Canada Feb. 8th, 2010 (10)
#1 — CBC | Ontario to partially guarantee Nortel pensions
The Ontario government is reassuring former Nortel employees who worked in the province that the first $1,000 of their monthly pension payments will be guaranteed under an emergency pension insurance fund.
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#2 — Globe | Isotope crisis deepens with Dutch reactor shutdown
Canadian medical officials are bracing for “significant shortages” of a key isotope used to perform imaging tests and warning a lack of supply this spring could hamper diagnoses of life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.
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#3 — Globe | A new way to harden Cypress’s snow
VANCOUVER - Organizers for the 2010 Winter Olympics are pulling out all stops at troubled Cypress Mountain, including a snow-hardening technique designed to battle the unseasonably warm temperatures.
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#4 — Globe | Canadian envoy objected to banning George Galloway
The Canadian high commissioner to London flatly objected to barring British MP George Galloway from Canada, saying it would simply provide “a greater platform” for a vocal politician who’s “not taken seriously” in his homeland.
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#5 — NP | Stop selling unlicensed natural health remedies: pharmacy regulators
Makers of natural-health products say they are bracing for widespread layoffs and millions of dollars in losses after Canada’s pharmacy regulators issued a surprise directive recently urging druggists to stop selling unlicensed natural remedies.
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#6 — NP | Should the government fund libel suits against its citizens?
At around dinner time on Feb. 6, 2008, a knock at the door at the Rawdon, Que., home of Steve Solo set the dogs barking. It was a pair of Sûreté du Québec police officers, on hand to usher in the local huissier — the bailiff — on an unannounced visit to execute a court order to seize computer records as evidence in a defamation case.
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#7 — OC | Fire destroys CTV Ottawa newsroom, decades of history
A fire that tore through the CTV Ottawa newsroom early Sunday caused at least $2.5 million in damage and gutted the newsroom in the former CJOH building at 1500 Merivale Road.
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#8 — OC | Special Report: Cockroaches, mice rampant at Chinatown eateries
OTTAWA — On most Sunday mornings, the line of hungry customers at the Chu Shing restaurant stretches out the door and down the spiral staircase that overlooks Somerset Street West. For late arrivals, waits of half an hour for a table at the bustling dim sum spot are not unusual.
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#9 — MG | Women’s hockey team lands in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Olympic women’s hockey team couldn’t wait to get Vancouver. Delays at Calgary International Airport had other ideas.
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#10 — Star | Elite police squad looks for trouble
It’s Saturday night in Malvern, and a young black man is leaning over the side of a police cruiser, arms spread wide, crying for a bit of mercy.
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Popularity: 3% [?]
Male, retired and the rest is of little interest to anyone. The site keeps me busy and if it helps others to stay abreast of daily events then my time is well spent.
Undecided Voter Says:
Canadians continue to vent their anger against both main federal parties which are still in a vitual tie according to the latest Nano’s poll:
Tories…35.6% -3.9
Grits…33.9% +3.7
Ndp…16.4% -2.3
Greens…5.6% +1.6
Undecided (my favorite party) 21.9% -3.8
To all those on the left or right who want an election, this still may not be da time.
http://www.nanosresearch.com/main.asp
Yes I know, polls are for dogs but I’ll bet you the politicians are watching.
Posted on February 8th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Undecided Voter Says:
Will Canada’s looney left now form another coalition as some are calling for?
‘Time for Grits, NDP, Greens to make Electoral Deal’
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/02/08/GritsDemsGreens/
Posted on February 8th, 2010 at 11:07 am