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EDITORIAL: Canadians making impossible choices between health and food
After Canada’s three supermarket CEOs were grilled in Ottawa in March 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised grocery prices would have to come down or there would be consequences. More than a year later, and the price of a weekly shop is only ...
CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to Atlantic Journalism Awards winners, finalists
Cheers to the finalists and gold winners at the May 4 Atlantic Journalism Awards, including veteran Guardian reporter Dave Stewart who took the gold in the short feature (print) category for his story about a couple’s experience with medical ...
LETTERS: On NIMBY name-calling and Charlottetown's Downtown Farmers' Market
Politicians engaged in name-calling It is more than disturbing when our elected officials turn on their constituents and call them names, such as NIMBY (Not in my backyard) people. This label is given to people who are concerned that proposed methods ...
MATTHEW MacFARLANE: A missed opportunity to help P.E.I.'s health-care system
The first day of May marked National Physicans’ Day — a day to honour the hard work, care and dedication of physicians across the country and here on P.E.I. As he often does on days that recognize important leaders in our community, P.E.I. Premier ...
COMMENTARY: P.E.I. government policies hurting health-care recruitment effort
Alex Whalen and Mackenzie Moir are analysts at the Fraser Institute. Prince Edward Island is struggling to attract and retain doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals. While Prince Country Hospital has been a recent focal point, ...
LETTERS: P.E.I. letter writers concerned about doctor shortage and direction of health care
Worried about health-care future For the first time, I tried to get care with the new virtual health-care system on P.E.I. My dear family doctor, a beautiful person, passed away, and now after 45 years, I do not have a family doctor. I had to fill ...
BLAKE DOYLE: Depopulation strategies lacking in P.E.I.
The province's population growth once heralded by political leaders has now become a Waterloo of poor planning. Growth aggressively sought by provincial and municipal politicians, is a quick pivot when constituents' ire is raised. The province with ...
RICK MacLEAN: The girdle offered me a pregnancy lesson
The cool thing about regaining consciousness is how sudden it can be. One minute you’re getting to know what it’s like to be wheeled down the hall on a stretcher. It’s exactly the same view shown in all the TV shows set in hospitals. The lights of ...
EDITORIAL: Temporary foreign workers are critical to Atlantic Canada and deserve supports
Like Atlantic Canadian labourers who migrate for jobs in western Canada for months at a time, when Lude Meng left her home in China to work in a Prince Edward Island fish plant, she did so to build a better life for her family. Instead, she faced a ...
CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to those working to ensure safety of temporary foreign workers
Cheers to the Cooper Institute in Charlottetown for its tireless work advocating for vulnerable P.E.I. residents, including temporary foreign workers like Lude Meng. In a series about Meng’s efforts to obtain an open work permit after she was ...
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COMMENTARY: P.E.I. businesses addicted to newcomer labour
EDITORIAL: Teaching 'n' texting — a school cellphone ban needs to be accompanied by more education
COMMENTARY: Portugal marks 50 years since the Carnation Revolution
DEBBIE LANGSTON: Talk to children about race
LETTER: Clarifying Maple's role in P.E.I.
CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to those taking part in P.E.I.'s spring lobster fishery
LETTER: Who is supposed to stop at crosswalk — pedestrian or driver?
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