PEI News

CHARLOTTETOWN — Canada's Reid Carruthers opened the Grand Slam of Curling season with a 7-5 loss to Sweden's Niklas Edin at the HearingLife Tour Challenge.

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The visiting Saint John Sea Dogs scored three unanswered goals in the first period en route to a 6-2 victory against the Charlottetown Islanders in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Friday at the Eastlink Centre.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Public health officials in P.E.I. say more than 550 people have experienced symptoms of gastrointestinal illness after an outbreak of norovirus was detected at a shellfish festival last weekend.

PICTOU, N.S. — The mayor of a Nova Scotia town says recent disruptions to the ferry service that links the province with eastern Prince Edward Island are posing a real challenge for the town's tourism industry.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Public health officials in Prince Edward Island are investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness reported among dozens of people who attended a shellfish festival over the weekend.

MELROSE, NEW BRUNSWICK — Police say a man and a woman from Charlottetown were killed Sunday afternoon when their minivan collided with a pickup truck in Melrose, N.B.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Yoan Loshing scored three times, including once into an empty net, as the visiting Moncton Wildcats beat the Charlottetown Islanders 6-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island forests emit more carbon than they absorb, a consequence of the damage caused after post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall almost two years ago.

HALIFAX — A new report is calling on provincial governments in Atlantic Canada to do more to bridge a gap between what people earn and what they need to pay for their basic needs.