The Guardian (Charlottetown)
READY FOR RETIREMENT
Freddy Doiron, owner of the By the Bay Family Restaurant in North Rustico, has sold the operation after almost 30 years of feeding customers. “Did I make a million? No, but I made a pretty good decent living and provided a service to the community,”...
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TAKING IN THE TRASH
A unique energy facility is getting a major overhaul in Charlottetown. P.E.I. Energy Systems sits on the Charlottetown shoreline southwest of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Since the 1980s it has provided heating and cooling to buildings throughout...
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GREETINGS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
Mike Scott has found numerous items washed up along the coast of his home in Scotland, but one from Prince Edward Island stood out. Two weeks ago, Scott was walking his dogs in St. Cyrus, just south of Aberdeen, when he noticed a wine bottle bobbing...
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COSTS RISING, TRUST FALLING
Aformer Health P.E.I. board member says Prince Edward Island’s health budget has nearly doubled, while administration costs and staffing has surged, with little to show for it. “The budget has ballooned from $680 million in 2018 to $1.24 billion in...
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Survivors, supporters step up
Chris Mcisaac was first diagnosed with non-hodgkin lymphoma in 2009 on his 41st birthday, while his wife was six months pregnant with their daughter. After completing 10 rounds of chemotherapy, he believed he was cancer-free before it returned two...
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OFFICIAL INTRIGUED BY ANTI-DRONE SYSTEM FROM TRIO AT HEART OF EXPLOSIVES TRIAL
A senior official at the Department of National Defence says he wants to learn more about the anti-drone system three men charged in an Ontario gun and explosives investigation are working on, once their legal problems are resolved. But developing...
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ROLE MODEL
Charlottetown senior Irene Burge says keeping a positive attitude and eating healthy are the secrets to making it to 95 years of age. Burge, who celebrated her 95th birthday March 10, is still very active for her age. She gets driven to the UPEI gym...
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RED TAPE RUNAROUND
Tracy Belsher might not get to open her small gallery and antique shop for the tourism season this year after finding herself caught in government red tape. Belsher is filing an appeal this week with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission,...
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New P.E.I.-N.S. ferry on pause over docking: MP
The construction of the new ferry that is intended to replace the MV Holiday Island has been put on pause, says Cardigan MP Kent Macdonald. The Holiday Island was scrapped following an onboard fire in 2022. Transport Canada, which owns the ferries and...
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Risks flagged for children, staff
Front-line mental health staff say plans to relocate P.E.I.’S only child and youth psychiatric unit puts young people at risk of “traumatizing” and “overwhelming” interactions. Staff have been raising concerns for months about plans to relocate the...
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STAYING FOCUSED ON PARALYMPICS
Menno Arendz anticipated transitioning from athlete to coach. The process, however, went a little faster than expected after retiring as an athlete in 2015. “To be honest, I kind of stepped away from the sport and a week later, my coach at the time...
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RUSSIA MAY SEE CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM MIDEAST WAR
For Russia, the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s network of anti-western partners, and it exposed Moscow’s diminished influence on the world stage, from the Middle East to...
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ANGELS IN ALEXANDRA
Fran Young, left, and Kenny Zakem, co-executive directors of the Santa’s Angels board of directors, discuss plans for a new property in Alexandra, P.E.I., which features 125 acres of space and will enable the group to expand its programs for vulnerable...
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CONTROLLING THE BURN
Some hot new technology is on the way to P.E.I.’S firefighting school. The fire school in Miltonvale Park has had a live fire simulator for years, but it uses wood pallets and straw that are lit by an oil burner. It makes a lot of smoke, and the...
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AN HONOUR TO COMPETE
Mark Arendz remembers how P.E.I. rallied around him and his family. That support still resonates today and serves as motivation for one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympians. At the time, a young Arendz was injured in a farm accident that resulted...
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A TEAM OF THREE
Team P.E.I. skip Tyler Smith follows a shot during play at the 2026 Montana’s Brier in St. John’s. The Smith rink, which is playing in the Canadian men’s curling championship with three players, as second stone Chris Gallant was unable to attend due to...
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STRONG SKI SEASON
BROOKVALE — P.E.I.’S ski hill is enjoying a successful 2025-26 winter season. Erin Curley, the operations lead at the Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park at Brookvale, said officials will not know just how successful until the end of the season. “We...
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IS TRUMP RUNNING OUT OF TARIFF CARDS TO PLAY AHEAD OF CUSMA REVIEW?
Even the highest court in the land could not convince Donald Trump to stray from his love of tariffs. The U.S. president’s yearlong imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was brought to a halt by the...
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SHARING A SMILE
When Mike Stratton was a kid, he and his friends used to draw funny pictures to make each other laugh. But as he grew up and got into music, drawing took a back seat to other hobbies and working adult life. About five years ago, the Marshfield man...
