B.C. River Forecast Centre says rivers receding after days of heavy rain

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is hard not to admire. He’s not your typical status-quo accountant or cautious politician. Houston has no interest in managing Nova Scotia’s decline. He wants to reverse course and spark a genuine cultural shift — “back to a sense that we can build things, we can do things. We just have to have the courage and confidence to do it.” Last year, he took on the energy minister portfolio himself. This week, he appointed Stephen MacDonald, former CEO of EfficiencyOne, as deputy minister of energy. Together, they will aggressively pitch Nova Scotia as a...