THE ISLAND DEW

New funding available through Anti-Racism Grants

Applications are open for the 2026-2027 Anti-Racism Grants with a total of $275,000 in funding available.The grant program supports large-…

New approach to strengthen dementia support for Islanders and families

The Alzheimer Society of PEI is developing a new approach to care supported by the province’s 2025 Health Innovation Fund, to help families better…

Province reviews business supports

Island businesses are invited to provide their feedback on how to modernize financial assistance programs.In response to ongoing economic uncertainty…

Feedback wanted on annual minimum wage review

Islanders are invited to provide feedback as part of the Employment Standards Board annual review of the minimum wage.Under the Employment Standards…

Province launches Debt Risk Advisory Committee

Four Islanders have been appointed to PEI’s new Debt Risk Advisory Committee to provide strategic guidance to support sound debt management practices…

Statement by Minister of Education and Early Years on the first day of classes

Today, the Minister of Education and Early Years Robin Croucher issued the following statement to welcome students and staff back to school:“As…

Souris Hospital parking lot paving work set to begin next week

Paving work at the Souris Hospital parking lot is set to begin Tuesday, September 8 and is expected to be completed within approximately four weeks,…

Province seeks proposals for long-term care beds in Kings County

The Government of Prince Edward Island announced today that plans are moving forward to expand long-term care capacity in Kings County through a…

Anti-Racism Microgrant funding available for community-led projects

Applications are open for the 2026-2027 round of the Anti-Racism Microgrant with a total of $100,000 in funding available.The microgrant…

Supports available for community wildfire resiliency planning

Municipalities across the province can access support to develop community wildfire resiliency plans, identify risks and strengthen emergency…

DTES grocery store uncertain of future after spending thousands on security

The company says that shoplifting losses at that store are double what other locations see on average and it spends thousands on security to keep staff and customers safe.

Read Stephen Harper’s full speech on the need for Canada to defend its sovereignty against the U.S.

The former Conservative prime minister said Canada was right to walk away from trade talks and ‘must pursue diminished reliance upon the United States’

Galaxyland’s new Nerf roller-coaster nearly complete at West Edmonton Mall

The roller-coaster opening in 2027 can be ridden two ways: the family-friendly ‘Core’ mode and the more a thrilling ‘Quantum’ mode with added inversions, twists, and higher speeds.

Drones could take on bigger role in future wildfire firefighting

The collaboration comes after another difficult wildfire season in the Okanagan and builds on previous efforts to test automated drones for wildfire response.

Cool Canadian comedy North of North is on the hot list

Anna Lamb talks ’empowering’ show as it enters second season with nine Canadian Screen Awards

Alberta on track to see the most traffic deaths in a decade: ‘Disaster waiting to happen’

Alberta RCMP said based on historical trends, if the fatal collision pattern continues, 2026 could end with 274 deaths.

Vancouver Airport CEO says talks about private investment already underway

Major airports, including London Heathrow and Sydney Airport, already operate with private investment and that could be the case at YVR as well.

PQ touts balanced-budget plan as leaders prepare to face off in pivotal debate

PQ unveils plan to balance Quebec’s budget by 2028-29 as party leaders make their final pitch to undecided voters ahead of the campaign’s first debate.

Woman convicted of disfiguring biting attack given reduced sentence because she’s Haitian

Tristin Hopper: In a decision released this week, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled that four years was too harsh, in part because it could possibly get her deported

Poll finds support for BC Conservatives sinking under Kerry-Lynne Findlay

A little more than 100 days after Kerry-Lynne Findlay was elected as the leader of the BC Conservatives, support for the party is at 35 per cent.

Metrolinx hands out limited-edition Lake Ontario Presto cards at Union Station

The transit cards were handed out at Union Station on Tuesday, emblazened with a small graphic of water and the sun in the style of a patch.

‘Maddening’: Family of Winnipeg woman who died after lengthy hospital wait calls for change

The family of a 55-year-old woman who died after an hours-long wait at a Winnipeg hospital said steps must be taken to prevent more lives from being lost due to extended ED waits.

