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Celebrating diversity
Diversity Award
(l-r)Public Health nurses Michele Vloet-Miller and Lauretta Taylor; Community Services and Seniors Minister Valerie E. Docherty; Rona Smith,Department of Community Services and Seniors and Public Service Commission Diversity Consultant Thilak Tennekone.

The Premier's Award for Diversity Leadership in the Public Service honours public servants demonstrating leadership, promotion and management of diversity and inclusiveness. The 2013 award winners include public health nurses Lauretta Taylor and Michelle Vloet-Miller and the Child and Family Services Division of the Department of Community Services and Seniors.

Public Service Week 2013
Public Service Week 2013
Public Service Week 2013 events will be held at locations across Prince Edward Island.

The week of June 10-14 is Public Service Week, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the important contribution that public service employees make in advancing the social and economic position of Prince Edward Island.

Major investment will increase use of technology in education
Eastlink CEO Lee Bragg and premier Robert Ghiz watch a video about the use of technology in education.

A new $8 million investment in education technology will benefit student learning in schools across the province. The Government of Prince Edward Island has entered into a partnership agreement with Eastlink that will see all 65 school sites upgraded to equivalent standards.

Office of Energy Efficiency to spend more of its funding on grants
Office of Energy Efficiency
Since it opened in 2008, the Office of Energy Efficiency has provided more than $3.3 million in grants to 4,600 residential clients.

The budget for energy efficient grants will increase by more than $300,000 as the Office of Energy Efficiency moves away from issuing loans to focus on its other programs.

Harnessing renewable energy from the wind
Wind Energy
Once constructed and online the new Hermanville and Clearspring wind farm will generate an extra 30 megawatts of publicly owned wind energy annually.

Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs Minister Wes Sheridan has announced that the proposed wind farm for the Hermanville and Clearspring area of Eastern Kings County has been granted environmental approval.

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