Jack's Newswatch

#1 — CBC | Canadian juniors advance to gold-medal game

When an improbable source like shutdown defenceman Marco Scandella chips in offensively, Canada had a feeling it was going to be a good night in Saskatoon.

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#2 — CBC | Don Jail death ruled a homicide

The weekend death of an inmate at Toronto’s Don Jail is being treated as a homicide.

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#3 — CBC | Boy calls dog who fought off cougar his ‘guardian’

A boy from Boston Bar, B.C., whose golden retriever saved him from a charging cougar says he wouldn’t be alive if his dog hadn’t stepped in.

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#4 — CTV | Canadian penny sold for big bucks at U.S. auction

NEW YORK — The buyer of a rare Canadian penny was in for a lot more than a pound at an auction in New York.

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#5 — CTV | Campbell plans to stay on as B.C. premier

VICTORIA — B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell is sending strong signals the Winter Olympics are giving him a second political wind, dashing widespread speculation the three-term leader was considering retiring in first place after the Games.

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#6 — Globe | Costs to soar as aging Canadians face rising tide of dementia

The annual cost of dementia is projected to soar tenfold in the next generation, a stark illustration of the impact an aging Canadian population will have on the health-care system.

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#7 — Globe | Brutal storm astounds Maritimers

A massive winter storm that swept through the Maritimes on Saturday dumped up to 30 centimetres of snow on much of the region, but it was the system’s strong winds that caused most of the damage.

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#8 — NP | Tories have ignored environmental assessment panel: member

OTTAWA — A federal panel that advises the government on the environmental impact of new economic development has been left on the sidelines for nearly two years, Canwest News Service has learned. Throughout this time, sweeping changes to regulations have been passed, effectively exempting thousands of projects from mandatory evaluations.

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#9 — OC | Death affects every police officer

OTTAWA-Police get used to the idea of death, retired Nepean police chief Gus Wersch says. But not when an officer is murdered on the job.

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#10 — Star | Water main break: ‘There was so much water’

Herna Agresor woke up Sunday morning in her basement, feeling a little chilly and damp. She got up from bed and her feet went straight into freezing water.

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