it wants to proceed with its court action.

Water temperatures up to 25C have sent trout from some ponds to cooler, faster-flowing streams where predators lurk.

South Baffin MLA David Joanasie will not serve jail time following a July 7 impaired driving incident while he was on vacation in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In his sentence, Judge John Douglas gave credit to Joanasie for spending the night of July 7 in jail.

RCMP have charged a P.E.I. man in relation to an assault on a 17-year-old girl after she was found injured on the side of the road in the early morning hours of July 16. Police were called at about 1 a.m. and were told the injured girl had been found along the Trans-Canada Highway at Cherry Valley east of Charlottetown.

The 5,000 people crowded into the zone at Confederation Landing Park were appreciative of both the music and the provincial and federal governments for footing the bill.