Jul 18 2022 — Teresa Wright — Global News — With surging demand forcing emergency room closures across the country, front-line physicians say more immediate help is needed before things get worse. Dr. Raghu Venugopal, an emergency room physician in Toronto, says he believes the health system is not collapsing, but rather that it has “already collapsed.” “Nurses and doctors across Ontario and Canada who […]
Jun 21 2022 — Teresa Wright — Global News — Dianne Young says she sometimes walks the hallways of the addictions mental health recovery home she runs in P.E.I., wishing her son Lennon could have had a chance to heal there. Lennon Waterman was 29 years old when he lost his battle with drug addiction and mental illness in 2013. His body was found along […]
Jun 17 2022 — Teresa Wright — Global News — At least half of Canadians are concerned about outbreaks of the monkeypox virus in Canada, but this concern doesn’t come close to the distress people felt over COVID-19, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News. Even as monkeypox cases continue to slowly rise in pockets of the country, 67 per cent […]
Jun 9 2022 — Teresa Wright — Global News — A senior member of the Canadian Armed Forces is facing criticism for a post amid a grassroots social media campaign rallying support for Canada’s royal military colleges less than a week after a scathing independent review raised serious concerns about the institutions. Last weekend, Maj.-Gen. Simon Bernard — a senior member of the military in […]
Jun 1 2022 — Teresa Wright — Global News — Liberal and Conservative MPs have blocked an attempt by the federal NDP to decriminalize personal possession of some illicit drugs all across Canada as a way to stem the rising death toll from substance abuse. On Wednesday, a majority of MPs voted against the NDP’s private members’ bill, which would have repealed a provision in […]
Mar 6 2018 — Teresa Wright — The Canadian Press, The Guardian — The Green party of P.E.I. has moved into second place among preferred political parties in the province and are within striking distance of the governing Liberals, according to the latest Corporate Research Associates poll. The Liberals are the preferred party of a plurality of Island voters at 42 per cent this quarter. This is an […]
Jul 3 2017 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he appointed an MP from Toronto to head the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to “reduce the kind of politics” that have plagued regional development agencies. In an interview with The Guardian last week during a visit to P.E.I., Trudeau said he wanted all regional development agencies under one roof, so […]
Mar 21 2017 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary says the Atlantic provinces had better not get used to transfer payments if they don’t “get on board” with his plans to grow the economy. O’Leary said the region relies too much on money Ottawa distributes to “have-not” provinces through equalization. “What I’m not happy about is some of the […]
Dec 6 2016 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — Premier Wade MacLauchlan and his P.E.I. Liberals have taken a beating in the polls this quarter while the Green party is seeing its highest ever polling success. Support for the Liberal party dropped 18 points since August, according to the latest data from Corporate Research Associates. Over this same period, the Green party has gained […]
Oct 23 2016 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay says he believes having a “central Canadian” as the minister responsible for ACOA gives the regional development agency more clout at the cabinet table. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is represented in the federal cabinet by Navdeep Bains – an MP for Toronto.
Sep 19 2016 — Teresa Wright — Journal Pioneer — Lawrence MacAulay says it was the Harper government that killed jobs and hurt economy. Federal Opposition MP Peter Van Loan says the Trudeau government is ignoring Prince Edward Island as it prepares for Canada’s 150th anniversary, which he believes will hurt the province’s tourism industry.
Aug 15 2016 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit the same agriculture fair in Prince Edward Island Tuesday where former prime minister Jean Chrétien was pied in the face 16 years ago.
Apr 22 2016 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — MacLauchlan muted, Fox distancing P.E.I. PCs from federal party, Redmond says Senate has no crediblity. Political leaders on Prince Edward Island had mixed reactions to P.E.I. Senator Mike Duffy’s acquittal in Ottawa Thursday.
Sep 11 2015 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — A visit by the prime minister during an election campaign is a tightly controlled affair. Stephen Harper spent much of the day in Prince Edward Island Thursday, but only supporters who received special invitations got to hear him speak or watch him catch a lobster.
May 1 2015 — Teresa Wright — The Guardian — The last debate of the P.E.I. election Thursday was lively as the four party leaders tried one last time to challenge their opponents and sway Island voters before they head to the polls on Monday. The Guardian leader’s debate live on Eastlink TV saw the leaders face a series of questions on key election issues […]