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CNN to feature Sikhs in one Hour Show
On March 30th, the Sikh Coalition announced that CNN’s Emmy Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell will feature the first-ever hour-long cable episode exclusively focusing on the Sikh American community. The episode […]
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P.E.I legion apologizes after asking Sikh man remove his turban
A Sikh man, Jaswinder Singh says he was asked to remove his turban by staff at the Royal Canadian Legion in Tignish, P.E.I., on Wednesday night and, along with his friend, Sunny Pannu, he was subject to racist remarks […]
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US Couple who chained-up kids in California deny charges
The parents accused of holding their 13 children in shackles at a California home have pleaded not guilty.David Turpin, 56, and Louise Turpin, 49, are facing charges of torture, abuse and false imprisonment. The Turpins […]
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Downpour floods Atlantic Canada, leading to power outages
Much of Atlantic Canada is being pummelled with heavy winds and a downpour on today, swamping some areas with extensive flooding and causing a Newfoundland town to declare a state of emergency. Environment Canada said […]
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Students from PEI design solutions for clean water in Kenya.
Engineering students at University of Prince Edward Island are bringing their learning to life with two projects aimed at making a difference in the lives of people in Kenya. The two projects by the engineering […]
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Free diabetes screening and risk assessment clinics will be held across P.E.I. in November.
Health PEI will also be offering free diabetes screening and risk assessment clinics throughout November across the province. More than 14,000 P.E.I residents live with diabetes.A full-time nurse practitioner has been hired by Health PEI […]
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New P.E.I. driver’s licence unveiled
Residents of Prince Edward Island got their first look at the province’s redesigned driver’s licence today, which has enhanced security features.The province will start issuing the new licences in November. The licence will no longer be produced on […]
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3 U.S born scientists win Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Three U.S.-born scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for unravelling molecular mechanisms that control our internal body clocks. Chronobiology(the study of biological clocks) is now […]
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P.E.I.’s dry summer may affect the potato yield.
The general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, Greg Donald is hopeful for an average crop yield, but says the dry summer will ‘no doubt’ affect this year’s crop. Though tourists had enjoyed the beautiful […]