P.E.I. secures summer games

On the eve of the Canada Winter Games, the Island has been named host of the 2009 Canada Summer Games. It is the first time the province will host the event, the winter games were held on P.E.I. in 1991.

Elmer MacFadyen, the provincial minister responsible for sport, says the cost of the games will be around $22 million. He says Islanders will pick up $3.1 million of the costs.

That figure includes $2 million in capital expenditures and another $1.1 million in operating costs.

The rest of the budget will include contributions from the host municipalities, federal government and the host society.