Halifax Water says drinking water is once again safe to consume in the Waverley Road area. The utility lifted a boil water advisory for about 2,000 customers in the area on Tuesday morning. “To lift the Boil Water Advisory, Halifax Water has been continuously monitoring the system and has completed sampling as per Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change […]
Solana is back in focus as large traders build fresh futures positions while Bitcoin holds near recent highs. SOL trades around $142 on December 10, up about +6% in the past day. According to CoinGecko, spot activity is strong too, with roughly $6.3Bn in volume. Traders are rotating into high-beta majors again, and Solana often […]
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Amnat Meephew had just enough time to pack up his clothes and flee his home in Thailand a couple of kilometers (miles) from the border with Cambodia, the second time in four months hundreds of thousands of people like him had to escape renewed fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbors. “Sometimes […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials were expected to hand their latest peace proposals to United States negotiators Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who also said Ukraine would be ready for elections within three months if partners can guarantee a safe vote during wartime and if its electoral law can be altered. Zelenskyy was […]
Two portions of Halifax Regional Municipality once again scurried to the top on Orkin Canada’s annual list of eastern Canada’s “rattiest” cities. The pest control company released its 2025 rankings this week, based on the number of commercial and residential rodent treatments carried out between Aug. 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025. Halifax earned second […]
ROME (AP) — Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes. On Wednesday, the U.N.’s cultural agency gave foodies another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu by listing Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage. UNESCO added the rituals surrounding Italian food […]
Royal LePage is forecasting an uptick in home prices for 2026 as it says the Canadian housing market is primed for a “reset” with more buyers making their move. Halifax home prices are expected to rise no more than two per cent in 2026. Prices are forecast to rise to 538,968 year over year, according […]
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A separatist group has seized control of an oil-rich region in southern Yemen, shattering a relative calm in the country’s stalemated civil war — a significant move in a country located along a key international trade route that also threatens to bring new risks to the Persian Gulf region. The secessionist […]
Momentum trading strategies tend to amplify market moves into option expiry and UBS warns if the market has a 5% downtick, delta hedging could exaggerate that and make it much worse.
“They have already paid the mortgage. It makes no sense to require them to ‘pay’ it again.”