Prince Edward Island News

Kissing the cod and getting screeched in are two well known traditional introductions to Newfoundland.

P.E.I. Senator Catherine Callbeck is urging the federal government to choose someone to replace her as soon as possible after she retires.

A new plan to allow P.E.I. fishermen to hold more than one lobster licence will reduce the number of traps in the water.

RCMP called in their canine unit along with P.E.I. Ground Search and Rescue to locate the woman who went missing on the Island Wednesday evening.

Mark Sherren, left, regional engineer, Transportation Minister Robert Vessey and Matthew Fortier, engineering technical officer, look over the new roundabout at the Upton Road in Charlottetown.

A production of The Drowsy Chaperone at a theatre in eastern P.E.I. is proving to be so popular the run has been extended to the end of August.

Dawn Courtney, centre director in Moncton for Herbal Magic, says the company has been sold, resulting in 11 centres closing across Canada.

Three swimmers, all young women, were in the water for about half an hour before they managed to make it on their own to the Blooming Point peninsula, said Bob Morrison, chief of the North Shore Fire Department.

A group from Florida that chartered a boat from Scott Bruce of North Lake caught the first fish, then let it go.

Henry Morgentaler, seen here in a file photo, was a physician who fought to expand abortion rights in Canada.

Manitoba consumers continue to spend at a healthy pace, with May retail sales up 0.7 per cent from April and 3.4 per cent from a year earlier, Statistics Canada said today.

Born and raised in L'Anse aux Meadows, N.L., Clayton Colbourne is now an interpreter for the site with Parks Canada.

P.E.I. teachers don't have the resources they need to help students who didn't get passing marks in the previous grade, says Prof.

The historic Cape Bear Lighthouse in southeastern Prince Edward Island is being saved from toppling into the sea.

A small fire in the basement of an abandoned home in Charlottetown drew firefighters and police quickly to the scene.

In the battle for Prince Edward Island's groundwater, scientists are largely caught in the middle of the proverbial tug-of-war.

A Cornwall, P.E.I. woman will serve 45 days in jail for stealing from the Bluefield High School band program and a little league baseball team.

P.E.I. RCMP tweeted this photo of a shopping cart hanging from a street sign in Stratford, Tuesday, July 22. Prince Edward Island RCMP used their Twitter account this morning to remind the public that altering street signs is against the law.

Members from the Kensington fire department were dispatched at 7:40 a.m.July 19 to rescue a border collie and its owner who were trapped in a 24-foot deep well in Baltic, north of the town of Kensington in PEI An uncovered well set the scene for what could have been a tragic situation over the weekend in Baltic, Prince Edward Island.

The number of people drowning in the Maritimes is falling, but the rates are not the same in all three provinces.