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BODYBUILDER CHASES INTERNATIONAL GLORY
Charlottetown bodybuilder Tommy Leclair hopes to inspire other men over 60 and win gold at his first international competition. The 65-year-old has been training for the past three years for the 2026 NPC Worldwide Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding...
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WHAT’S NEXT?
Brett Gallant has not had – and will not have – a lot of time to reflect on becoming P.E.I.’S most recent Olympic gold medallist. Gallant, who grew up in Charlottetown and now lives in Chestermere, Alta., plays second stone with the Brad Jacobs rink in...
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ANOTHER DAY DIGGING OUT
A snowplow clears the parking lot of an apartment building on University Avenue in Charlottetown. Schools were closed and most businesses were delaying opening until midday as Islanders spent the morning digging out from the latest blast of winter on...
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CHINESE COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEW YEAR
The Chinese Society of P.E.I. marked its third annual spring festival celebration, drawing thousands of people to an all-day Lunar New Year celebration at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on Feb. 21. Volunteer Jen Du said the spring festival, also...
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‘SECRET’ MEETING LED TO HOWE BRIDGE DEAL
The key piece of the puzzle that saw Canada pay the entire bill for the Gordie Howe International Bridge — thus allowing the massive project to proceed — came at a secret meeting. At least, it was supposed to be secret. In an interview with Postmedia...
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CHEERING FOR CANADA
All decked out in their Canadian attire, from left, Treena Doucette, Jill Lantz, Karen Watts and Debbie Lamont, cheer on Canada in the gold medal women’s hockey game at the Olympic Winter Games. The U.S. claimed gold and Canada silver in the game,...
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Lobster fishing MLA trapped by rules
Public statements from P.E.I.’S newest cabinet minister and from Premier Rob Lantz about altering the province’s conflict of interest laws, as well as seeking an exception to federal fishing policies, have drawn a rebuke from the P.E.I. Fishermen’s...
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P.E.I. is building ‘resiliency’
SUMMERSIDE Premier Rob Lantz brought a message of economic optimism in the face of adversity to a packed house of business leaders in Summerside. Lantz, who secured the provincial PC leadership and, by extension, the office of premier just last week,...
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FINDING AND CLOSING GAPS
P.E.I. will start collecting voluntary race and ethnicity information from residents applying for or renewing their P.E.I. health cards, beginning April 1. The race and ethnicity data collection project is being led by the provincial Department of...
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JACK FROST FUN
People enjoy a horse and wagon ride at the Jack Frost Winterfest in Charlottetown. Activities for the annual children’s winter festival took place during the Islander Day weekend with events for passholders at Mark Arendz P.E.I. Provincial Ski Park in...
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70 YEARS OF EASTER SEALS
Della Parker, left, chair of the 2026 Easter Seals committee, says the goal this year is to raise $70,000. With her is Lisa Parent, a former Rotary exchange student and mother of Rowan MacDonald, right, the 2026 Easter Seals ambassador.
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CONNECTOR OPENS
Moments before the barriers were removed from Water Street and Macewen Road, Summerside’s latest infrastructure development was already generating tangible excitement. As city staff, members of the local fire department and residents celebrated the...
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P.E.I. SCHOOLS LACK TRAINING, TRACKING
An examination of complaints of sexual misconduct against education staff has identified several systemic weaknesses and policy shortcomings but has found school staff and administrators handled complaints against former substitute teacher Matthew...
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HEARING UNDERWAY ABOUT 2023 DEATH
A hearing looking into a complaint from the widow of a man who died by suicide is underway in Charlottetown. On Monday, an adjudication began to hear from witnesses in relation to the death of Tyler Knockwood, a Charlottetown man who died in January...
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ROB LANTZ SWORN IN AGAIN
Rob Lantz has been sworn in as P.E.I. premier again. Lantz won a hotly contested Progressive Conservative leadership race at a party convention at Charlottetown’s Eastlink Centre on Saturday, capturing 2,889 votes to Mark Ledwell’s 2,542. This gave...
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FALLS ARE KILLING MORE OLDER CANADIANS
Had she known the northwestern Quebec city of Val d’or would be blanketed in snow in early November, Montrealer Anne Renaud would definitely not have worn her UGG boots, “which have absolutely no traction,” to visit her boyfriend there. The morning of...
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A BUILDING PAST ITS PRIME
The president of the Belfast Rec Centre said the time has come to replace the social gathering hub of the community. Clifford McKenna and the board of directors are proceeding with plans to knock down the aging steel roof arena and replace it with a...
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MISINFORMATION AND HARASSMENT
Health P.E.I. CEO Melanie Fraser said members of her leadership team should not be held responsible for decisions made by the P.E.I. government and suggested she is concerned about “targeting and politics” focused on leaders of the health...
