VICTORIA, British Columbia (Reuters) – British Columbia will return to a budget surplus in the next fiscal year by clamping down on spending, hiking taxes and selling assets, its finance minister projected on Tuesday in a lean budget that is seen as make-or-break for the Liberals ahead of a May election. The Canadian province’s annual budget projected a small surplus of C$197 million ($194.69 million) in the coming fiscal year, after a revised deficit of C$1.2 billion in 2012-13. In the fall, the government projected a deficit in 2012-13 of C$1. …
Man charged with slapping toddler on Minneapolis-Atlanta flight makes court appearance
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – An Idaho man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight has made an initial appearance in federal court.
Federal government closes Vancouver coast guard station; union set to hold vigil
VANCOUVER – The federal government has officially closed a Vancouver coast guard base that’s considered to be the busiest in Canada.
UK names Bailey to head central bank prudential watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain named veteran Bank of England official Andrew Bailey on Tuesday to head its new banking regulator just a month befor e he must present a plan to help two partly state-owned banks to become independent. Bailey will become a deputy governor of the Bank of England and chief executive of the bank's new prudential regulation authority (PRA) from April 1. He is already head of prudential supervision at the UK's Financial Services Authority and was expected to be confirmed in the new job. … Prince Edward Island Sen. Mike Duffy says he has another home in Charlottetown
CHARLOTTETOWN – Sen. Mike Duffy, embroiled in a controversy over living allowance claims, says he has two homes in Prince Edward Island so he can have better access to health care.
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