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CBC
23-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Why Health P.E.I. is filling some of its most senior jobs with interim employees, and what it costs
Health P.E.I. CEO Melanie Fraser says she had no choice but to bring people in to work in executive roles using private employment agencies. That's because the authority had to "to terminate or end the contracts" for a number of senior managers following a damning auditor general's report last October. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau explains what it's costing.
CBC
20-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
P.E.I. MP, premier call for bridge and ferry toll cut by Canada Day
Mark Carney's promise on the campaign trial to cut bridge and ferry tolls came without one thing —a timeline. Now, calls are growing louder for the prime minister to say when that will happen. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau has the story.
CBC
01-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
MLA's meeting 'undermines integrity of municipal planning process,' Borden-Carleton mayor warns
Borden-Carleton officials are expressing concern about a public meeting being planned on a proposed gas station development. The district's Green MLA has organized it. The P.E.I. town's mayor says the meeting risks causing confusion about the planning process. Now the provincial minister involved, Steven Myers (shown), is weighing in. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau has the story.
CBC
25-04-2025
- CBC
MV Northumberland is ready for her closeup on the P.E.I.-Nova Scotia summer ferry service
Northumberland Ferries Ltd. invited reporters on board its new ship Friday, to take a stem-to-stern look at the vessel formerly known as MV Fanafjord. It's been redubbed the Northumberland, and officials say it's is about 98 per cent ready to go on the seasonal ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau has the details.
CBC
10-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
Yes, there is a bright side: Prince Edward Island tourism could see a bump from a tariff war
P.E.I.'s business community is not universally concerned about the prospect of a Canada-U.S. trade war dragging on into the summer and beyond. Tourism operators are hoping the low Canadian dollar may bring more Americans here, while Canadians shunning the United States might choose to booking vacations in the east rather than south of the border. CBC's Wayne Thibodeau explains.
