Royal Star Foods in Tignish, P.E.I., has launched a new lobster dip, the first of several future products that will help the processing plant stay open during the winter months when production is usually shuts down.

Every month on P.E.I., a group of young people from the 2SLGBTQ+ community meet at PEERS Alliance to share their writing, find kinship and celebrate their passion.

RCMP on Prince Edward Island took a weekend's worth of calls concerning sightings of animals where they shouldn't be.

A Charlottetown-based football club says it is frustrated that its 186 athletes might be left without a place to play come spring.

Health Minister says the department has five vacancies for recruiters, following a Summerside town hall at which the former chair of the Health P.E.I. board said Island medical students weren't getting contacted about employment.

Percy Downe from Prince Edward Island has walked back comments he made urging security checks on international students and immigrants from Gaza, but an advocacy group is still calling for his resignation.

An event in Charlottetown Saturday rang in the Lunar New Year. CBC News spoke with some of the people who attended to find out what the celebration means to them.

The Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions.  The Chiefs scored a touchdown in overtime to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22.  The Chiefs are the first repeat Super Bowl champions in 19 years.

Canadian Nick Taylor made an 11-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff to win the Phoenix Open.

There were two games in the NHL on Sunday.  The St. Louis Blues beat Montreal 7-2 and Vancouver edged Washington 3-2 in overtime.

The Holland College Women’s Hockey Hurricanes blanked Cape Breton 5-0 on Sunday.  Next up for the Hurricanes is the 2024 Atlantic Championship in Wolfville, Nova Scotia in early March.

Canada’s women’s basketball team is headed to the Olympics after qualifying on Sunday.

The Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce says it’s pleased with word of the agreement between Ottawa and the City of Charlottetown to fast-track 300 new housing units over the next three years.  Chamber CEO Bianca MacGregor says Charlottetown’s vacancy rate fell to 0.5% in 2023 and the city is in desperate need of more housing. She says the current lack of housing inventory has been identified as a significant barrier to Chamber members looking to recruit and retain employees and grow their businesses.

With just weeks to go before another proposed rate hike from Maritime Electric would kick in, the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission has turned down an application from a group that wants to intervene on behalf of the public.

The UNB Reds finished with a perfect 30-0 season as they won 9-1 over the UPEI Panthers in AUS men’s hockey. Austen Keating led the Reds with 3 goals.

UPEI Will meet Saint Mary’s in the first round of the playoffs.

The women Panthers finished out of the playoffs dropping a 5-4 decision to Dalhousie. The Tigers came back after being down 4-1 early in the second.

The Halifax Mooseheads shutout the Charlottetown Islanders, 7-0 in the QMJHL. 

The Summerside Western Capitals romped to a 9-1 victory over the Valley Wildcats in the MHL. Jonah MacDonald scored twice. 

Fredericton trimmed the Kensington Wild, 5-4 in a shootout in Major U18.

UPEI over Memorial, 66-54 in men’s basketball.

The Panthers lost the women’s game,65-59.

Holland College women over Mount St. Vincent, 98-86.

The Mystics won the men’s game, 87-76.

Of course the big game tonight – Super Bowl Sunday where the Kansas City Chiefs will be aiming to win their second consecutive Super Bowl game tonight in Las Vegas against the San Francisco 49ers

Saturday’s Scoreboard

NHL

Los Angeles 4 Edmonton 0

Ottawa 5 Toronto 3

Calgary 5 N.Y. Islanders 2

Dallas 3 Montreal 2

Detroit 4 Vancouver 3 (OT)

Winnipeg 2 Pittsburgh 1

St. Louis 3 Buffalo 1

Washington 3 Boston 0

Florida 4 Colorado 0

Carolina 1 New Jersey 0 (OT)

Philadelphia 3 Seattle 2

Tampa Bay 4 Columbus 2

Nashville 5 Arizona 4 (OT)

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AHL

Laval 7 Toronto 1

Manitoba 4 Grand Rapids 3 (SO)

Belleville 5 Utica 4

Colorado 3 Abbotsford 2

San Diego 7 Calgary 4

Charlotte 4 Cleveland 1

Lehigh Valley 2 Bridgeport 1 (SO)

Providence 4 Hartford 1

Syracuse 3 Rochester 2 (OT)

Milwaukee 2 Texas 1 (SO)

Iowa 5 Tucson 4 (OT)

Springfield 6 Hershey 3

Rockford 2 Chicago 1

San Jose 4 Bakersfield 2

Coachella Valley 4 Henderson 0

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NBA

Cleveland 119 Toronto 95

Dallas 146 Oklahoma City 111

L.A. Clippers 112 Detroit 106

Brooklyn 123 San Antonio 103

Charlotte 115 Memphis 106

Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m. (OT)

Philadelphia 119 Washington 113

Atlanta 122 Houston 113

Indiana 125 New York 111

Golden State 113 Phoenix 112

New Orleans 93 Portland 84

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NLL

Calgary 11 Toronto 10

Saskatchewan 13 Vancouver 9

Georgia 14 Rochester 12

New York 10 San Diego 8

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Sunday’s Games

(All times Eastern)

NFL

Super Bowl

San Francisco vs. Kansas City, in Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m.

