Canada Oct. 29th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan

One Canadian soldier was killed and two were injured Wednesday in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device.

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#2 — CBC | Human remains in shoe found near Vancouver

The RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the remains of a right foot found inside a running shoe Tuesday on a beach in the city of Richmond, south of Vancouver.

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#3 — CBC | Conservatives keep lead in poll

Support for the Conservative Party continued to hold last week, according to the latest poll results from EKOS.

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Globe | Donolo’s challenge: stop the Liberals’ ugly slide

#4 — CBC | Ottawa won’t help woman stuck in Saudi Arabia

The Canadian government says it cannot bring home a Quebec woman who claims her husband is refusing to allow her and her three children to leave Saudi Arabia.

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MG | Saudi husband will let common-law wife return to Montreal — for $300,000

#5 — CTV | Public pressures Ottawa to rescue Lindhout

Public pressure appears to be growing for the Canadian government to bring home kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout, as dozens of letters have poured into Ottawa pleading for her rescue and Canadian reporting organizations have begun quietly petitioning the government to secure her release.

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#6 — Globe | Canada can meet its climate goals, but the West will write the cheques

Ottawa will have to lead a massive restructuring of the Canadian economy, with wealth flowing from the West to the rest of the country, if it is to meet its climate-change targets, a landmark report has concluded.

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#7 — OC | McGuinty to city: Transit plan too costly

TORONTO – Ottawa’s 20-year, $6.6-billion transit plan was dealt a heavy blow Wednesday when Premier Dalton McGuinty suggested city officials need to come up with a more affordable alternative.

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#8 — MG | Schools send home hundreds

Several Montreal schools sent hundreds of children home yesterday with H1N1 flu symptoms – fever and dry cough – fanning fears that the swine flu epidemic has picked up speed in the city.

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#9 — Star | Clampdown on colleges giving bogus degrees

The carrot didn’t work. Here comes the stick.

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#10 — Star | Shuffle cheers Liberal MPs

OTTAWA–Liberals are looking to veteran political handler Peter Donolo to come up with a strategy to restore the sense of momentum the federal party has seen disappear in the past several months under Michael Ignatieff.

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