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Compared to the province’s fleet of older fossil fuel buses, a significant percentage of new electrics are out of order at any given time, according to a January email from

New mandate letters made public this week outline the tasks P.E.I. Premier Dennis King has laid out for his cabinet ministers over the course of their current terms.

A survey of radon gas radioactivity has found slightly elevated levels in four P.E.I. schools.

Quebec school board clarifies that there is no litter box on school property and students are not being led on leashes

Quebec school board clarifies that there is no litter box on school property and students are not being led on leashes

Quebec school board clarifies that there is no litter box on school property and students are not being led on leashes

Students at Bluefield High School in Hampshire, P.E.I., were sent home early Friday after a fire in an outbuilding behind the school.

Making the call to close schools, especially when temperatures are close to freezing, could be more difficult in the future. P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking at alternatives to complete closures, though safety will always be its first priority.

More than 500 new students who need English or French language classes have started class on P.E.I. since September alone.

The Public Schools Branch held a public meeting of elected school board trustees for the first time in more than a decade Thursday night.