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NHL

St. Louis at Montreal, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Washington, 1:30 p.m.

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NBA

Boston at Miami, 2 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.

The Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce says it’s pleased with word this week of the agreement between Ottawa and the City of Charlottetown to fast-track 300 new housing units over the next three years.  Chamber CEO Bianca MacGregor says they’re glad to see movement on their pre-budget recommendations to the City.  McGregor says Charlottetown’s vacancy rate fell to 0.5% in 2023 and the city is in desperate need of more housing. She says the current lack of housing inventory has been identified as a significant barrier to Chamber members looking to recruit and retain employees and grow their businesses.

Acting on drug information received, the Charlottetown Police Services Street Crime Unit arrested a 37-year old Charlottetown man Thursday afternoon on Euston Street.  Officers seized a small quantity of orange fentanyl, similar to the type health officials warned of earlier in the week.  The man was charged with Possession of fentanyl and breach of probation.  He has been released from custody with conditions and will soon appear in Provincial Court.

PEI RCMP traffic enforcement initiatives resulted in eight drivers being stopped for impaired driving by cannabis in a span of just four days this week.  On Thursday, an additional driver was charged with impaired driving by alcohol after RCMP were called to assist as a car was stuck in a snowbank.  Since the start of 2024, PEI RCMP have stopped 30 impaired drivers, 9 of these have been impaired by cannabis.  Last year RCMP laid charges on approximately 230 impaired driving investigations.

33 athletes from P.E.I. are getting ready for the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games this month, including the curling and bowling teams.

An international animal health company with facilities in Prince Edward Island has been sold to a global powerhouse to the tune of $1.3 billion.

Groups working to reduce the harm caused by illegal drug use on P.E.I. say their work is being hindered by misinformation, some of which is promoted by Charlottetown city councillors.

As P.E.I. and much of the country deals with a housing crisis, an Island artist is provoking thoughts on what it actually means to be homeless.

The emergency department at Western Hospital in Alberton, P.E.I., is closed Saturday due to a lack of staffing.

Health PEI advises the Emergency Department at Western Hospital will be closed Saturday February 10  due to lack of staffing.

The Emergency Dept will reopen tomorrow (Sunday Feb 11) for regular hours 8am-8pm.

Anyone with emergency medical needs should call 9-1-1 or seek emergency services when:

experiencing discomfort of tightness in the chest, unusual shortness of breath, abdominal pain, prolonged and persistent headache or dizziness,

an injury that could require stitches or a broken bone, a child with prolonged diarrhea or vomiting or a baby under six months old with a fever of  more than 38 C

From the air and on the ground, we take a look at P.E.I.’s near record-breaking snowfall and the massive cleanup job that came after.

Dr. Meghan Cameron knew anxiety and depression were a problem for farmers, but she did not suspect just how bad it was.

Effective Saturday (February 10th), the Emergency Department at Kings County Memorial Hospital is reopening on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Health PEI made the announcement Friday, while saying it continues to work on increasing all staffing levels within the facility to further restore weekend Emergency Department services at Kings County Memorial Hospital. The Emergency Department will remain open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and be closed on Sundays.

Statistics Canada says the national unemployment rate edged down slightly to 5.7 per cent last month as the economy added 37,000 jobs.  It marks the first decline in the unemployment rate since December 2022.  The federal agency’s labour force survey says employment rose across several sectors in January, led by wholesale and retail trade as well as finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing.  Meanwhile, accommodation and food services saw the largest employment decline.   PEI’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in January from 8.1 percent in December.  Employment grew by 100 in PEI in January.

The provincial government says an inmate has died while in custody at the provincial jail.
The Department of Justice and Public Safety says the person died Wednesday at the Provincial Correctional Centre in Winsloe.
It says the RCMP and the PEI coroner’s office are
investigating, but the department offered no other details.

Ottawa and the City of Charlottetown have reached an agreement to fast track 300 housing units over the next three years. Officials say the work will help spur the construction of more than 1,000 homes over the next decade.  The agreement will see the federal government provide over $10 million to eliminate barriers to building the needed housing, faster.  The City of Charlottetown will implement a new official plan and introduce bylaw changes that will enable more medium-density housing, duplex and multi-family housing such as townhouses and multiplexes by allowing up to four units as-of-right on existing residential lots. Building heights will be increased from six to eight storeys near post-secondary institutions and in high-growth areas. Charlottetown’s Action Plan will also help expedite the permitting of accessory dwelling units by adopting pre-approved plans. Additionally, the funding will allow for the implementation of zoning changes to support higher density, and building more rental and affordable homes.

