Canada July 4th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Queen unveils human rights cornerstone

Winnipeggers gathered at The Forks on Saturday to watch Queen Elizabeth unveil the cornerstone of the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

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Globe | Hectic schedule awaits Queen after royal entourage lands in Toronto

#2 — CBC | Storm-ravaged Sask. gets provincial aid

About 350 property owners in Saskatchewan will qualify for disaster relief from the province after weeks of stormy weather that has destroyed homes and ravaged communities.

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#3 — CNews | Police searching for suspects in Quebec bombing

TROIS-RIVIERES — Police are asking the public for help to uncover who is responsible for the bombing of a Canadian Armed Forces recruitment centre early Friday morning in Trois-Rivieres.

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#4 — Globe | Ignatieff packs rural-specific bag for summer bus tour

There was a time when red dominated the colour-coded electoral map of Canada, thanks in part to Liberal victories in massive, but sparsely populated, rural ridings such as Thunder Bay-Superior North, Nunavut and Churchill.

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#5 — Globe | Canada becomes unlikely world leader in forest conservation

Somewhat to his surprise, one of the top researchers for a global environmental group will tell an international scientific meeting Monday that Canada has quietly become the world leader in forest conservation.

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#6 — NP | India seeks $143M over immigrant ship Canada rejected in 1914

The Punjab state government in India is seeking close to $150-million from Canada for turning back a shipload of South Asians, mostly Sikhs, from Vancouver nearly a century ago.

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#7 — NP | Canadians support apologies for the past: poll

OTTAWA – Three days before Stephen Harper issues a solemn apology to the survivors of Canada’s native residential school system, a new poll says most Canadians agree with the practice of current apologies for historic wrongdoings.

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#8 — OC | Double dose of HST for landlords

The harmonized sales tax is here, but few will feel it as acutely as landlords. They are facing an eight-per-cent increase in the cost of heating and a wide range of services, but the province won’t let them recoup the money from tenants.

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#9 — MG | Quebec home daycare workers to strike Monday

MONTREAL- Home daycare workers in Quebec will hold a two-hour strike Monday morning to protest what they call unacceptable delays in their contract negotiations.

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#10 — Star | She’s here! Toronto’s Royal Tour begins

WINNIPEG—On this Royal Tour, all roads lead to Toronto.

After spending time in Halifax, Winnipeg and Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh flew to this city last night for three days of activities.

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