Tropical storm Earl hit central and eastern P.E.I. on Saturday afternoon, bringing intense wind and heavy rain.

Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved over Nova Scotia but brought heavy rain and intense wind, knocking out power to thousands.

Earl swooped into New England waters Friday night as a tropical storm after sideswiping North Carolina's Outer Banks, where it caused flooding but no injuries and little damage.

Preparations for Hurricane Earl are ramping up in P.E.I.

Cavendish Farms has purchased the breeding rights to a type of potato it says is suitable for French fries and good for the environment.

RCMP believe a security tape shows a person who has intentionally set at least three fires in Montague in recent weeks.

Prince Edward Island National Park officials are pleased with the number of endangered piping plovers chicks hatched this year.

A fire yesterday forced tenants from a two-storey house in Borden-Carleton.

A motorcycle rally in Nova Scotia and an Acadian festival on P.E.I. are still slated to go ahead despite Hurricane Earl's approach.

A low-flying police helicopter is patrolling the skies over Prince Edward Island this week on a seek-and-destroy mission to find drugs.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre issues a hurricane watch for four Nova Scotia counties and expands its tropical storm watch to include large sections of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Montague might have an arsonist in its midst and RCMP are considering releasing a video showing the person who set the latest fire.

A former Islander who designs online gambling software says P.E.I. shouldn't get into internet gambling.

The town of Stratford is paying for an in-depth study into what sending its sewage to Charlottetown would mean for the capital city.

A serious motor vehicle accident closed Brackley Point Road in Charlottetown for two hours Wednesday.