A P.E.I. couple is urging the province to convince the province's only vascular surgeon, Dr. Peter Midgley, not to resign, and hire another doctor to share his workload.

Chances are that if you're reading this in certain Canadian provinces, you're at home with your feet up, relishing a Monday off.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cash-strapped government will try to balance its books on the back of the provinces, the premiers of Ontario and Quebec said Monday.