A group on P.E.I.wants the provincial government to ban snaring and trapping in the province, citing the number of people and pets who have been caught in the devices in recent years.

Rental costs on P.E.I. are rising at one of the fastest rates in the country despite the fact that the provincial government has implemented rent controls to try to limit those increases.

P.E.I.'s minister of housing says his department is working on a plan to open another 10-bed emergency shelter this winter, this time in Summerside.

The southeastern P.E.I. rural municipalities of Murray River and Murray Harbour havetaken the first step in a process to explore the possibility of amalgamating.

A Liberal MLA wants to knowwhy, as people struggle with high food prices,the government didn't use the entire budget of aseniors food pilot program.

P.E.I.'s new Mental Health Act passed second reading in the legislature Friday. When it comes into effect, it will allow a patient who might otherwise become an involuntary patient in a psychiatric facility to work with a psychiatrist and mental health team outside of a hospital setting.

A third-party review commissioned after post-tropical storm Fiona has advised the P.E.I. government to boost emergency resources, improve communication and find ways to increase co-ordination among response agencies and provincial departments before the next disaster hits.