Canada Sept. 27th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Gadhafi cancels Canada visit

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has cancelled a planned visit to Canada next week.

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#2 — CBC | Cannon rebukes Iran at UN

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon slammed Iran over its nuclear program in a Saturday evening speech at the United Nations.

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#3 — Globe | Offer of free potatoes causes massive traffic jam

Call it Spudapalooza.

That was no rock concert spawning the massive lineup of cars that gridlocked traffic on the Manning Freeway northeast of Edmonton for several hours on Saturday — it was a potato giveaway.

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#4 — Globe | Pre-trial conditions violate rights, gang slaying suspect says

A lawyer for Jamie Bacon, alleged leader of the B.C. Lower Mainland’s Red Scorpion gang and one of four men charged with first-degree murder in connection to the Surrey Six slayings in 2007, has filed a constitutional challenge claiming the pre-trial conditions under which he and the four other men are being held violates their charter rights.

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#5 — Globe | Economic crisis hammers Ontario’s bottom line

Ontario’s corporate tax revenues plunged by almost half in fiscal 2008-2009, providing stark evidence of the toll the global economic crisis is taking and pushing the province far deeper into the red than the government had forecast.

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#6 — OC | Police arrest dozens in Kingston, Ont., as drunken street party continues

KINGSTON, Ont. — Pouring rain did nothing to dampen partygoers in Kingston, Ont., Saturday night as thousands of university students packed bars and streets for a second straight night.

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#7 — Star | Race, festival to close downtown roads

Downtown Toronto is set for traffic bedlam, as the Toronto Waterfront Marathon and the Word on the Street literary festival shut down a number of roads.

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#8 — Star | Ontario eyes green job bonanza

The Ontario government is in advanced negotiations with South Korean industrial and electronics powerhouse Samsung Group about manufacturing wind turbines and other green-energy gear – including solar panels – in the province.

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#9 — Star | RCMP faces its problems head-on

REGINA–At the RCMP’s training academy, cadets are sweating and federal dollars are hard at work.

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#10 — Star | Hwy. 401 leaves trail of low tanks and aching bladders

Most of Ontario’s 23 rest stops on 400 series highways are aging and slated for closure and renovations. With gas company leases expiring simultaneously, it means long gaps between stations, and the distances will soon become longer in spots between Windsor and the Quebec line.

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