While the Conservatives were finally able in Egmont to break a 20-year Liberal monopoly on P.E.I., they made little headway in the Island's other three ridings in the federal election Tuesday night.

A corner of the red Island is coloured Tory blue Wednesday morning for the first time in 20 years.

An estimated 59.1 per cent of Canadians cast votes in Tuesday's general election - a figure that appears to be a record low in the history of Confederation.

P.E.I.'s Heart and Stroke Foundation is calling on the province to build a specialized unit for stroke victims.

A lawyer has complained about P.E.I. RCMP returning a bottle of whisky to her client after he was caught drunk in his car, and then caught driving drunk later the same day.

P.E.I.'s Eastern School District is making the first of four presentations on declining enrolments in schools Wednesday night.

While Islanders focused on the federal election, the price of gas on P.E.I. took a deep dip overnight Tuesday.

With the election of a Conservative MP on Tuesday, P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz is hoping the province will get a voice at the federal cabinet table.

Voters across the country were having difficulties casting their ballots in the federal election Tuesday.

Stephen Harper's Conservatives have made significant gains across the country from the 2006 federal election, but failed to gain enough seats to win a majority government, CBC News projects.

Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Premier Danny Williams' Anything But Conservative campaign delivered the desired "big goose egg" to the Conservatives in the province but the party made gains elsewhere in Atlantic Canada.

The Conservatives earned a breakthrough in Prince Edward Island on Tuesday as Gail Shea, a former provincial cabinet minister, won in Egmont.

Some P.E.I. voters have complained about automated phone calls from Conservative MP Peter MacKay on election day, but Elections Canada says they are not illegal.

A P.E.I. group lobbying for more childbirth choices for pregnant women is disappointed changes to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital will take so long.

Tourism Minister Valerie Docherty says she doesn't want to see any more development along the P.E.I. portion of the Trans-Canada Trail.

The Canadian military has dropped all charges against Master Cpl. Robbie Fraser in connection with an incident that led to the death of his friend, Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh.

The owners of the Souris Trailer Park are challenging the eastern P.E.I. town's bylaw on mobile homes.