The Eastern Graphic

The Eastern Graphic


Federal bridge contingency plan includes outdated information

The federal government’s backup plan in case of prolonged closure of the Confederation Bridge is full of outdated information. The Graphic received the 2023 Confederation Bridge Continuity Plan from Transport Canada through the Access to Information and Privacy Act(ATIP). The department is mandated to produce an annual plan and the use of PEI ferries to […]

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Hospital planning lacks local input

The steering committee charged with redefining Kings County Memorial Hospital’s role within healthcare and designing a new facility does not contain any local representatives, according to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. KCMH and QEH administration and working committees have both been consulted, according to the records, but they […]

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PEI’s electric bus fleet proves to be high maintenance

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 the Public Schools Branch’s director of transportation, Dave Gillis, to Norbert Carpenter, Deputy Minister of Environment. The email was obtained by The Graphic through a […]

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MV Confederation to sail solo till mid-May

Refit work on the 17-year-old MV Fanafjord, slated to replace the decommissioned Holiday Island ferry running between Wood Islands, PEI and Caribou, NS is well underway, according to Transport Canada.  However, the department is no longer confident the vessel will be ready by May 1st as promised by Cardigan MP Lawrence MacAulay and other federal […]

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Provincial EMR use was non compliant with privacy laws

PEI’s $7.8 million electronic medical record was operational for 10 months before the Department of Health and Wellness moved to ensure patient information shared over the system complied with provincial privacy legislation, records show. Despite this, government contends patient confidentiality was never jeopardized. “It’s my understanding that (the ways practitioners were sharing information over the […]

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