• ACOA floats funds to cruise ship industry

  June 10, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• Ottawa announces $35b, 30-year shipbuilding program for navy, coast guard

  June 4, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Canada's five big shipyards will slug it out over the next two years to become the preferred builders of a new fleet of combat and civilian ships, federal ministers said Thursday. Only two yards will construct the estimated 28 big ships the...

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• Lobster landings tapering off

  June 3, 2010 - 5 h 00

  TIGNISH - Lobster landings in Western P.E.I. took a tumble Tuesday and Wednesday, said Francis Morrissey, president of Tignish Fisheries Co-op, operator of Royal Star Foods. While Morrissey admitted windy conditions in recent days could be a...

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• Store eyes historic jersey

  June 3, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Canadian Tire is making a play for one of Canada's most valuable pieces of hockey memorabilia. The company says it will submit an opening bid of $200,000 for Paul Henderson's 1972 Summit Series jersey. The Team Canada sweater went up for auction...

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• Chasing pirates and smugglers

  May 11, 2010 - 5 h 00

  Local sailor home after exciting deployment in Arabian Sea

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• Tax info sessions begin

  May 10, 2010 - 5 h 00

  The Province is rolling out a series of information sessions for residents to better understand their property assessments and tax bills.

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• Shellfish association seeking better pay for members

  May 4, 2010 - 5 h 00

  ALBERTON - The executive director of the P.E.I. Shellfish Association says buyers will have to search out new markets or risk watching their industry die. Rory McLellan said oyster landings dropped by a million pounds in 2008 and another million...

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• Islands blue whale settling in on West Coast

  April 21, 2010 - 5 h 00

  VANCOUVER - The blue whale skeleton that will soon open to public viewing on the University of British Columbia campus has many stories to tell, suggests Andrew Trites. "I think the blue whale will help people understand how all species on Earth...

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• An economic turn around?

  March 25, 2010 - 5 h 00

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• College coming to Alberton

  March 11, 2010 - 5 h 00

  ALBERTON - "Those who out-educate us will out-compete us." Premier Robert Ghiz borrowed those words from a recent speech by U.S. President Barack Obama to capture the significance of his government's announcement Wednesday that it will build a...

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Other news

• February 12, 2010 Province continues to cash in on convention business
• January 23, 2010 Island seafood companies heading south
• January 12, 2010 U.S. warns Asian firms on use of cadmium in childrens products
• January 6, 2010 N.S. makes loan available to upgrade Shelburne ship repair business
• January 5, 2010 Friends co-stars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow reunite in Cougar Town
• December 26, 2009 Sea cadet enjoys adventure on the high seas
• December 22, 2009 Holiday sales poised for gain as consumer confidence, sales figures rise
• December 22, 2009 PEI kiosk encourages French and Belgians to move to Island
• December 21, 2009 Summerside port still for sale
• December 10, 2009 Dubai tallest skyscraper builder Emaar, rulers firms call off merger as markets plunge again
• December 8, 2009 Province provides $4.6M for TOSH to locate vocational programs under one roof
• November 28, 2009 Bedeque man is first Farm Worker Award recipient
• November 14, 2009 Gas prices decrease 3.5 cents
• November 12, 2009 ADL to expand whey processing
• November 2, 2009 Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case