Canada
#1 — CBC | MP Wasylycia-Leis leaving Parliament
Winnipeg MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis is giving up her seat in Parliament.
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#2 — CBC | Afghan detainee records ruling coming
The Speaker of the House of Commons is set to rule on whether the government breached parliamentary privilege by refusing to hand over uncensored documents related to the treatment of Afghan detainees, CBC News has learned.
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#3 — CNews | Guilty plea in Alberta teen’s death
HINTON, Alta. — Ross Kleman admitted in court Monday to choking and slashing the throat of an Edson church girl, killing the 14-year-old pastor’s daughter.
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#4 — CNews | Bear spotted, killed, in London, Ontario
LONDON, Ont. – A bear that was on the loose in the city’s west end has been killed.
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#5 — FP | GM to invest $890M at 5 plants, including St. Catharines, Ont.
TORONTO — General Motors Co. confirmed Tuesday it will invest more than US$890-million in five North American plants, including a plant in St. Catharines, to produce next-gen truck and car engines.
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#6 — NP | Editorial: These aren’t ‘human rights’
The family of Luc Cagadoc, a young Filipino student from Montreal, claims the boy was discriminated against by his elementary school’s staff for eating his lunch Filipino-style — cutting his food with a fork and scooping it into his mouth with a spoon. This week, the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal came down on Luc’s side, awarding $17,000 to his family for racial and ethnic prejudice. The episode provides yet another example of how over-reaching the human-rights industry has become and how desperately it needs to be reined in.
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#7 — MG | Vets fighting Ste. Anne’s Hospital changes
MONTREAL – Okill Stuart put on his war medals and his Royal Canadian Legion jacket Monday and set out from his home in St. Lambert on the South Shore with some buddies to Ste. Anne’s Hospital in the West Island.
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#8 — Star | Are our toddlers becoming the new crop of couch potatoes?
Canada has created a nation of baby couch potatoes, where more than half of preschoolers are dangerously inactive, according to an annual report card on physical activity.
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World
#9 — BBC | Greek bonds rated ‘junk’ by Standard & Poor’s
Greece’s debt has been downgraded to junk status by Standard & Poor’s amid concern it was not able to take steps needed to tackle its economic crisis.
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CNN | Stocks drop after Greece debt cut to junk
Times | German tabloids campaign for Greece to leave the euro
President Obama said Tuesday that “everything has to be on the table” as his newly appointed debt commission goes to work, but he would not entertain questions about whether tax increases, included a value-added tax, or spending cuts will get serious consideration.
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#11 — Fox | No Secrets: China Wants Telecom Companies to Inform on Clients
BEIJING— China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country’s vast security apparatus that stifles political dissent.
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#12 — Fox | Russia proposes new UN court for Somali pirates
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has proposed a new court for prosecuting Somali pirates under the auspices of the United Nations.
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#13 — DM | EU to bail out airlines
The volcanic ash crisis cost airlines a staggering £2.2billion, the European Union’s transport chief revealed today.
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#14 — Times | Electioneering row as Boris Johnson opens East London Line at ceremony
In a swirl of bravura and ruffled blond hair, the Mayor of London opened the first significant rail line in London for more than a decade today and plunged headlong into a fierce row over what opponents see as inappropriate electioneering.
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#15 — Telegraph | Panama’s ex-dictator Manuel Noriega ‘to claim diplomatic immunity’
Manuel Noriega, Panama’s former dictator, is expected to claim diplomatic immunity when he appears in a French court on money laundering charges after being extradited from the US.
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