Canada July 27th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CTV | Ottawa energizes strategy for Arctic sovereignty

The federal government has brought out a new report and website covering its plans to boost Northern development, as the sabre-rattling over Arctic sovereignty heats up between Canada and other nations seeking to lay claim to the region.

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#2 — CTV | Indian affairs minister praises new AFN chief

OTTAWA — Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl praised the new national leader of aboriginals in Canada as a gifted speaker with a motivational story.

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#3 — CTV | T.O. strike talks continue past midnight deadline

The City of Toronto and its union have agreed to extend their midnight deadline on Sunday in an effort to reach a settlement  that will end a civic strike that has paralyzed the city for the past five weeks.

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#4 — CTV | Hudak gives Elliott plum post in Ont. shadow cabinet

TORONTO — New Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is giving one of his leadership rivals a plum job in the Opposition shadow cabinet.

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#5 — Globe | Vision Vancouver mulls move to provincial stage

Frustrated by the performance of B.C.’s New Democratic Party, Vision Vancouver strategists are looking at turning their landslide civic electoral success into a centrist provincial party that can beat the B.C. Liberals.

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#6 — NP | Ottawa silent on EI reform

OTTAWA – It’s not that sunflower farmer Emily Thompson begrudges the fact the employees she had to lay off last winter were eligible for Employment Insurance benefits; she just wishes she were eligible, too.

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#7 — OC | 44% of Ontarians believe McGuinty should be re-elected, poll finds

OTTAWA-It has been the summer of our discontent in Ontario, but Premier Dalton McGuinty remains as popular now as he was in the fall of 2007 when he was last elected, according to a new poll.

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#8 — Star | Tough law would put brakes on auto theft

Conservative and Liberal leaders expect new laws will be in place this fall that should stop countless vehicles stolen in the GTA from being shipped abroad.

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#9 — Star | The pothole that ate Finch Ave.

A massive sinkhole – big enough to hold a fleet of cars and deep enough to swallow a four-storey building – may affect your commute along Finch Ave. W. today.

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#10 — Star | More jail time urged for gunrunner

U.S. prosecutors are looking to double the maximum sentence for a Chicago man who smuggled more than 230 firearms into Canada after the weapons ended up in the hands of GTA drug dealers and gang members.

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