With land transfer tax revenue in free fall on the Outer Banks, finance officials are keeping an eye on their charges to make sure they don't go off a cliff. For the time being, budgets for Dare County and its towns have been snipped rather than slashed, and jobs have not been cut.
In a historic political move, the leaders of the Liberals, NDP and the Bloc Quebecois signed a formal agreement Monday to topple the Tories and co-operate as a coalition government for at least 18 months.