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Are P.E.I. garbage collectors 'militant' with rejection stickers? They don't don't mean to be (Sat, 27 Jul 2024)
Karen MacDonald, the CEO of Island Waste Management, talks to Louise Martin of CBC News: Compass about why your garbage might not get picked up, why waste is collected bi-weekly instead of weekly, and what they're doing to get the word out.
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Longtime P.E.I. podiatrist hopes regulation will rebuild trust in profession (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)
CBC P.E.I.'s Steve Bruce speaks with Charlottetown podiatrist Keith Bettles, who says his practice had never been inspected until recently, about the province's plan to regulate podiatry this coming fall, and how he hopes it will help Islanders regain trust in the industry.
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P.E.I. RCMP report presence of new drug 'more potent than fentanyl' (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)
RCMP say a dangerous synthetic opioid not found before on P.E.I. was recently seized during a drug bust in Stratford — underlining the concern that 'people really don't know what they're getting.'
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Charron, de Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)
Céline Dion returned to the world stage at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, in her first public performance since revealing she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, to close out the event on Friday.
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P.E.I. man living in Jasper describes 'sickening feeling' of having to flee wildfires (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)
Carson Harding is from Stratford, P.E.I., but he has been living and working in Jasper, Alta., for nearly two years. He was forced to evacuate to Calgary this week as wildfires threatened the small mountain town. CBC's Connor Lamont spoke with Harding over Zoom to hear about the devastation and his hope that Jasper can rebuild.
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