Erin Lamb, whose name was disclosed without authorization after anonymously filing complaints against the Three Rivers mayor and a councillor, said she was expecting an apology from the town which she never received. “I filed a complaint with the ombudsperson very shortly after all this happened. I just got a response from them saying that […]

Three Rivers council unanimously voted to appoint a staff member as the new protection of privacy coordinator on November 10. The town is appointing the new clerk of council, Andrea MacDonald, to the position. “There has been a vacancy since the retirement of the previous clerk,” CAO John Jamieson said, noting the position is typically […]

The province has gone back to partnering with East Coast Forensic Hospital (ECF) in conducting forensic psychiatric assessments on court orders. In 2019 the province’s contract with ECF wasn’t renewed, which caused delays in the assessment process. At that time virtual assessments were done with out of province psychiatrists. Stephanie Kelly, a spokesperson for Health […]

The Town of Three Rivers council unanimously voted to move ahead with a video surveillance policy at the April 14 regular council meeting. The camera systems are installed at several municipal buildings and facilities and the policy will be effective immediately. Mayor Debbie Johnston said the policy is being implemented for two main reasons. “We’ve […]

It is unclear what the provincial task force addressing homelessness and mental health problems has achieved so far. The Graphic received documents through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP), which were supposed to contain meeting minutes from a task force put together last June, however most of the minutes were redacted […]

The PEI Union Of Public Sector Employees, UPSE, which represents 5,000 members across various public and private sectors, is sounding the alarm about privatization creeping into the public service, especially health services. Karen Jackson, who is the president of UPSE and represents approximately 1,200 LPNs, said Health PEI hiring private RNs and LPNs is not […]

A second request for information regarding a payment made by Murray Harbour to a former CAO has been denied. “This matter was a confidential legal matter, and I have been instructed by the municipality’s legal counsel not to comment or provide any documents,” said current CAO Anne Harnesk. Back in May 2017 Sylvain De Lafontaine, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]