Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure says climate change is fueling more and more extreme weather across the country. According to Dominic LeBlanc, the federal government needs to find additional methods to bolster Canada’s recovery programs after natural disasters take place. Today, residents across Atlantic Canada are just trying to get their lives back on track. We hear from Sheila Eastman, a Harbour Master located near PEI’s coastline, in Hour 1. Here at home, mayoral candidate Mark Sutcliffe says he is not ‘the villain’ of this year’s municipal election campaign, but feels as though he is being portrayed as one by his critics. Has this campaign become too vitriolic? Your texts and emails get dissected during today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, several municipal and provincial elections are scheduled for October 24, coinciding with Diwali. Could the Festival of Lights impact voter turnout? Plus, another mayoral candidate has unveiled how he plans to tackle our city’s affordable housing crisis.