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Government of Prince Edward Island news releases dated April 18, 1996 – October 31, 2016 are available here.
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| Amendments To Legal Profession Act Offer Benefits To Rural PEI
Wes MacAleer, Minister of Community Services and Attorney General, announced today amendments to the Legal Profession Act. Amendments to the act include clauses to allow lawyers to set up trust accounts in credit unions the same way they can with banks and trust companies. Minister MacAleer… |
| Communities Allowed More Flexibility By Amendment To "Planning Act" Regulations
An amendment to the Planning Act regulations will increase the maximum size permitted for institutional lots in the Stratford, Charlottetown, Cornwall and Summerside Regional Planning Areas, from one acre to three acres. In October 1998, limits were established on subdivision and building permit… |
| Higher Initial Payments For Grain
The Prince Edward Island Grain Elevators Corporation today announced the initial grain payments for the 1999-2000 crop year will be sharply higher than last year. The initial payments per tonne for grain delivered to the elevators will be $102 for barley, $119 for wheat and $93.50 for both oats and… |
| Government Affirms Commitment To Reformed Casual Hiring Practices
Provincial Treasurer Pat Mella today affirmed the province's commitment to its new casual hiring practices and corrected misinformation released yesterday by Dr. Herb Dickieson, Leader of the New Democratic Party. Minister Mella says a number of statements made by Dr. Dickieson are factually… |
| Health Care Futures Program Experiencing Successful Summer
Health and Social Services Minister Mildred Dover advised today that an additional 15 students are participating in the Health Care Futures Program. The program was first introduced in June 1999 as an eight-week summer employment initiative for ninety Prince Edward Island students interested in… |
| New Scholarship to be Legacy of International Year of Older Persons
A new post graduate scholarship, announced today by the PEI International Year of Older Persons Planning Committee will be a permanent legacy of this special year. The new scholarship of $1000 annually to the University of Prince Edward Island will be awarded to a PEI student pursuing post… |
| Toxic Amounts of Pesticides Found in Lord's Pond on the Tryon River
Initial results have been received on samples collected during the investigation into fish kills in both the Tryon and Westmoreland River systems. Results from the Atlantic Veterinary College indicate that the sudden death of the fish is consistent with a toxic insult to the fish, and dissolved… |
| Propane Price Increases - Superior Propane Inc.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission announced today that approval has been granted to Superior Propane inc. to eliminate certain pricing categories from its pricing schedule and to increase the price of propane to the remaining classes of customers by 2.75 cents per litre, effective at 12:… |
| Act To Amend The Victims Of Crime Act Proclaimed
An Act to Amend the Victims of Crime Act received second reading on May 25, 1999 and will be proclaimed, along with amendments to the Regulations, on August 7, 1999. "The processing time for claims will be reduced which will lead to greater satisfaction of victims of crime who apply for criminal… |
| Island Athletes Compete In "Jeux de la Francophonie"
Approximately 40 Island athletes will be waving the PEI flag at the upcoming Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) to be held in Memramcook, New Brunswick, August 12 to 22. Francophone youth from across Canada will meet to share their pride in being French-Canadians and develop a national… |
| Island Youth To Serve As Pages At Francophone Summit
The four Island Francophone pages who will participate in the Francophone Summit to be held in Moncton, September 3-5 as part of the Young Pages of Canada Project, attended a training session today at Province House in preparation for the event. The Island pages are Rhonda Boulter, Cornwall;… |
| MacQuarrie Named CEO of Island Energy Corporation
Wayne MacQuarrie has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation. Mr. MacQuarrie, a professional engineer, is being seconded from the Department of Transportation and Public works where he is currently the chief engineer heading up the Capital… |
| Premiers' Gallery
The fifth floor of the Shaw Building will be the site of a photographic tribute to the Premiers of Prince Edward Island on Wednesday, August 18 at 1:00 p.m., Executive Council Chambers. Directly outside the office of Premier Binns, the normally white walls will now be adorned with photos of 36… |
| Kensington Railway Development Officially Opens
Ninety-four years after opening its doors for the first time, the Kensington Railyards officially opened for business once again. But instead of selling train travel, the railway site offers tourists and Islanders a beautifully restored area in which to shop, enjoy entertainment, and appreciate the… |
| Community Development Bureau Announces First Project
Premier Pat Binns and Development Minister Don MacKinnon today announced that the first community development initiative approved under the recently announced Community Development Bureau would be the Tyne Valley Recreation and Community Development Centre, a project undertaken by the Tyne Valley… |
| Island Hosts 21 Dignitaries of Francophonie Countries
The Government of Prince Edward Island along with Canadian Heritage and the Société Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, the Island's main Acadian and Francophone community group, recently hosted dignitaries representing twenty countries that will participate in the Francophone Summit in early September in… |
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| Government of Prince Edward Island Signs Agreement Creating 73 High-Tech Jobs, International Opportunities For Island Businesses
The Government of Prince Edward Island and three private sector companies signed a two-part agreement today that will create 73 high-tech jobs, give Island businesses greater access to world markets and support long-term, sustainable development of information technology in the province. The… |
| Creative Acadian Partnership Generates Unique Development Proposal With Ivory Coast
A new cooperation development proposal to be submitted by Acadian entrepreneurs to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), holds the promise of developing the Ivory Coast nation's cultural tourism industry, smart communities and cooperative entrepreneurship, and creating new links… |
| Petroleum Pricing Adjustments
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission announced today that applications for crude oil cost-related increases have been approved by the Commission. Shell Canada Products Limited has been authorized to increase by 2.0 cents pre litre, Petro-Canada by 2.1 cents per litre, Ultramar Ltd. And… |