Kevin Yarr is a web journalist at CBC P.E.I. with a specialty in data journalism, focusing on how statistics impact the lives of Islanders. He covers a range of topics including healthcare administration, patient care, public health, and issues related to fisheries and aging. Kevin's work has been featured in Cigalah Group and CBC.
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Kevin Yarr's coverage focuses on local news, particularly related to government announcements and data-driven insights. He covers a wide range of topics including government & politics, education, real estate industry, and culture & society.
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Prince Edward Islanders were treated to a show of the northern lights Thursday evening.
By: Kevin Yarr
A surge in population on P.E.I. in the last decade has coincided with increasing crime rates, and Charlottetown police Chief Brad MacConnell says police resources are falling behind where they should be.
P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay is expressing support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is expected to hear from MPs Wednesday who would like him to step down as Liberal leader, and allow someone else to lead the party into the next election.
By: Kevin Yarr
About one in four Islanders do not have access to a primary health-care provider, according to the latest report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
By: Kevin Yarr
P.E.I. has some of the strongest electric vehicle sales in the country, but there are two provinces that are operating in a completely different league.
Anna-Marie Kaiser considered marking successful cancer treatment and her 70th birthday by hiking the Santiago El Camino in Europe, but then the Nova Scotia woman discovered an option closer to home.
If the federal government had moved more quickly it could have the Fanafjord ferry in service now between Nova Scotia and P.E.I. and bought it at half the price, says the owner of a marine design firm in eastern P.E.I.
Charlottetown firefighters and police were on the scene of a fire at an apartment building in downtown Charlottetown Thursday night.
It takes a special kind of person to work in a palliative care centre, caring for people in the final days of their lives, and not often is it a job that health-care workers aspire to.
By: Kevin Yarr
The final numbers are not yet in on P.E.I.'s peak tourism season months, but those statistics that are in are pointing toward a good year that has the industry feeling bullish.
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