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Students on P.E.I. will be dismissed from class two hours early out of an "abundance of caution" on Monday, April 8, the day the province and the rest of Canada will experience a full solar eclipse, says the Department of Education and Early Years.
There is also funding for a new centre of excellence in arts and culture, creating French cultural products in the region, and expanding the early years centre to provide more spaces.