Publication

Thursday - 12th March, 2026
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` THE TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN'

Closing her practice and moving to Nova Scotia was not an easy decision to make for one Summerside doctor. “The job itself, seeing patients, being a problem solver, advocating for patients within the system, those are the things that I'm trained to...

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Thursday - 5th March, 2026
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A NEW ARM FOR TOMMY

Ashley Darrach was 20 weeks pregnant her doctor called, saying he needed to see her as soon as she could come in. He called in the morning, an unusual time for a call. On the way to the hospital, Darrach's mind began racing with possibilities, anxious...

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Thursday - 26th February, 2026
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MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR

Residents of another Summerside mobile home park are being offered the chance to collectively buy the property from their landlord. Homeowners in the Linkletter Estates neighbourhood received the letter outlining the offer, dated Feb. 9. In it,...

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Thursday - 19th February, 2026
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON

More than two decades ago, Mike Dixon was one of the regulars at the Summerside Folk Club, which ran from 2000 to 2003. “Friends of ours, Dave and Beth Gould, started their own cafe on Spinnakers' Landing called Fogarty's Cove Cafe,” recalled Dixon....

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Thursday - 12th February, 2026
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ON THE MEND

Bob Wagner typically winters in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with his girlfriend, Monica. That's where the Summerside man was in late December when, with little warning, a medical emergency struck. “He gave me a call on, it would've been December 28....

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Thursday - 5th February, 2026
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COLD MORNING'S WORK

Brian Phillips scoops up the last few piles of snow from the City of Summerside's outdoor ice surface at Schurman Park Rink, following the storm of Jan. 27. The city maintains both the rink and the oval at nearby Queen Elizabeth Park for outdoor...

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Thursday - 29th January, 2026
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` A TASTE FROM AFAR'

A new restaurant is bringing a new type of cuisine to Miscouche, with a mix of Canadian pub food and traditional Chinese dishes. Late summer 2025, Ryan Guan moved to Summerside from Guangdong province of China, with wife Lily and 9- year- old daughter...

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Thursday - 22nd January, 2026
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BUILDING ` COMPLETE STREETS'

SUMMERSIDE, P. E. I. - The standard way local roads are built in Summerside could change in the near future. The city has been working on a “complete streets” policy for nearly a year. Staff recently brought council up to speed on their progress,...

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