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P.E.I's social development minister says changes are underway — with more to come — at the outreach centre in Charlottetown, now that the province has taken ownership of the former curling club.

A new pilot program in Nova Scotia is training Black, Indigenous and People of Colour with hands-on and virtual learning in trades that will help make homes in Nova Scotia more energy efficient.

News releases from the Government of Nova Scotia

Lumber prices have been soaring across the country as demand for wood during the pandemic outstripped supply. In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, those high

Outreach centre moves into new Charlottetown home Friday A community hub now has more room to help people in its new home. The Community Outreach Centre officially moves to its new space in the former Charlottetown Curling Club building on Friday Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jun 10, 2021 3:21 PM AT | Last Updated: June 10 The Community Outreach Centre began as a pilot project at 211 Euston St. in 2020, before moving to other areas temporarily. Its new home is back on Euston Street in an...

CAP Releases Report in the National Action Plan for MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People 06/03/2021 | 12:50pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2021) - On the second anniversary of the release of the Final Report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is releasing its Interim Report. Included in the National Action Plan released today, CAPs Interim...

Posted: May 12, 2021 8:23 PM AT | Last Updated: May 12 Lynn Bradley, the Native Council of P.E.I.s mental health and addictions co-ordinator, says Indigenous people have unique histories that sometimes come into play when trying to access services.(Laura Meader/CBC) The Native Council of P.E.I. says it needs funding for its own homeless shelter after it says Bedford MacDonald House discriminated against some Indigenous clients. Lynn Bradley, the councils mental health and addictions co-ordinato...

Sir John A. Macdonald statue resolution an opportunity for education, Mikmaw leader says A Mi’kmaw leader on P.E.I. says the modifications that will be made to the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Charlottetown is not about changing history, but about education. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 11, 2021 8:00 PM AT | Last Updated: May 11 Chief Roddy Gould of the Abegweit Assembly of Councils says the controversy around the Sir. John A Macdonald statue shows how badly education is needed...

Posted: May 05, 2021 10:23 PM AT | Last Updated: May 6 The $10-billion LNG project would require a section of highway to be moved.(The Canadian Press) The proposed road to a liquefied natural gas project on Nova Scotias Eastern Shore is paved with conflicting opinions about whether the highway change — and the $10-billion development it is a part of — should even go ahead. Pieridae Energy received environmental approval in 2014 to build a natural gas liquefaction plant at Goldboro, a tanke...

Coun. Mitchell Tweel says he wants the province to hold a public meeting at the current location of its outreach centre in Charlottetown before proceeding any further with a potential plan to move the centre to the former Charlottetown Curling Club — in Tweel’s ward.