Canada
#1 — CBC | Michigan oil spill contained: Enbridge
Most of the oil that spilled from a Canadian-owned pipeline into a southern Michigan river has been contained and between 5,000 and 6,000 barrels of oil have been recovered, Enbridge officials say.
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#2 — CBC | Wheat board dampens outlook for new crop
The Canadian Wheat Board is reporting the strongest sales in a decade for the crop year that ends Saturday.
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#3 — CBC | Butt out of airport debate: mayor to Wildrose chief
Mayor Stephen Mandel lashed out Friday at provincial politicians wading into the fight to save Edmonton City Centre Airport, as Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith signed on to a referendum on keeping the facility open.
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#4 — CNews | Bedroom Strangler stays jailed
TORONTO – The monster will be staying where he belongs.
After much worry, stress and yet another pilgrimage to Penetang, they received the outcome they’d hoped for: Russell Johnson, Ontario’s worst serial killer, will remain in the maximum security Oak Ridge wing of the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre.
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#5 — CNews | Eco fee group strikes secret deal
TORONTO – Stewardship Ontario — the government-created body that brought Ontarians the botched eco-fee plan — has signed a confidential battery recycling deal with an American-based outfit that scored poorly on a “mystery shopper” test.
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#6 — Globe | No bail for mom accused of stabbing daughter in the head
A woman accused of stabbing her daughter in the head in an alleged “honour crime” has been denied bail.
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#7 — NP | Conrad Black: My prison education
In my 28 months as a guest of the U.S. government, I often wondered how my time in that role would end. I never expected that I would have to serve the whole term, though I was, and am, psychologically prepared to do so, now that I have learned more of the fallibility of American justice, which does convict many people, who, like me, would never dream of committing a crime in a thousand years.
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#8 — FP | Insurance fraud rears its ugly head
The good news is automobile insurance in Ontario will not go up much under new rules that come into effect on Sept. 1, and might even go down slightly.
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#9 — Star | Canada’s treatment of war veterans ‘a national embarrassment’
OTTAWA—The way John Sheardown and other veterans in need of long-term care are being treated in their twilight years amounts to a national embarrassment, critics of the Conservative government say.
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World
#10 — BBC | Pakistan floods ‘kill 800′ people and affect a million
The worst monsoon floods in living memory have killed at least 800 people and affected one million in north-west Pakistan, a local official has said.
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#11 — BBC | Russia mobilises 240,000 to fight deadly wildfires
Almost 240,000 people have been mobilised across Russia to tackle wildfires that have killed at least 30 people, officials say.
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#12 — BBC | Australia bushfires report calls for response changes
A report into Australia’s worst bushfires has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters.
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#13 — CNN | Our galaxy is rich in Earth-sized planets
(CNN) — Since the time of Nicolaus Copernicus five centuries ago, people have wondered whether there are other planets like Earth in the universe. Today scientists are closer than ever to an answer — and it appears to be that the Milky Way galaxy is rich in Earth-sized planets, according to astronomer Dimitar Sasselov.
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#14 — Fox | U.S. Embassy Workers in Paris Poisoned by Tear Gas in Suspicious Letter
PARIS — Two men who work for the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas fumes.
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#15 — NY Times | Debate Heating Up on Plans for Mosque Near Ground Zero
An influential Jewish organization on Friday announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of ground zero in Lower Manhattan, intensifying a fierce national debate about the limits of religious freedom and the meaning of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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#16 — DM | My duty is to save the world
The Prince of Wales says he believes he has been placed on Earth as future King ‘for a purpose’ – to save the world.
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#17 — Independent | Pakistan cancels talks in protest at Cameron remarks
Pakistan’s intelligence agency cancelled planned talks with security experts in the UK in protest at David Cameron’s claim that elements within the country were promoting the export of terror, it was reported today.
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#18 — Independent | Infinite curfew imposed amid Kashmir violence
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew across violence-wracked Indian Kashmir today as anti-India protests and clashes between Kashmiri Muslims and government forces continued.
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#19 — Telegraph | Silvio Berlusconi loses parliamentary majority as Fini leaves party
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has lost his parliamentary majority after his most senior ally and his 33 supporters defected from the the prime minister’s ruling People of Freedom party.
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#20 — Telegraph | British rowers break 114-year-old transatlantic crossing record
A British-led rowing team today broke a 114-year-old record for crossing the North Atlantic from New York to the Isles of Scilly.
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