Kristin Gardiner

Prince Edward Island

Multimedia Journalist at SaltWire Network

Multimedia journalist at the Journal Pioneer. She/her. [email protected]

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Articles

No Frills open second P.E.I. location in Summerside

1 day ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Shoppers looking for groceries in Summerside now have a new option available. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentOn June 12, No Frills opened a new franchise location in the Granville Street Plaza. It is the second location in P.E.I., following the one in Stratford. Article contentArticle contentFranchise Owner Ken Higgins and his wife, Emily, moved from St. Catharine’s, Ont., to the city for the job.
Abandoned house near Kensington destroyed after fire

1 day ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Advertisement 1Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — A June 24 fire at an abandoned house in central P.E.I. is being treated as suspicious. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle content“It had no power to it,” said Chief Rodney Hickey. “So I don’t know whether there were people living there, or squatting there. We have no idea.”Article contentArticle contentNobody was injured in the fire.
New PEI EMS depot opens in O’Leary after 2023 fire

2 days ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Article contentO’LEARY, P.E.I. — One of P.E.I.’s seven Island EMS depots has gotten a much-needed upgrade. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentA 2023 fire forced EMS personnel in O’Leary to respond to their own emergency that left them without an operations centre. Article contentArticle content“We were instantly homeless,” said James Orchard, general manager at Island EMS and Medacom Atlantic, regarding the fire.
Only church in Wellington, PEI, has been decommissioned and sold

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Advertisement 1Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Wellington United Church meant something special for Christine Arsenault. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentIt was where she and her children were baptized, where she married, and where she attended service her entire life. Article contentArticle content“When I was young, the church was full,” said Arsenault. “People moved out of the community, but we had just as many people move into the community.
Good Samaritan opens P.E.I. home to strangers caught in downpour during Island Walk

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — When roughing it on a hiking and camping trip, little comforts and offers of assistance can make a world of difference. That maxim shines through especially bright when a bout of rain interrupts an otherwise pleasant trip, and the assistance comes in the form of a stranger offering up her home for the night.
Summerside family thankful for support after overnight fire destroys home

2 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1 • Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — It was 3 a.m. when Rylee Whalen woke to her dog barking and a stranger pounding on her window. “I looked out the window, and all I could see was his flashlight and red and blue lights,” she said. “So, my mind went to, OK, something’s happening.”A fire didn’t cross her mind, but it’s what she saw when she walked to the living room — flames coming down from the ceiling and blocking their front door. Floorboards jammed the other.
Summerside's waterfront tourist attraction under new ownership

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Bruce Palmer has had his eye on buying Spinnakers’ Landing for a few years. His family spends a lot of time at the property in the summer, particularly eating at The Deckhouse Pub and Eatery. Now, Summerside’s waterfront tourist attraction belongs to him and his daughter, Karrington, and it’s just one more exciting endeavour for the JMK Fish Mart owner.
Police help family, including one-year-old child, escape Summerside house fire unharmed

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Advertisement 1 • Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Residents of a Summerside mobile home park were pulled to safety during an overnight fire. Shortly before 3 a.m. on June 3, members of the Summerside Police Services and Summerside Fire Department attended a fire at Linkletter Estates. Police arrived first to find the property engulfed in flames.
P.E.I. man receives house arrest for making false EI claims

3 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. man has received a conditional sentence for making false EI claims. Kevin Stewart Gillcash, 51, had been charged with 20 counts of making false or misleading representations under the Employment Insurance (EI) Act. The offences occurred between February 2020 and October 2023. Gillcash had previously pleaded guilty to all counts.
Western P.E.I. collision sends one person to hospital with minor injuries

4 weeks ago | saltwire.com | Kristin Gardiner

• Article contentSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — One person has sustained minor injuries after a rear-end collision near Hernewood Intermediate School in western P.E.I. Friday morning. At around 8:45 a.m. on May 30, RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Routes 2 and 136. According to RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Gavin Moore, there were no fatalities. One person was sent to the hospital with minor injuries. As of 11:30 a.m., the investigation was still ongoing.

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