Point Prim News Today

It started as a labour of love, one bottle at a time. On Sept. 1, Hannah's Bottle Village in Point Prim, P.E.I., surpassed builder Gar Gillis's goal of $100,000 in donations for the IWK Health Centre in Nova Scotia. CBC's Victoria Walton stopped by to find out more.

Hannahs Bottle Village in Point Prim, P.E.I., has been in the works since 2002 by 74-year-old Gar Gillis. Hes only hundreds of dollars away from his goal of raising $100K to donate to the IWK.

Authorities are trying to identify a body found off a peninsula in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.

Rescue crews continue to search for 23-year-old Kieran Stewart, who went missing on the weekend after embarking on a solo kayak camping trip to St. Peters Island.

Craft makers on P.E.I. are already seeing an increase in sales this year, which they say bodes well for the summer tourism season. But they're also feeling the squeeze of rising costs.

Electricity is back on in Eastern P.E.I. after a motor vehicle accident Monday knocked out power to more than 6,000 Maritime Electric customers.

A community group in Point Prim, P.E.I., is calling for safety improvements to the area's main road. 

Early immigrants to the Island in P.E.I.s Bygone Days With Canada Day coming up this week, Bygone Days takes a look at how some of Prince Edward Islands long-established population groups came to the Island more than 200 years ago.   Social Sharing CBC News · comments This monument to the Selkirk Settlers who arrived on P.E.I. from Scotland in 1803 stands at the church in Belfast, P.E.I.(Jayne Ings) Reginald (Dutch) Thompsons column The Bygone Days brings you the voices of Island seniors,...

Posted: Apr 28, 2021 6:27 PM AT | Last Updated: April 28 Setting day for P.E.I.s spring lobster fishery was originally scheduled for April 30. The season normally runs until June 30.(Brian McInnis) comments The start of the spring lobster season is being delayed a few days due to weather in at least one region on P.E.I. Setting day was scheduled for Friday, but that has been moved to Monday for lobster fishing area 24, which includes the North Shore of P.E.I. A decision on the opening for LFA�...

Windy forecast delays setting day for southern P.E.I. lobster crews as well The opening of the spring lobster season is being delayed for southern Prince Edward Island because of high winds in the forecast, a day after a similar decision was made for North Shore boats.  Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 29, 2021 11:28 AM AT | Last Updated: April 29 These lobster traps piled at Pinette wharf in southeastern P.E.I. wont be going into the water until at least Monday after the start of the ...