Canada Nov. 23rd, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Alouettes off to Grey Cup after devouring Lions

Sometimes games do come as advertised.

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#2 — CTV | Tories to introduce new child pornography laws

The Conservatives plan to introduce a new bill that would compel Internet service providers (ISPs) to report child pornography to the police, CTV News has learned.

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#3 — CTV | Fight over mining bill deepens on Parliament Hill

The Cerro San Pedro mine in central Mexico stopped digging for gold Wednesday, on orders from the country’s environmental enforcement agency.

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#4 — Globe | Liberals press for overhaul of MP pamphlet privileges

Michael Ignatieff wants to rewrite the rules governing how elected officials communicate with their constituents.

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#5 — NP | Tories knew from start detainees could be tortured: MacKay

HALIFAX – The Conservative government was aware from the first day it took office in 2006 that Taliban suspects, rounded up by Canadian soldiers, might be tortured in Afghan prisons, says Defence Minister Peter MacKay.

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#6 — NP | Second judge rules Ontario’s stunt driving law unconstitutional

TORONTO — A second judge in Ontario has ruled that the province’s stunt driving law is unconstitutional, which could increase the pressure on police to stop laying the charge until the issue is decided by a higher court.

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#7 — OC | U.S. plans to secure power grid worry producers

Canada’s electricity industry is concerned unilateral U.S. action to protect the North American power grid from an imminent cyber threat could upset the power supply in Canada.

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#8 — MG | Marois talks tough on French language, culture

MONTREAL – Premier Jean Charest’s inertia and failure to protect French is threatening the province’s linguistic peace, Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois said Sunday.

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#9 — Star | Bullets fly over Canadian-owned mine

MIRADOR, ECUADOR–The hills that surround what Vancouver-based Corriente Resources calls “one of the few new sizable copper projects in the world” are riddled with land mines, the remnants of a 14-year war with nearby Peru.

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#10 — Star | Reining in the 407 simple, MPPs insist

Queen’s Park could easily curb billing abuses by the 407 toll road operator if it was serious about fixing the problem instead of blaming a previous government for creating it, opposition politicians say.

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