<description>&lt;p&gt;Randy Goodman thought his health care experience would serve the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Health PEI board of directors well.&amp;nbsp;He quit after realizing the people who were supposed to be&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;directing health care for Islanders are being ignored.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Randy Goodman thought his health care experience would serve theHealth PEI board of directors well.&nbsp;He quit after realizing the people who were supposed to bedirecting health care for Islanders are being ignored.

Who really runs Health PEI?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Dr. Henk Visser was a country doctor in central P.E.I. who spent years practicing in Africa. He was&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;one the only physicians for millions of people there, and made it work. He says five things could help P.E.I.'s strained family physicians.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Dr. Henk Visser was a country doctor in central P.E.I. who spent years practicing in Africa. He was&nbsp;one the only physicians for millions of people there, and made it work. He says five things could help P.E.I.'s strained family physicians.

A retired doctor says five things could heal P.E.I. health care

<description>&lt;p&gt;CBC's Ryan McKellop introduces us to a UPEI professor who's helping make sure CBC hosts and reporters are pronouncing common Mi'kmaw words correctly.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

CBC's Ryan McKellop introduces us to a UPEI professor who's helping make sure CBC hosts and reporters are pronouncing common Mi'kmaw words correctly.

How CBC P.E.I. is getting Mi'kmaw words right 

<description>&lt;p&gt;Three PEI family physicians have recently announced plans to stop practicing here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We hear from one who says the Health Department is making it impossible to provide family medicine.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Three PEI family physicians have recently announced plans to stop practicing here.We hear from one who says the Health Department is making it impossible to provide family medicine.

Overworked, underappreciated, and a P.E.I. doc's decision to leave

<description>&lt;p&gt;Lobster Fisherman and MLA Sidney MacEwen has been appointed a minister in the new P.E.I. cabinet. And because of owner-operator rules, it's caused some rough&amp;nbsp;waters between the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association and Premier Rob Lantz. We explore how the appointment could set a precedent for lobster fishermen who want to serve in cabinet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Lobster Fisherman and MLA Sidney MacEwen has been appointed a minister in the new P.E.I. cabinet. And because of owner-operator rules, it's caused some rough&nbsp;waters between the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association and Premier Rob Lantz. We explore how the appointment could set a precedent for lobster fishermen who want to serve in cabinet.&nbsp;

Lobster captain or cabinet minister: why one P.E.I. MLA may need to choose

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