Author: Harry Miller

Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek says falling diamond and oil revenue, costly diesel and wildfires have flipped a planned surplus into a deficit.

A new Shamonda-type virus spreading in French dairy cattle has now been detected in one patient with a severely weakened immune system, researchers reported Oct. 22.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, bound for the Bahamas, was rerouted to Halifax because of severe weather off the U.S. East Coast, and Canadians are searching for what happened.

Candidates for mayor and council in the RM of Springfield, east of Winnipeg, say they oppose Sio Silica’s bid to drill into the area’s aquifer for sand. Manitobans vote Oct. 28.

An engineering report recommends taking down the cracking brick hose tower on Truro’s farmers’ market, a heritage fire hall built in 1899, by July 2027.

With gold prices high and mines expanding, Timmins expects thousands more miners over the next decade. Housing leads the issues before Ontario’s Oct. 26 municipal vote.

The Grande Prairie Police Service became the city’s police of jurisdiction on Oct. 21, replacing the RCMP two years ahead of schedule. Alberta added $2 million for dispatch.

Five neurologists in the South Okanagan are leaving Interior Health after being told to provide on-call coverage for the whole region, Doctors of B.C. says.

Halifax staff say the Forum replacement could cost $140.8 million to $143.3 million, up 10 to 12 per cent. Council voted to reschedule the heritage demolition meeting for November.

Halifax’s auditor general found 96 municipal buildings have never had a condition assessment and 91 more have not been checked in over a decade. The city accepted all 12 recommendations.