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The people behind the community fridge in Summerside have approached city council about moving it to a new location to cut down on people raiding it when relatively expensive items arrive.

After weeks of discussion, Summerside council has given the green light for the Native Council of P.E.I. to run a men's shelter downtown.

In a few weeks municipal elections will be held in communities across the Island, but some candidates are already acclaimed because no one came forward to oppose them.

The city announced Tuesday the fire hall will be located on Ryan Street, between a strip mall and the local Cineplex.

Some “top-notch” amateur talent, a few no doubt with jitters, will be on display this week when a popular tradition returns to the Summerside Lobster Festival.

A new fire hall in Summerside will allow firefighters to respond quicker to calls and create a more welcoming environment for female recruits, the chief says.

With just one councillor dissenting, Summerside city council voted Monday to rezone a parcel of land off Brophy Avenue to make way for a large housing development.

Summerside councillors spar over value of filling in residential ditches One Summerside city councillor is speaking out about the $500,000 a year from the city’s budget that is going towards filling in ditches in the city, while another says the money is fulfilling a 25-year-old promise. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2021 10:38 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19 Summerside city councillor Barb Ramsay wants the money being spent on ditch infilling to be ‘distributed evenly thro...

Also in attendance Tuesday were numerous members of the public.  "Theres several criteria which council would evaluate any application on and one of those criteria is certainly the comments of the residents," said McFeely.  "I really feel that the community has a vested interest in their neighbourhood ... I put a lot of value on how the residents feel about this rezoning." I think the community, the residents of the area, were very invested in this and certainly expressed their views too thro...

Summerside may have to expropriate land for new roundabout  The City of Summerside has set the wheels in motion to expropriate four parcels of land in the north end of the city to construct a new roundabout. Social Sharing