Contributor ReportsWhere you live can affect your genes
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated Mon Dec 07 08:08:56 -0800 2009 | disasters
Diabetes is expected to cost Canada about $12.2 billion in 2010, nearly double its level a decade ago, the Canadian Diabetes Association says. A significant proportion of HIV-positive women of child-bearing age want to become pregnant at some point, a...
School daycare provides 'Smart Start'
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Summerside :: Canada | updated Fri Dec 04 10:52:54 -0800 2009 | disasters
A huge increase in self-published books on P.E.I. has prompted the Island Writers Association to hold its first book fair in a decade. Educational researchers in P.E.I. and New Brunswick are investigating the advantages of having a daycare centre located...
Man gets DUI charge with hamburger
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated Thu Dec 03 14:38:19 -0800 2009 | disasters
Opposition leader Olive Crane invoked the voice of her predecessor, now Premier Robert Ghiz, in her efforts to get witnesses before the public accounts committee. A Charlottetown man went through a local fast food drive-thru to buy a hamburger, and...
Guilty verdict in lesbian axe murder
Source: Delhi News-Record
Toronto :: Canada | updated Fri Dec 04 01:39:59 -0800 2009 | disasters
An Etobicoke woman was found guilty today of first-degree murder in the axe-bludgeoning of her long-time boyfriend. Nicky Puddicombe was convicted of either orchestrating, aiding in the murder or wielding the axe herself during the Oct. 27, 2006 slaying of...
Bill would clear obstacles for Canadians to sue other countries
Source: Leader Post Online
Ottawa :: Canada | updated Sat Nov 28 11:48:28 -0800 2009 | disasters
A private members' bill unveiled Thursday will make it easier for torture victims to sue other countries and officials through the Canadian criminal system. The proposed bill was brought forth by Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, who served as justice minister...
HST opposed by P.E.I. home builders, clothing retailers
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Charlottetown :: Canada | updated Wed Dec 02 06:28:43 -0800 2009 | disasters
The next time Charlottetown police point a flashlight at you they could be videotaping you at the same time. A majority of members of the chamber of commerce in Summerside, P.E.I. favour a move to a harmonized sales tax, but...
Mammogram changes bring initial delays
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Charlottetown :: Canada | updated Wed Oct 14 10:52:13 -0700 2009 | disasters
Department of Agriculture has seized animals from an online business that sells puppies and kittens. A new booking system for mammograms on P.E.I. After twice voting not to rezone Idlewheels Trailer Park to allow for the building of apartments, Charlottetown...
Child-care study starting late, says opposition
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Summerside :: Canada | updated Fri Nov 20 04:37:41 -0800 2009 | disasters
Crane said she's surprised government is only getting around to this study now. "Usually you do a cost-benefit analysis before you'd make such a policy change," she said. Crane added that much of what the government appears to want studied...
CUPE backs P.E.I.'s anti-HST stand
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Charlottetown :: Canada | updated Wed Nov 11 17:04:32 -0800 2009 | disasters
Thousands of Islanders attended Remembrance Day ceremonies across P.E.I. on Wednesday. A single-vehicle garage at a home in Oyster Bed, P.E.I., has been destroyed by fire. A 19-year-old man has been charged with assault following a stabbing in Charlottetown early...
Charlottetown rejects renos to famous lighthouse
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Charlottetown :: Canada | updated Tue Nov 10 15:24:55 -0800 2009 | disasters
Charlottetown police believe a small pair of bikini-style underwear, containing DNA of both a male and a female, belonged to the killer of Byron Carr. Charlottetown's city council has rejected a proposal from the Canadian Coast Guard to make significant...
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