P.E.I.’s top doctor is warning Islanders about street sales of fentanyl in Charlottetown after a spike in overdoses.

Starting Feb. 10, the emergency department at the Kings County Memorial Hospital in Montague, P.E.I., is reopening on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

An inmate has died while in custody at P.E.I.’s jail, the provincial government confirmed to CBC on Friday.

The federal government will provide Charlottetown with $10 million through the Housing Accelerator Fund as part of an agreement they say will help spur the construction of more than 1,000 homes over the next decade.

P.E.I. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison is warning Islanders about street sales of fentanyl in Charlottetown.

It was a mixed picture in fuel prices for Prince Edward Islanders Friday morning.

The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission approved decreases in gasoline, diesel and furnace oil prices.  The price of regular gasoline decreased overnight by 2.0 cents per litre.  The price of furnace oil went down by 4.0 cents per litre.  The price of diesel decreased by 1.0 cent per litre.  Including taxes, pump prices for regular self-serve gasoline now range from 160.5 to 161.7 cents per litre.  Diesel now costs you between 202.9 and 204.0 cents per litre.  The maximum price for furnace oil is 143.9 cents per litre.  Propane price adjustments range from increases of 3.0 to 4.0 cents per litre, putting propane prices in the range of 88.3 to 91.5 cents per litre.

Prince Edward Island has not had a case of measles in more than a decade, but with an explosion of cases in Europe, health officials here are bracing for the possible return of the disease.

Officials with The Guild recently said the building was costly to run, the operation was losing money, and several staff have been laid off.

The provincial government says all-terrain vehicles still won’t be able to use the Confederation Trail.
But it says it will support the Island’s A-T-V Federation in developing a new network of trails for riders.
A report released Thursday says access to the provincewide trail network will remain exclusive for those on foot, bicycle or wheelchair, while people on horseback can still use certain areas on a trial basis.
In the winter, snowmobiles have exclusive access.
Some had said they were worried about trail damage, safety and noise if all-terrain vehicles were allowed on trails.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison is warning of the presence of fentanyl, a highly potent opioid, in the province.

In the last 24 hours, there has been an increase in the number of overdoses reported in the Charlottetown area. There have been no deaths to report related to these cases.

The substance is sold as Fentanyl, and its appearance is described as orange chunks.  Dr. Morrison says fentanyl is a powerful opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine and has caused accidental overdoses and death in individuals who consume street drugs. She says carrying naloxone and informing others who may use drugs that naloxone is available across PEI are important steps to reduce the risk of possible overdoses.

A Public Health Alert for fentanyl remains in place for the province, and Islanders are encouraged to call 911 right away if they suspect an overdose.

East Prince RCMP and Summerside Police, conducting joint traffic enforcement in St. Eleanors on Tuesday, stopped a vehicle that led to the arrest of three Summerside men.  It also resulted in the seizure of crystal meth, pills and drug paraphernalia. Police say the investigation is ongoing, and the matter is expected in court at a later date.

The RCMP conducted a checkpoint on Route 2 near Scotchfort on Thursday afternoon, and that resulted in two impaired by cannabis arrests in just over an hour.  Over the last three days, the RCMP’s PEI Provincial Priority Unit has made five impaired by cannabis arrests across the province.  Police are awaiting blood sample test results and anticipate these cases will be in court at a later date.  Last year RCMP laid charges in approximately 230 impaired driving investigations.

With cleanup still happening in many parts of P.E.I. after a four-day snowstorm, driving around is no picnic. CBC's Steve Bruce took a spin with driving instructor Joe Byrne to get some tips on how to stay safe on the roads in these conditions.

A day after the P.E.I. Green Party pulled off an upset win in the Borden-Kinkora byelection, it’s clear that health care will be the central focus in the provincial legislature for the district’s next MLA. 

Is there such a thing as too much snow at Brookvale? Superintendent of ski operations Erin Curley talks about how the storm impacted the hill and what's ahead this season.

Prince Edward Island's next MLA sits down with Compass host Louise Martin to reflect on his byelection win in District 19, what it means for the Green Party, and the message it sends the governing Progressive Conservatives.

P.E.I.’s Confederation Trail will not be opened up to more use by all-terrain vehicles after a public survey, and the provincial government will instead support the Island’s ATV Federation in developing a new network of trails for riders.

A critical care nurse with 30 years’ experience told a legislative standing committee Wednesday the province needs to start listening to staff with “an unbiased opinion.”

The Green Party's Matt MacFarlane won a byelection in District 19, Borden-Kinkora, securing a seat that had been held by the PCs. The party says voters gave a failing grade to Dennis King's government on health care. CBC's Kerry Campbell explains.

Travel conditions are improving on P.E.I., but snow plow operators still have a lot of work to do.

Health P.E.I. leadership has told the East Prince Medical Staff Association the plan is to get “a fully functional” intensive care unit back at Prince County Hospital, says Dr. Steven MacNeil.