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CBC
03-06-2025
- General
- CBC
Summerside police save family from burning home, including baby rescued from crib
Police officers were able to rescue a family of three that included a one-year-old child from a burning home in Summerside, P.E.I., early Tuesday morning. In a news release, Summerside Police Services said its officers responded to a fire at a residence in the Linkletter Estates mobile home park just before 3 a.m. The front of the home was engulfed in flames when police arrived, and officers couldn't get to the front door, the release said. So they went to the side door, where they could hear people inside yelling that they couldn't get the door open. The officers were able to force the door open and help those people out. After being told a one-year-old was still inside, an officer entered the home and found the child in a crib in one of the bedrooms. The officer was able to bring the child out of the home safely, and Summerside firefighters arrived soon after to put out the blaze. 'Could've been a lot worse' Ron Enman, Summerside's fire chief, said his department responded with six trucks and about 60 firefighters who were able to extinguish the flames in about 10 minutes. "We had a large volume of water on it right off the get-go and… the way it was opened up on the trusses, we got a lot of water right in at the seat of the fire, so it went quick," Enman said. "It could've been a lot worse. The back half of the property, it's really a lot of smoke damage and stuff, but the fire just went in the front of the [home], the living room and kitchen." The police officer who went into the home and a member of the Summerside Fire Department were taken to Prince County Hospital for treatment of minor injuries and smoke inhalation. Both were later released. Island EMS paramedics at the scene examined the family for injuries. Enman said the three occupants of the home are now staying with family members. P.E.I.'s Fire Marshals Office is still investigating the cause of the fire.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Man charged after allegedly stealing car, fleeing from police in Summerside, P.E.I.
A 41-year-old Charlottetown, P.E.I., area man has been charged with stealing a car and gas, and fleeing police last week. Summerside police attempted to stop a speeding vehicle on May 21 around 3:40 p.m. in the Water Street East area. The vehicle fled from police and was driving dangerously, so police did not pursue it due to public safety concerns. A few minutes later, police received a report that the same car had been involved in a theft of gas from a Water Street gas station. Prince District RCMP were then called to the scene of a single vehicle crash in North Bedeque. The collision involved the same car. RCMP apprehended the 41-year-old driver near the scene of the collision. An ensuing investigation revealed the vehicle had been stolen from Water Street in Summerside. The driver will appear in court at a later date to answer to charges including theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous operation, flight from police and theft under $5,000. For more P.E.I. news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CBC
12-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Charlottetown not part of new P.E.I. police team aimed at curbing drugs, organized crime
The province is funding a new collaborative police unit to help clean up the drug problem on Prince Edward Island, but the Island's largest municipal force says it doesn't want to be involved. The provincial government is spending about $800,000 on the new Joint Enforcement Team, or JET, which launched about two weeks ago with a focus on the illicit drug trade and organized crime. Seven officers make up the unit, including four from the RCMP, two from Summerside Police Services, and one member from the Kensington police agency. "All Islanders have seen the devastating effects of drugs in our communities, and organized crime behind this [does] not operate with the constraints of borders or jurisdictions," said Cpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP's media relations officer. "This unit aims to go up the organized crime ladder and address those at higher rungs bringing drugs to P.E.I." Charlottetown Police Services, though, has decided not to be a part of JET. Mayor Philip Brown and police Chief Brad MacConnell recently wrote a joint letter to P.E.I. Justice and Public Safety Minister Bloyce Thompson, saying the city's officers are responsible for the majority of drug enforcement efforts and seizures in the province. "[The province] through its Department of Justice and Public Safety continues to demonstrate unfair and biased practices that place disproportionate burdens on our city, while failing to provide equitable support to our mandate," the letter states. "While we remain committed to public safety, our ability to sustain these efforts without fair and consistent provincial investment has become unsustainable for our city." That letter goes on to say that Charlottetown police support the province in critical areas such as mental health, social issues and technology-based policing. The city was also critical of JET, saying a more "fulsome strategy" that tackles the root causes of drug trafficking is needed. It argues the new team does not address the demand for drugs. 'It's getting out of control' Thompson told CBC News last week that he hopes Charlottetown Police Services will eventually decide to come on board with JET. "They feel they have the adequate resources to do their own work," the minister said of the city force's drug-fighting operations. "Everybody seems to be working together, so we hope Charlottetown comes in and helps out too." The new team already had its first arrest. A search of a Summerside home led to charges and the seizure of drugs and weapons last week. RCMP said the new team will work with Charlottetown police, even if the city force isn't part of the new unit. Moore said no areas of P.E.I. are off-limits, so the investigations will include the capital city. "We are following a model of integration," he said. "We certainly will work with Charlottetown to address drugs, as this unit will be a provincewide unit." The justice minister said the team's cross-Island crackdown on illegal drugs and organized crime is necessary, before the problem gets worse. "We have to put a focus on this. It's getting out of control and we really want to be tough on drugs. It's affecting Islanders, it's affecting families, so it's got to stop," Thompson said. "Fentanyl is on this island. We can think it's not, but it is. And we can't let that continue to take hold here.