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OLYMPIC CONNECTION
APrince Edward Island athlete is about to make Team Canada history at the Olympic Winter Games in Italy. Brett Gallant, who grew up in Charlottetown, will be the first Canadian curler to compete in two different events at the same Olympic Games over...
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TREE PARTNERSHIP ENDS
As part of government-wide budget cuts, Natural Resources Canada is ending the Two Billion Trees program. The funding project for tree planting across the country began in 2021. While the federal government will honour current agreements, there won’t...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKS OFF WITH GALA
The Black Cultural Society of P.E.I. kicked off Black History Month with its annual opening gala, which also marked 10 years since the society first began serving the Island’s Black community. The event celebrates the society’s growth from a small...
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CANADA HAS PLEDGED EV SECTOR $50B IN SUBSIDIES. IS IT WORTH IT?
If you want to play, you have to pay. But when that payment is in the Canadian automotive industry, it in turn pays off in building businesses across several sectors that grow a national economy and generate thousands of jobs, industry experts...
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COWABUNGA, DUDES!
Tanner Doiron, from City of Summerside, stands next to a sidewalk plow potentially named Michelangelo, or will it be Donatello? The city held a recent public nomination vote to eventually decide names of its cleaning equipment. The Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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SHOCK TREATMENT?
Maritime Electric currently has eight separate applications before the province’s regulator that could result in hikes to the electricity bills of Prince Edward Island residents, according to a list provided to The Guardian by the Island Regulatory and...
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NEW AMPHITHEATRE IS COMING TO THE ISLAND
An amphitheatre is coming to the Cavendish Beach Music Festival site in 2026. Whitecap Entertainment, which runs all the events at the site, has been issued a permit to build an outdoor, roofless structure that can accommodate 1,500 people to be...
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SIGNS OF CHANGE
The new Holy Whale location in Charlottetown now has a sign on Allen Street. The New Brunswick-based brewery and bar bought the former Upstreet Craft Brewing’s equipment and intellectual property in late 2025 and has signed a new lease for the Allen...
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NEW MEN’S SHED GROUP FORMS
NEW HAVEN, P.E.I. – Steve Holloway is trying to start a group to bring men together. The Charlottetown Men’s Shed would be geared to mainly retired men who may be feeling socially isolated and lacking in connection and purpose in a bid to improve...
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‘EVERYONE TOLD ME I WAS CRAZY’
At 15 years old, Danny Motyka dreamed of one day opening a psychedelics drug lab. Two decades later, the Calgary chemist leads a team developing pharmaceutical-grade psychedelic compounds, operating out of a warehouse-sized laboratory in the city’s...
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WHAT A RUSH
Kenneth Sanderson, who embraced surfing when he lived in Australia before returning home to P.E.I., is a member of a community of hardy surfers who follow the waves on P.E.I.’s north shore in the chilly fall and winter months. The Rustico Surf Club has...
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BEST LAID PLANS
The 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts is about much more than just curling for Emily Best. It’s about reflection, emotions, realizing a dream, and an opportunity to give back. As Best participates in her first-ever Canadian women’s curling...
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CHARLOTTETOWN’S DEPUTY MAYOR RECORDS FIRST LP
ACharlottetown politician was thinking about her mother’s medical diagnosis when thoughts of recording her first solo album began to materialize. Alanna Jankov decided to put her feelings into a song about her mom, Gail, being diagnosed with...
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WISH COME TRUE
Myer Gallant, right, and his first cousin, Rowan Rennie, chat with Penguins captain Sidney Crosby in the dressing room of Pittsburgh’s practice facility. Crosby signed Myer’s and Rowan’s jerseys and socialized with the two Prince Edward Islanders on...
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GRATEFUL FOR NEW SPACE
Vendors and shoppers say they are excited the farmers market has reopened at a temporary new location weeks after a fire destroyed its former home. Vendors say quick reopening has been crucial, particularly for those who rely on the market as a...
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XI WELCOMES STEADY STREAM OF LEADERS SHAKEN BY TRUMP’S NEW WORLD ORDER
Donald Trump’s tariff war occupied U.S. allies for much of last year. Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcoming a procession of leaders looking to mend fences with the world’s other major economy. South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung kicked off the trend...
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TOUGH SLEDDING
Ice covers part of Confederation Trail at the junction in Emerald, P.E.I. Recent warm weather and rain melted much of the snow on the trail, making it unusable for snowmobiles. With no significant snow in the forecast, it may be a while before the...
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PROVINCE WILL MISS 2030 CLIMATE TARGET
The P.E.I. government’s own projections suggest that current policies will result in the province missing its 2030 climate target, according to a report released by the Department of Environment. The new report, a yearly tally of the province’s...
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CARRY A BIG STICK
Hannah the mini dachshund proudly lifts, with great difficulty, a large stick thrown for her by her humans, Tammy and Kevin Boulter, during a recent walk along Summerside’s Baywalk. If she ventured out Monday, Hannah would have had even more difficulty...
