Jack's Newswatch

#1 — CBC | H1N1 vaccine safe, top health officials stress

Canada’s top health officials urged people in Nunavut on Tuesday to get the swine flu vaccine when it is made available next month.

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#2 — CBC | Confusion around Abdullah Khadr’s Pakistan detention: RCMP

Confusion surrounded Canadian Abdullah Khadr’s lengthy detention in Pakistan and obtaining information from that country’s intelligence agency was difficult, an RCMP investigator testified Tuesday.

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#3 — CTV | Suspects in 2002 B.C. murder arrested in China

A long-time suspect in the October 2002 murder of Chinese student Wei Amanda Zhao in British Columbia has been arrested in China, after local officials acted on information provided by RCMP.

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#4 — Globe | Canada rejects Mexican police officer’s claim for asylum

Gustavo Gutierrez Masareno was the model Mexican law-enforcement officer.

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#5 — Globe | Support for Stelmach plunging, poll shows, with Wildrose second

A lot more seems to be riding on Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach’s highly anticipated televised address that airs tonight after a new poll emerged showing support for him and his Progressive Conservative government plummeting.

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#6 — Globe | Ontario boosts local wine with new labelling, tax measures

In an effort to squeeze foreign grapes out of Canadian wine, the Ontario government Tuesday announced regulatory and tax changes that will encourage local producers to make wines entirely from domestic grapes.

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#7 — OC | Judge jails border services worker for stealing $210,000

OTTAWA — A former Canada Border Services employee sobbed and cried out when she was sentenced to nine months behind bars for stealing more than $210,000 from the government to fund a lavish lifestyle that included a leased Mercedes, vacations and an extended stay in a downtown hotel.

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#8 — MG | Cyclist dragged 200M to his death

MONTREAL – Kevin Connell’s grieving and outraged family pleaded for police to test the driver of a car that struck and killed the 23-year-old downtown Tuesday for drugs or alcohol.

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#9 — Star | Dollar soars, retailers hold breath

As the Canadian dollar soars toward parity with the U.S. greenback, Canadian retailers are bracing for a possible consumer backlash against the widening price gap between Canadian and U.S. goods.

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#10 — Star | ‘Alternative Nobel’ prize bittersweet for David Suzuki

VANCOUVER–Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki says he’s proud to receive an “Alternative Nobel” prize announced Tuesday, but humiliated that Canada has become an international pariah when it comes to climate change.

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