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell

Russia is ‘going backwards’ in equipment and deploying post WWII-era tanks, according to Western officials

• Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich denied detention appeal in Moscow • Putin visits Russian troops at military headquarters in Kherson • Watch moment WSJ journalist appears in Russian court

Podcast: One country musician is calling for other artists to oppose assault rifles

Bidets save you money and reduce waste — we tested the best options out there

50+ products to make your life easier and our planet cleaner

Mother’s Day is around the corner. Here are 50+ thoughtful gifts she’ll love

A head-to-toe guide of how men should dress this spring, and where they should shop

42 of the most useful travel products you can buy on Amazon

The 7 best high-yield savings accounts of April 2023

Taxes are due tomorrow. Here’s how to file for an extension

Composting is an easy way to reduce food waste. Here’s how to do it

We stopped using aluminum foil for cooking and you should too. Here’s what to use instead

BOJ expected to hike rates by 25 basis points to fresh three-decade high: CNBC survey

The BOJ is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points to a fresh three-decade high, a CNBC survey shows.

Nvidia and Meta bosses reject efforts to co-ordinate AI slowdown

Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg distance themselves from safety proposals from leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX

Indonesia’s new finance minister faces an uphill battle on fiscal credibility

Nazara, sworn in hours after Purbaya’s dismissal, spent seven years as deputy finance minister and led the ministry’s fiscal policy agency from 2015 to 2019.

Can the US and China work together on AI risks?

Technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing makes it harder to agree how to manage potentially existential dangers

Nippon Electric Glass’s IR Transmitting Glass “FI-02” Adopted for Heimann Sensor Lens Unit, Enabling a 120° × 68° Field of View

OTSU, Japan — Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (NEG) (TOKYO: 5214), a global leader in specialty glass headquartered in Otsu, Japan, announced that its IR Transmitting Glass (chalcogenide glass) “FI-02” has been adopted for Heimann Sensor GmbH’s wide-angle lens unit for thermal cameras. The lens unit achieves a 120° × 68° field of view, surpassing

Canada Investment Summit lays the foundation for enormous new investment, says Carney

Carney kicked the day off by announcing that Canada will seek financing to operate the country’s four biggest airports and use the capital raised to reinvest in other priorities

US charges five people linked to Russian ‘assassination network’

Indictment marks a rare accusation of Kremlin-backed plots on American soil

House to vote on bill to rein in AI data center utility costs

The bipartisan legislation would create a regulatory framework states could adopt to prevent data center-related energy costs from being passed on to consumers.

Inside South Korea’s university programs offering a direct route to Samsung and SK Hynix

Companies are helping universities develop courses, provide financial support and create pathways through which qualifying students can join them.  

Brookfield Agrees to Acquire Reliance Worldwide Corporation

The transaction will support Reliance’s next phase of growth as a global leader in plumbing products and solutions NEW YORK and SYDNEY, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brookfield, through its flagship private equity strategy, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of global manufacturer of plumbing and heating solutions

Why de-dollarization discussions are more talk, less action

BRICS leaders have asserted the need to use local currencies in intra-BRICS trade to cut dependency on dollar.

Musk urges top AI labs, Chinese companies to test each other’s models amid calls for slowdown

Elon Musk called for the leading AI labs to peer review each others’ models before they’re released to the public as a way to evaluate their safety.

Souris Hospital parking lot paving work set to begin next week

Paving work at the Souris Hospital parking lot is set to begin Tuesday, September 8 and is expected to be completed within approximately four weeks,…

Province seeks proposals for long-term care beds in Kings County

The Government of Prince Edward Island announced today that plans are moving forward to expand long-term care capacity in Kings County through a…

Back-to-school vaccination reminder

As the new school year approaches, the Chief Public Health Office is reminding parents and guardians to check their children’s immunization records…

New framework for chronic disease prevention and care

The province is launching a new framework to guide efforts to reduce the impact of chronic disease in Prince Edward Island and help Islanders live…

Province expands support for fertility care

The Government of Prince Edward Island is modernizing its support for fertility treatment by giving Islanders more choice and flexibility in…

Kings County Memorial Hospital parking lot pavement work underway

Pavement work is now underway in the Kings County Memorial Hospital (KCMH) parking lot and is expected to be completed within approximately one week…