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LENDING A HELPING HAND
Rowen Rodgers, left, and Kinley Scott, two Grade 9 students from Birchwood Intermediate School in Charlottetown, make up boxes of food at the Upper Room Hospitality Ministry’s food bank on Thursday. A group of Birchwood students has been volunteering...
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MARKET GETS TEMPORARY HOME
The Charlottetown Farmers’ Market has a new temporary home. For the next year, the market will take place at 614 North River Rd., the former location of Sporting Intentions. A fire on Christmas Day shuttered the market, but the building will be...
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FERRY SAILING DELAYED
The MV Confederation sits docked in Charlottetown on Dec. 30. The ship was expected to travel to St. John’s this month but Northumberland Ferries said it returned to Charlottetown on Jan. 5 because of a mechanical issue involving the keel cooling system.
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A NEW BUILDING FOR DOWNTOWN
Another change is underway in downtown Charlottetown’s historic grid. Earlier this year, Bevan Bros. Ltd. demolished some buildings around the corners of Queen, Dorchester and King Streets. Now, the company is planning a seven storey mixed use complex...
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WILL TOP U.S. COURT END THE TARIFF TURMOIL?
’Tis the season for renaming — everything from a cultural hub dedicated to a beloved slain president to new destroyers to 2025 itself. No, U.S. President Donald Trump hasn’t labelled the year with his name, but his trade representative, in a new op-ed,...
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GOING A LEVEEING
Hundreds of P.E.I. residents and visitors line up at Government House on Thursday to attend a New Year’s Day levee. There were 47 levee events celebrating 2026 across P.E.I., according to a list compiled by Charlottetown blogger Peter Rukavina. This...
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NUMBER 6 USHERS IN NEW YEAR
Downtown Charlottetown Inc. has brought in the new year in the P.E.I. capital. Tim’s Crane Service arrived outside the P.E.I. Convention Centre on the waterfront on a chilly Dec. 30 morning to perform the annual change at the big red numbers. It was...
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SPECIAL LITTLE DELIVERIES
Abby Carroll comes from a family that considers Christmas the biggest day of the year, so it was only fitting that she had her first baby on the holiday. Carroll and her husband, Dean, welcomed their newborn into the world at 2:08 a.m., making him the...
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Apartment fire leaves two dead
Two people are dead following a structure fire at an apartment building on Green Street in Charlottetown on Dec. 28. The Charlottetown fire department responded to the fire around 7 a.m. on Dec. 28. Kent Mitchell, deputy fire chief, said once...
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DID TRUMP SAVE CANADA FROM BAD POLICY?
Prime Minister Mark Carney rescinded Canada’s digital services tax (DST), a threeper-cent levy on digital services revenue from large domestic and foreign businesses, in June after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to halt trade talks if the tax...
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READY FOR THE PLUNGE
Jake MacCallum, the organizer for the 2026 polar bear dip in Charlottetown on Jan. 1, heads into the icy waters next to the Charlottetown Yacht Club on Dec. 22. He said there is no better way to advertise the event than by showing how it’s done.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Maisy visits Santa Claus at the Confederation Court Mall, accompanied by Vanessa Larter (not pictured), to share her wish list ahead of Christmas.
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TRAINS, WAGONS AND HEARSES
Aparamedicine instructor who has published a book about the history of the Island’s ambulance service still gets choked up when talking about all he learned from his co-author, the late Sylvia Poirier, a trailblazer for paramedicine in P.E.I. who died...
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BOOM & GLOOM
In one southwestern Ontario city, forever linked by history to all things jumbo, one of the world’s largest automakers is building Canada’s biggest factory — a $7-billion colossus expected to employ about 3,000 people. Only 50 kilometres away, in...
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DEAL REACHED WITH DOCTORS
Health P.E.I. CEO Melanie Fraser speaks with reporters on Thursday after the announcement that the province has reached an agreement with family doctors. The agreement between Health P.E.I., the Department of Health and Wellness and the Medical Society...
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WORKING TOGETHER TO GROW
Like any city, Charlottetown has sections that are dedicated to business. Downtown, West Royalty and the city’s north end between the bypass and Sherwood Road all stand out as strong commercial or industrial zones. But only downtown has what is called...
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EMBRACING CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
To walk into Richard Xu’s Charlottetown home at this time of year is like many in P.E.I. There are stockings hung on the mantelpiece, a Christmas tree, a television showing a burning fireplace, sweets and a dinner table decked out with festive holiday...
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NEW FERRY DELAYED
Transport Canada has pushed back the delivery of a new ferry for the Prince Edward Island-nova Scotia crossing. The federal agency had originally promised it would occur in 2028 but is now not even saying what the date will be when that vessel will be...
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