#1 — CBC | Hillier slams WikiLeaks ‘friendly fire’ report
Rick Hillier, Canada’s former top soldier, is questioning the accuracy of a leaked report that suggests four Canadian soldiers who died in September 2006 in Afghanistan were killed by “friendly fire” from U.S. forces.
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#2 — CBC | GM pulls out of Canada’s former auto capital
Wednesday marks the end of the line for General Motors in Windsor, Ont., the one-time heart of Canada’s automotive industry.
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#3 — CBC | Korean War day honours veterans
Thousands of Canadians who fought in the Korean War were finally honoured Tuesday with their own day of remembrance.
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#4 — CNews | Latimer denied extended leave parole privileges
Robert Latimer’s request for extended leave privileges has been denied, but his day parole has been extended for another six months.
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#5 — Globe | RCMP brass put pressure on PM to replace chief as rift deepens
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is facing an unprecedented crisis in the RCMP and must choose between his hand-picked civilian leader and a group of high-ranking mutineers pushing for a new top Mountie, according to RCMP insiders and experts.
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#6 — Globe | Saskatchewan’s Wall vows to fund contentious MS treatment
In a striking departure from his political counterparts across the country, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his government will finance clinical trials of liberation therapy, a contentious experimental procedure for multiple sclerosis patients.
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#7 — FP | Many seniors losing out on benefits
In this on-again, off-again economic recovery, some unemployed mid- or late-career professionals are tapping their retirement nest eggs just to survive financially in the here and now. The question is, what happens once they actually reach retirement age?
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#8 — OC | Police launch civil suit against man who shot Montreal-area cop
MONTREAL — Police in Laval, Que., confirmed Tuesday morning that they have launched a civil suit against Basil Parasiris, the man who shot and killed a police officer during a pre-dawn raid in March 2007.
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#9 — MG | Court to hear Conrad Black case Aug. 16
CHICAGO — A U.S. appeals court has ordered that written statements in the Conrad Black case be submitted on Aug. 16, the same day the former media baron is set to give the court a thorough accounting of his financial records.
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#10 — Star | Robert Semrau to be sentenced Sept. 9
GATINEAU, QUE.— A Canadian soldier described both as top-notch and a disgrace to his uniform will discover his fate Sept. 9 for shooting a severely wounded, unarmed insurgent in Afghanistan.
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