1.   As a result, the province will face significant challenges in reconciling its spending priorities with the need to balance its books, it said.

2.   Still, the province faces several key economic challenges.

3.   The province still faced an uncertain future, with its new government of Catholics and Protestants shut down and no clear procedures in place to restore it.

4.   The province also faces a crisis in its own greatest salmon-producing stream.

5.   A Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the province could face a food crisis unless refugees can return home and harvest crops.

6.   And Denise DePape of the North York health department called the debate the most important substance abuse issue the province is facing.

7.   Guangdong province is facing severe cash needs as it struggles to bail out bigger state-owned companies.

8.   While the northern and eastern provinces faced floodwaters, other areas in the Netherlands like Amsterdam enjoyed brief sunshine and clear skies Wednesday for the first time in days.