Prince Edward Island no longer has any vacant Senate seats, with Monday’s news that Mary Robinson has been appointed to Canada’s upper house of Parliament.
Diane Griffin will be officially sworn in as the 10th chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island early next year, the board of governors announced Thursday.
P.E.I. trailblazer Marion Reid, who died this week at 94, is being remembered for the major role she played in shattering glass ceilings in Island politics.
Reid was the first female lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island and a member of the Order of Canada. And back in 1993, she was one of the province's 'Famous Five' powerful women.
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HALIFAX -- A photo of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at the presidential inauguration is sparking some creative and hilarious photo edits of Sanders popping up in all kinds of situations, and the Maritimes are no exception. Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Bernie Sanders showed up for the U.S. presidential inauguration in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens. Social media users quickly pounced on AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski's shot of a bundled-up Sanders sitting cross-legged, superimposing it on a wide variety of images. Maritime social media users have embraced the meme with open arms, as the Vermont Senator seems to be popping up all over the region.