CANADA
#1 — CNews | Feds off the hook in tobacco lawsuits
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court ruled Friday the federal government can’t be held liable in lawsuits against tobacco companies that seek compensation for health-care costs for smoking-related diseases.
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#2 — Globe | Liberals announce highest Ontario rent increase rate in years
The governing Liberals say they are going to change the way Ontario’s rent increase rate is set after announcing one of the biggest hikes in years today.
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#3 — LFP | Hemp field attacked
Vandals destroyed a field of hemp grown for research and Oxford OPP are looking for the public’s help to catch them.
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#4 — NP | Worthington: Does the NDP need Jack Layton?
I doubt there are many Canadians who don’t feel a pang of sympathy, even empathy, for NDP leader Jack Layton, as he fights a new bout against cancer.
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NP | Kline: NDP tries to quell rumours of a coup in Jack Layton’s absence
#5 — Star | Feds want Supreme Court to hear Abdullah Khadr extradition stay case
TORONTO—Canada’s ability to comply with its international obligations could be compromised if a decision staying the extradition of Abdullah Khadr is allowed to stand, the federal government said Friday.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Air France Rio crash: Pilots ‘lacked training’
The pilots of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009 lacked adequate training, French investigators have found.
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#7 — CNN | House debates GOP debt plan, Democrats look to Senate
Washington (CNN) — Speaker John Boehner put his political reputation on the line Friday as Republican leaders sought to ram their debt ceiling bill through House and unify a fractured GOP caucus in the midst of a growing political and economic crisis.
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Fox | Balanced Budget Amendment Appeases House Conservatives, Dismays Analysts
#8 — Fox | Narcotic Busts Reach Alarming Number on Border
Mexican drug cartels have stepped up the pressure and are attempting to smuggle narcotics into the United States in alarming numbers and in increasingly creative ways.
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#9 — Independent | NOTW investigator ‘acted on instructions’
The private detective at the centre of phone hacking allegations was an “employee” who “acted on the instructions of others”, his legal team said today.
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#10 — Telegraph | Norway attacks: First funeral held for victims of Anders Behring Breivik
Norway was supposed to be a haven for Bano Rashid and her family, away from the troubles of their homeland of Iraq.
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