#1 — CBC | Oilsands jeopardize Canada’s reputation: Prentice
Canada risks becoming the international poster child of unsound resource development if it doesn’t do a better job of developing the oilsands, says federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice.
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NP | Martin: Prentice acknowledges Canada’s reputation at stake on the oil sands
#2 — CBC | Nearly 1,000 Olympic security cameras go live
With just 10 days to go until the opening of the 2010 Winter Games, nearly 1,000 security cameras have been turned on to monitor the crowds, which are already starting to fill the streets.
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#3 — CBC | Whistler owner wants Ottawa to pay $90M US: report
The Canadian government denies that it is negotiating a payout to the owners of the giant ski resort and Winter Olympics venue, Whistler Blackcomb.
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#4 — CTV | Deficit won’t stop spending on child care, Ignatieff vows
OTTAWA — Michael Ignatieff says a Liberal government would pour money into child care and early childhood education, no matter how deep a financial hole the Tories may have dug the country into by then.
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#5 — Globe | Danny Williams travels to U.S. for heart surgery
The heart and soul of Newfoundland politics is in for repair – and it’s not in his home province or even in Canada, for that matter.
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#6 — Globe | Public Works under cloud over contracts
The senior bureaucrat in charge of Ottawa’s massive real-estate portfolio left his job after allegations that he engaged in favouritism and was in a conflict of interest with one of his suppliers, sources say.
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#7 — Globe | First the Victoria Cross, now a stamp
It is probably not widely known that the first Canadian to win the coveted Victoria Cross – Britain’s highest military award, given for valour in the face of the enemy – was the Nova Scotia son of former American slaves: William Neilson Edward Hall.
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#8 — LFP | Ontario college teachers threaten strike Feb. 11
Ontario’s 9,000 college instructors are set to strike Feb. 11 unless there’s an agreement in place or arbitration under way by then.
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#9 — OC | Harkat denies all terrorist ties
Mohamed Harkat took the stand Monday and denied ever running a safe house for Islamic extremists in Pakistan.
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#10 — Star | Police layoffs? Not in this town
Faced with a financial crisis, the city manager of Phoenix broke the news Thursday that 352 uniformed police officers would likely get pink slips next month.
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Re: Nearly 1,000 Olympic security cameras go live – would those who believe that these camera’s will ever come down please email me privately, I’ve got a ground floor deal on a bridge for you but we have to act fast.
Re: #3 — True enough. You have me laughing.
@Jack: It’s actually not funny. Our society is becoming more and more watched with each passing event and every passing day, and the Canadian sheeple appear more than willing at accept it in the name of being “kept safe” – where does it end?
I thought you would have had this one in the list Jack – in fact I looked for it here as soon as I got home from work to see what was being said.
Sorry stageleft but that bridge (to PEI) has already been partly purchased by my pension plan (OMERS) but I get your point, no more urinating in public cause the big guy is watching.
Ok, but thanks for cell phone cameras we’re all watching each other anyway. Look what happened to the poor union fellow in Toronto who tried to get his beauty sleep and was rudely photographed by an inconsiderate paying customer who wanted actual service!