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All burning permits cancelled due to high fire index
Forest fire index
Forest fires can be unpredictable and pose risk to persons, property and the natural environment.

Firefighters across the Island have been busy this past week dealing with grass and brush fires which were made even more dangerous by the warm, dry and windy weather. The Island Forest Weather Index is now HIGH and effective immediately all Burning Permits are invalid until weather conditions improve.

Would you be able to cope in an emergency?
Emergency Preparedness Week
Emergency Preparedness Week runs from May 5 to May 11.

Could you look after yourself and your family for three days if an emergency occurred, no services were available and emergency responders couldn’t get to you? A question for Islanders to consider during national Emergency Preparedness Week.

Raising awareness of workplace safety
Workplace safety
Colonel Gray students Dane Cutcliffe (left) annd Alexander MacKay (right) screen their winning workplace safety video for Workers Compensation Board Chair Nancy Guptill and Environment, Labour and Justice Minister janice Sherry.

An interest in workplace safety issues and a talent for video production have led two Charlottetown high school students to win the It’s Your Job Young Worker’s Video Contest for Prince Edward Island.

Protecting our children
Child Sexual Abuse Protocol
Environment, Labour and Justice Minister Janice Sherry and Community Services and Seniors Minister Valerie E. Docherty along with the members of the Provincial Child Sexual Abuse Advisory Committee.

The new provincial Child Sexual Abuse Protocol is designed to protect Island children by providing guidelines and procedures for a coordinated response to child sexual abuse in Prince Edward Island.

Cheque presented to 2013 Envirothon Winners
Minister Janice Sherry congratulates the Three Oaks Envirothon Team - winners of the provincial Envirothon.

Environment, Labour and Justice Minister Janice Sherry presents a cheque to the Three Oaks Envirothon - winners of the provincial Envirothon. Appearing are Chris Higginbotham (teacher advisor), Kristen Pyke, Andrew Farag (team captain), Shobhitha Balasubramaniam, Hon. Sherry, Patrick Steele and Heather Pringle (teacher advisor). Absent is Ian Hink (team member).

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