ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaSmilezones make pediatric spaces less scary for kids at this P.E.I. hospital3 minutes agoDuration 2:223 minutes agoNewsDuration 2:22Prince Edward Island now has its first Smilezone spaces at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown. The areas are designed to make the hospital more welcoming for pediatric patients and their families. Staff say they’re already having an impact. CBC’s Sheehan Desjardins has the story. Related Stories Charlottetown hospital ER is keeping pace with influx of tourists so far this season, official says P.E.I. libraries offer new tools to help kids get ready for kindergarten P.E.I. expands Marion L. Reid grant to include students in 4 more health-care programs ‘Hallway of sadness’ transformed by patients’ art at Ottawa hospital ‘It’s never anything bad’: Manager of 150-year-old P.E.I. lighthouse shares ‘haunting’ storiesMore from NewsVideo1:46B.C. man sentenced to 4.5 years in prison after selling fentanyl in P.E.I.14 minutes agoVideo2:23Plan to raze historic Charlottetown home prompts protest from residents14 minutes agoVideo3:25Kruger plans to invest $700 million in the Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Mill17 minutes agoVideo6:02Benevolent Irish Society in P.E.I. planning ‘a mighty crack’ to celebrate 200 years32 minutes agoVideo6:10Meet Londoner Big Dave, who runs ‘the worst food review channel’33 minutes agoTrending NowVideo0:29Hockey Canada trial judge: ‘I do not find the evidence of E.M. to be either credible or reliable’July 24Video2:08Grizzly follows Calgary couple along popular trail in terrifying encounterJuly 21Video2:09Divers find cache of cars in Montreal-area river — and may have solved 1980s cold caseJuly 22Video1:55Coldplay couple shows real-life implications of social media firestormThe National July 21Video2:17MAGA-affiliated musician’s Canadian concert permits deniedThe National 11 hours agonow
Smilezones make pediatric spaces less scary for kids at this P.E.I. hospital
