Canada Oct. 11th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Prairies greet winter early

The Prairie provinces experienced an abrupt change of season, as a snowstorm slammed Manitoba and cold temperatures turned Saskatchewan highways into icy danger zones.

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#2 — CTV | Farmers fear pumpkin shortage for Halloween

On the eve of Thanksgiving and Halloween right around the corner, the unthinkable could be happening – some pumpkins producers in Manitoba say there will be a shortage of their products during their peak season.

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#3 — Globe | The secret Mali deal to release two Canadians

Four terrorists, including a bomb-maker, were released from prison in the African nation of Mali in exchange for the freedom this year of Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay, high-ranking government sources in Mali have confirmed.

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#4 — Globe | Expert warns B.C. gang violence is spreading to smaller centres

A car-bombing, a downtown gunfight, a targeted drive-by killing outside a restaurant.

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#5 — Globe | Technology in health care: big trouble when mishandled

The eHealth scandals unfolding in both B.C. and Ontario can be tied by one theme: Governments can get into a “bagful of trouble” when they rush to embrace technology they don’t really understand.

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#6 – NP | In Canada, church clings to relevancy as congregations dwindle

OTTAWA — For 41 years, the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes church was like a second home to George Laplante.

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#7 — OC | Former Nordiques owner, mayor meet NHL boss

Quebec City’s mayor and the former owner of the Quebec Nordiques met with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman Friday in New York City, the French-language television network LCN has reported.

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#8 — OC | Long line forms for first flu clinic of season

OTTAWA — Ottawa residents 65 and older began lining up for the city’s first seasonal flu vaccine clinic at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, an hour before it was scheduled to open.

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#9 — MG | Group wants shale gas extraction halted

Most Quebecers have never heard of shale gas, an unconventional type of natural gas whose extraction requires large amounts of water.

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#10 — Star | Ottawa’s ‘public’ snub irks U.S.

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba–An apparent snub by the Canadian government has dismayed officials on the Obama administration’s task force who are working to resettle dozens of detainees here and close the prison, a high-ranking White House official told the Star.

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