Canada Sept. 24th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Canada walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech

Canada boycotted a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday evening, protesting his denial of the Holocaust and verbal attacks on Israel

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#2 — CBC | Ont. aboriginal leaders demand exemption from HST

Some Ontario First Nations leaders are urging the federal government to take their treaty rights into account when implementing the harmonized sales tax (HST) in Ontario and exempt them completely from the new tax.

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#3 — CBC | Gun owners upset info given to polling firm

Some Canadian gun owners are upset their personal information from the national gun registry has been passed by the RCMP to a polling company for a research study.

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#4 — CBC | Dismiss Agent Orange lawsuit, N.L. court urged

The federal government and two chemical companies went to court Wednesday in a bid to stop a class-action lawsuit launched by people who claim they developed cancer after being exposed to Agent Orange at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick.

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#5 — CTV | Smothering vine that snaps hydro poles now in Canada

It’s been known to snap hydro poles, swallow buildings and smother forests.

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#6 — CTV | B.C. police call for separate agency to investigate cops

VANCOUVER — RCMP and chiefs of municipal police forces in British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to create an independent organization to investigate allegations against police.

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#7 — Globe | Abdelrazik sues Ottawa for $27-million

Abousfian Abdelrazik is suing the government – and Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon personally – for $27-million over Canada’s role in his arrest and alleged torture in Sudan and for violating his constitutional right to come home.

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#8 — Globe | Flaherty set to extend mortgage backstop

Ottawa will extend life of $125-billion emergency program amid pressure from domestic banks that are wary about a return of sluggish credit markets.

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#9 — NP | Soldier who lost leg heads back to Afghanistan

QUEBEC — Shortly after losing one of his legs while on duty in Afghanistan, Captain Simon Mailloux asked his major how good his chances were of getting back to the battlefront.

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#10 — Star | Two more quit scandal-ridden eHealth board

Two members of the board at eHealth Ontario – including a prominent Liberal – have quit, just before more heads are expected to roll over a spending scandal at the troubled agency.

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