“It was my hope to have all of Atlantic open… I wasn’t able to get full agreement from one premier.” Single-dose vaccine recipients coming from New Brunswick must isolate for one week and receive two negative tests, one upon entry and another at day five or six. Those with both vaccine doses can exit isolation after receiving one negative COVID-19 test, and unvaccinated travellers must quarantine for two weeks. These same restrictions will be in place for all other Canadian travelers beginning June 30. Visitors from Newfoundland and Labrador are welcome to visit the province without any restrictions, forming a fragmented Atlantic bubble reboot tomorrow, Wednesday, June 23. Prince Edward Islanders are already permitted into Nova Scotia sans quarantine.
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Second doses of either the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine or one of the mRNA types will be available for the 5,200 Islanders who received AstraZeneca the first time around, Dr. Heather Morrison said Tuesday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
A P.E.I. NHL player shares his experience of COVID-19, and seasonal residents are banding together.
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Students at Mount Stewart Consolidated enjoy some outdoor learning time.(Laura Meader/CBC)
P.E.I. s Zack MacEwen, one of 21 Vancouver Canucks who tested positive for COVID-19, shares his experience with the disease.
Seasonal residents of P.E.I. have come together to form a non-profit corporation to help each other navigate the pandemic, but its president believes the group will be useful beyond that.
P.E.I. s Home and School Federation wants outdoor learning to be part of the official curriculum so that schools will get children outside more often.
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Charlottetown Airport holds its AGM following its worst year ever, and Women s World Hockey looks to P.E.I. to host its championship.
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Charlottetown Airport is hoping the worst of the pandemic is behind it.(Jessica Doria-Brown/CBC)
Charlottetown Airport highlighted optimism for the future at its annual general meeting, after suffering the worst year on record during the pandemic in 2020.
P.E.I. has been approached as a possible host for the International Ice Hockey Federation women s world championship Aug. 20-31, tourism officials say. The tournament, originally scheduled for Nova Scotia, was cancelled last month due to COVID-19.