Canada
#1 — CBC | G20 cleanup in Toronto begins
Toronto is slowly returning to normal after the conclusion of the weekend G20 summit, which prompted violent protests that resulted in hundreds of arrests.
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Globe | G20-related detentions biggest mass arrests in Canadian history
LFP | Police aren’t going to apologize
NP | Editorial board: Debating the police response in Toronto
#2 — CBC | Canada’s population passes 34 million
Canada’s population is now more than 34 million, according to the latest statistics.
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#3 — Globe | India PM lays wreath at Air India memorial
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid a wreath at the Air India memorial in Toronto on Monday, and briefly met with relatives of the 331 victims of the 1985 bombings.
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#4 — FP | Tobacco stocks surge on Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Justice Department’s bid for as much as US$280-billion in tobacco company profits, refusing to hear an Obama administration appeal. Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc., the largest cigarette makers, surged on the news.
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#5 — NP | Quesnel: Demand accountability for taxpayer-funded native groups
Several years back, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released a study called Federal government funding to First Nations: The fact, the myths and the way forward. The report attempted to debunk the notion that First Nations spending was being wasted and asserted band governments were underfunded as federal government commitments did not keep up with inflation and population growth.
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Notes:
This is a must read for every taxpayer in Canada.
#6 — OC | Girl’s legs severed by slow-moving train
QUEBEC — A 20-year-old girl was in critical condition Monday after being hit by a train that severed both her legs.
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#7 — MG | Queen Elizabeth to skip Quebec on Canadian tour
HALIFAX — Queen Elizabeth II is set to arrive in Halifax on Monday to begin a nine-day tour of Canada that will commemorate her links to the country’s wartime past, and hail her future as one of its longest-reigning sovereigns.
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#8 — MG | St. Lawrence River sinking to new levels
MONTREAL – As part of a bi-national strategy to manage this summer’s historically low water levels in the St. Lawrence, Canadian and United States officials have agreed to release more water from Lake Ontario through the dam in Cornwall.
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World
#9 — BBC | US Supreme Court extends gun rights
The US Supreme Court has restricted the rights of state and city governments to enforce controls on gun ownership.
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CNN | High court strikes down Chicago handgun ban
#10 — BBC | Total stops petrol sales to Iran
French energy company Total says it has stopped petrol deliveries to Iran, amid growing international pressure over Iran’s nuclear programme.
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#11 — BBC | Colourful tycoon trio set to take over Le Monde
An unlikely trio of tycoons is set to take over the prestigious French newspaper Le Monde after a rival consortium said it was pulling out.
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#12 — BBC | Goce satellite views Earth’s gravity in high definition
It is one of the most exquisite views we have ever had of the Earth.
This colourful new map traces the subtle but all pervasive influence the pull of gravity has across the globe.
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#13 — CNN | Relief well close to Gulf oil spill source
(CNN) — One of two relief wells being drilled in an attempt to kill BP’s runaway oil well below the Gulf of Mexico is within 20 feet horizontally of it, a company executive said Monday.
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#14 — Fox | Masked Militants Attack Children’s Summer Camp in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Two dozen masked men vandalized a U.N. summer camp for children in Gaza early Monday, burning and slashing tents, toys and a plastic swimming pool. It was the second such attack in just over a month.
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Notes:
And the world is supposed to feel sorry for these “militants”. Sorry my ass. Mindless, lame-brained thugs picking on little kids is a better description of them but then again that’s what they do don’t they, at every opportunity? And excuses continue to be made for them by our “intelligentsia”, also at every opportunity. Truth be told, if brains were made of rubber the “intelligentsia” and the thugs combined wouldn’t have enough to make a french safe for a mosquito.
I just shake my head and move on.
#15 — NY Times | Vatican Rebukes Austrian Cardinal
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican issued an unprecedented public rebuke Monday of a leading cardinal who had questioned the church’s policy of celibacy and openly criticized the retired Vatican No. 2 for his handling of clerical sex abuse cases.
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#16 — DM | Top chef stabbed to death trying to protect fiancée from knife thugs
A top London chef was stabbed to death as he tried to protect his fiancée during a row with teenagers after taking her to a classical concert for her birthday.
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Notes:
I could reflect a bit of ancient police history here but I shall refrain. Suffice to say there was a time when kids respected cops because they knew what would happen next. In Britain (and in Canada), that is no longer the case. This would be because of very loud “weiners“.
#17 — Independent | Guinness sales drop despite heavy promotion
Good things come to those who wait, according to one of its catchphrases, but fewer people are prepared to wait 119.53 seconds for a Guinness to be served.
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Notes:
Everyone rush out and buy a case. It’s great stuff.
#18 — Independent | Protected diplomats ‘committed serious offences’
Staff from foreign embassies in Britain have escaped prosecution despite allegedly committing a range of offences including human trafficking, sexual assault, threats to kill and drinking and driving.
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