Ribbon cutting marks official opening of Summerside Community Health Centre

Health PEI officially celebrated the opening of the Summerside Community Health Centre today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by government…

QEH parking lot resurfacing begins on Friday, July 17

Parking in the public lot at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will be disrupted in the coming weeks as the lot is resurfaced. Work is expected to last…

Health PEI statement on tragic motor vehicle accident

On behalf of the Board of Directors and everyone at Health PEI, we extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those…

New Summerside Community Health Centre opening marks milestone for patients, staff, and team-based care

Health PEI is pleased to announce the opening of the new Summerside Community Health Centre, a modern space designed to serve as a central location…

The Boox Palma 3 gets stylus support and a sleek redesign

Nearly two years after the last update to Boox’s smartphone-sized black-and-white e-reader, the company announced the Palma 3 with a sleek redesign, new functionality, and a handful of other small updates that may justify its significant price bump depending on how you plan to use it. While the Palma 2 launched in 2024 for $279.99,

The EOS R8 Mark II is Canon’s lightest full-frame camera with stabilization

Canon announced the second-generation of its EOS R8 with a new retro-inspired redesign and the addition of in-body stabilization. That feature was one of the most notable omissions from the original R8 that launched in 2023 as a smaller, cheaper, and more accessible alternative to the Canon R6 Mark II for photographers wanting a larger

We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

AI isn’t some new form of “alien mind,” according to Jensen Huang. It’s just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker.

AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular in every poll

Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what we’ve already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to – AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. Asked if they support or oppose the construction of data centers to power AI tech, 61 percent of the 1,503 likely voters surveyed

The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.

The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry 

National outcry against data center construction has spread to Philadelphia, where officials suggested possible construction in a neighborhood already impacted by a now-defunct oil refinery.

Microsoft announces Windows and Surface event for October 7th

It’s been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a “conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the

“Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge

Allegedly fake filmmaker targeted trackers like PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits.

What if social media isn’t hurting kids?

Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cry of the social media backlash. Haidt

Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup

A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, and troubleshooting.

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

From Apple’s repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI’s messy “super app” launch, here’s a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

18-year-old dies of measles in PA from severe neurological complication

Teen developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a known measles complication.

PyroGenesis signs contract toward new titanium powder supply agreement with U.S. distributor

The order is for Ti64 “fine” cut powder, with a particle size range of 20-80µm (microns).

Argo launches Smart Routing in Caledon

Argo completes rapid deployment of smart transit infrastructure and service across three Caledon communities in approximately three months.

Levio and Cohere partner to scale AI in Canada

Partnership aims to help Canadian governments and regulated enterprises move AI from experimentation to production and scale.

Canada Investment Summit attracts nearly $500B of new investment

Investments commitments made in Canadian businesses, infrastructure, energy, critical minerals, new technologies and AI.

Burlington advances on-site solar strategy across distribution network

The off-price retailer is planning installations at upcoming facilities in Arizona and California, as well as an existing warehouse in Georgia.

Carney wants private investors to run Canada’s four largest airports

Carney said the goal is to shift federal spending on major airports’ operating costs toward smaller regional airports.

CPP Investments and Brookfield launch $50B fund to invest in big Canadian projects

The new fund comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney holds an investment summit in Toronto with an aim to attract a trillion dollars in new investment over the next five years.

DHL Express rolls out heavyweight air cargo service

Heavy Weight Express can handle up to 6,000 pounds per shipment and targets shippers in multiple sectors, including automotive manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.

Tesla preps $1.4M Texas distribution center

The automotive and technology manufacturer expects the 538,720-square-foot facility to be operational by the end of 2028, per a state filing.

McCain Foods taps PepsiCo supply chain exec to head operations

Victoriano Perez Mies joins the frozen food producer as chief manufacturing and operations officer, a role that includes supply chain oversight.

HPE combats memory constraints with supplier help, better forecasting

The company is pushing to meet AI server demand by signing multiyear pacts to reduce lead times and improve backlog conversion, EVP and CFO Marie Myers said.

TD launches five-year, $150B investment across Canadian sectors

TD’s commitment intends to focus on five sectors, energy, critical minerals, defence, Ai and infrastructure.