Canada Nov. 10th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Conservatives win 2 byelections, 1 at Bloc’s expense

The Conservatives scored two federal byelection wins Monday, upsetting the Bloc Québécois in eastern Quebec and cruising to an easy victory in Nova Scotia.

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#2 — CBC | Major bed bug spike hits Toronto

Toronto is experiencing a dramatic spike in the number of bed bug infestations, according to a new report.

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#3 — CBC | Gov. Gen. presents new Sacrifice Medals

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has presented new medals to Canadians killed or wounded while serving with military missions.

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#4 — CTV | Group wants emptying schools repurposed

With more than 170 schools across Ontario possibly on the chopping block, an educational advocacy group wants to see some of them turned into child and family resource centres.

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#5 — Globe | Hapless immigrant or terrorist threat?

He arrived at the Canadian border last month with plans to move to Canada permanently. But when guards at the Douglas crossing near Vancouver searched Khaled Nawaya’s car, they found nearly a million dollars in Canadian mint gold coins and paper currency.

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#6 — OC | Royals arrive in Ottawa in final leg of cross-Canada tour

OTTAWA — Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrived in Ottawa from Victoria Monday evening, touching down at Ottawa International Airport just after 8 p.m. before being taken to Government House, where they were to spend the night.

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#7 — OC | Nova Scotia finance minister warns against province-by-province pension reform

OTTAWA — Canada could end up with a two-tier pension system if western provinces go it alone with plans to help their residents build a better retirement income, warns Graham Steele, the finance minister of Nova Scotia.

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#8 — MG | Charest opens door to ADQ defectors

QUEBEC – Premier Jean Charest indicated Monday that his Quebec Liberal Party is open to members of Action démocratique du Québec who want to become Liberals.

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#9 — Star | Police seek single clue in search of 6,000 homes

Martin O’Carrigan says he has nothing to hide.

That’s why he didn’t think twice when officers showed up at his door Monday asking to search his apartment for clues in the case of a missing Toronto teen. He even opened up his closet door for the two detectives to get a closer look.

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#10 — Star | Teen hunter trapped alone on ice floe with polar bears

CORAL HARBOUR, NUNAVUT–Battling hypothermia and freezing skin, a teenage hunter was forced to shoot and kill a polar bear as he waited for more than a day to be rescued from a large chunk of drifting sea ice in the Canadian North.

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