For newcomers on P.E.I., the rising cost of living can be particularly hard to deal with. Reporter Steve Bruce finds out how people are making it work — and what more could be done to help.

One of Charlottetown’s best burgers is back — from the Peter Pan drive-in that stood on University Avenue for more than 40 years. The Blue Goose restaurant is adding the Peter Pan burger basket to the menu, and they’re not the only ones reveling in the nostalgia. Mitch learns why a burger with its own identity is having a minute.

Housing expert Steve Pomeroy looks at the latest P.E.I. housing numbers, and explains some of the ways we got into this situation and how we might get out of it.

P.E.I. depends on the U.S. market for much of what we grow and fish. Those markets could disappear overnight if the 25 per cent U.S. import tariffs are imposed on Tuesday. Mitch asks Premier Dennis King how P.E.I. can fire back, and some growers how they’re feeling.

One way to take the pulse of housing in a community is to look at how many new units are under construction — also called housing starts. But when we look at that number, what are we not seeing? Mitch sits down with the mayors of Charlottetown and Summerside to talk about a record number of housing starts in 2024, and what else needs to be done. This is part one of a two-part series about housing on P.E.I.

In the closest U.S. state to P.E.I., new research into the lobster industry is going beyond price and stocks. Mitch checks in with three people at the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences about why it’s important to ask fishermen about their health and their communities.

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions — and often that resolve only lasts a few weeks. Mitch speaks to a psychologist, a dietitian and a mental performance consultant about how to make your goals stick.

From a new young conductor to going viral on TikTok, this orchestra is hitting all the right notes when it comes to reaching new audiences. Mitch chats with some of the people who are keeping the symphony young.