Peter Bevan Baker News Today

The Prince Edward Island government passed the largest-ever provincial operating budget Tuesday, on the last day of the legislative session.

After 28 days of often heated debate, P.E.I. MLAs shook hands and went their separate ways Tuesday as the spring sitting of the legislature came to a close.

The spring sitting of the P.E.I. Legislature came to a close on the five-year anniversary of the 2019 election that made Dennis King's Progressive Conservatives the first functional minority government in the province's history.

A Toronto millionaire wanted to build a beachfront mega-cottage on a remote stretch of Prince Edward Island’s pristine north shore. Then the locals got wind of it.

For the second time this month, questions in the P.E.I. Legislature about plans to fund new long-term care beds in the private sector led to sharp words between Premier Dennis King and members of the opposition.

A small group health-care support staff rallied outside Prince Edward Island’s legislature for higher wages Thursday, after talks between the province and union representing health-care cleaners, cooks, and porters, among others, broke down.

A Toronto millionaire wanted to build a beachfront mega-cottage on a remote stretch of Prince Edward Island’s pristine north shore. Then the locals got wind of it.

Green MLA Peter Bevan-Baker questioned P.E.I Housing Minister Rob Lantz in the legislature Tuesday about how the new Residential Tenancy Act does and doesn't protect tenants from eviction.

Premier Dennis King promised in February over 50 new beds would be added to privately run homes within 30 days of being licensed. Now he says more details about those plans will be coming next week.

The Prince Edward Island government plans to spend more than $3.2 billion for its 2024-2025 operating budget, focusing on health care, housing, and affordability.