Canada
#1 — CBC | Mexico’s Calderon thanks RCMP
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has thanked the RCMP for its help in fighting drug violence in his country, saying it is a necessary battle as Mexico transforms itself into a modern nation.
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#2 — CBC | Senate debates the penny’s future
A penny saved isn’t really a penny earned anymore — in fact, it will probably just sit gathering dust in a jar while taxpayers shell out millions to produce new ones.
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#3 — CBC | Williams calls Que. regulator ‘kangaroo court’
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has levied a new barrage of insults against Quebec’s energy regulator, while raising the temperature in an ongoing dispute over a multibillion-dollar megaproject.
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#4 — CNews | Rise and fall of an Asian mobster
TORONTO – When a barrel containing a corpse encased in concrete was pulled out of Lake Ontario on Sunday, it led to a trail of assassinations of Asian gangsters stretching to 1991.
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#5 — CNews | Hijacked IP address led to false child porn bust
TORONTO — An unsuspecting Bowmanville man was stunned when cops showed up at his home last week believing he was a child porn collector.
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#6 — Globe | Canadian regions wipe out municipal efforts at being green: study
Would-be eco-friendly metropolises know it’s not easy being green. And it’s near impossible if you’re a sole Canadian municipality in one of the country’s regional urban supercities.
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#7 — NP | Mulroney-Schreiber report may be released on Monday
OTTAWA — Justice Jeffrey Oliphant’s report on the once secret business dealings between Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber will likely be made public on Monday.
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#8 — NP | Corcoran: This power grab needs full review
Floating on a barge of faddish financial sloganeering — stability of the financial system, systemic risk, global financial crisis, investor protection and the national economic interest — the Harper Conservatives launched yesterday their Canadian Securities Act rocket, a major expansion of federal regulatory authority and a significant power grab by Ottawa. Maybe the Tories are hoping the Supreme Court will sink the barge before the rocket takes off.
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Ready or not, I knew I was entering a wild sort of place as the tall, undulating grass gradually gave way to thicket, then bramble, poison ivy, marshland, prickly ash, hawthorns and buckthorns. There was no turning back.
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#10 — MG | Forest fires blaze out of control, Wemotaci evacuated
MONTREAL – At least 15 forest fires are burning out of control Thursday in central and western Quebec, says the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (Sopfeu).
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#11 — Star | Cyberspace swallows Toronto’s phone book
There was no familiar thump on Toronto front porches and or in apartment building lobbies this spring.
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World
#12 — BBC | ‘Top kill’ method ‘slows BP oil leak’ in Gulf of Mexico
BP has slowed the flow of oil and gas from a ruptured well into the Gulf of Mexico, a US official told local media.
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#13 — BBC | Ships recreate Dunkirk journey for 70th anniversary
The fleet of “little ships” commemorating the 70th anniversary since the rescue mission that saved allied troops has arrived in Dunkirk.
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#14 — Fox | Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border
The Department of Homeland Security is alerting Texas authorities to be on the lookout for a suspected member of the Somalia-based Al Shabaab terrorist group who might be attempting to travel to the U.S. through Mexico, a security expert who has seen the memo tells FOXNews.com.
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#15 — Fox | Dr. Manny: Silly Bandz Bracelet Trend May Be Dangerous for Kids
Dr. Manny walked into the office this morning huffing and puffing about something new that was bothering him, so against my better judgment, I asked him about it.
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#16 — DM | Icelandic volcano finally quietens… but its big brother is ‘set to erupt’
The Icelandic volcano that paralysed Europe’s skies may be quietening down, but its big brother could soon spring to life, experts warned today.
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#17 — Telegraph | Beekeepers use tracking systems as hive thefts rise
German beekeepers have begun installing satellite tracking systems in their hives as thefts of entire honeybee colonies are reported across the country.
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#18 — Telegraph | Aircraft sets hypersonic record at six times the speed of sound
An aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight by flying more than three minutes at Mach 6 – six times the speed of sound.
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Re# 8: We’ll need to keep an eye on this. I don’t trust anyone that much.