Morning Update November 30th, 2011 (10)

CANADA

#1 — CNews | Turmel appalled by Attawapiskat living conditions 

TIMMINS, ONT. – NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel says she has never seen the kind of impoverished living conditions she witnessed on a visit to a northern Ontario First Nation community Tuesday.

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Globe | Locals disagree on who’s to blame for Attawapiskat crisis

NP | Ivison: Reserve problems can’t only be blamed on federal government

#2 — Globe | B.C. Premier presses Ottawa for break on HST repayment

Faced with a ballooning deficit, B.C. Premier Christy Clark is negotiating with Ottawa for a break on repaying $1.6-billion in federal funding for a harmonized sales tax her province is now preparing to repeal.

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#3 —  LFP | Canada should take advantage of global turmoil: Economists

OTTAWA – Canada should rev up its pursuit of emerging economies while Europe fiddles with a raging debt inferno and the U.S. plays football with its own money woes, some of the country’s top number crunchers say.

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#4 — NP | Blatchford: Fear kept alleged honour killing victims imprisoned in misery

KINGSTON, Ont. — What a wretched tale of misery is unfolding at the Shafia family murder trial here.

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#5 —  OC | Public service growth far outstrips population rise, notes show

OTTAWA — As the federal Conservative government searches for billions of dollars in budget cuts, it does so knowing the federal public service has swollen by one-third over the past decade — far outpacing the growth in the population.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Public sector strike set to be largest for a generation

Up to two million public sector workers are staging a strike over pensions in what is set to be the biggest walkout for a generation.

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DM | The strike is on

#7 —  CNN | Many American families running on financial fumes

Atlanta (CNN) – Jonathan Hanson and Katina Wright are determined to give their infant daughter a bright and stable future despite the cloud of uncertainty they face after years without steady work.

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#8 — Fox | Turkey Freezes Syrian Assets In Wake of Arab League Sanctions

ANKARA, Turkey –  Turkey on Wednesday slapped economic sanctions on the Syrian regime, freezing assets of Syrians involved in the government’s crackdown on protesters, suspending ties with Syria’s Central Bank and banning all military sales.

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#9 — DM | Kidnapper sues his hostages for $235,000 to cover emotional stress and hospital bills after he was shot by police

A man who held a Kansas couple hostage in their home while fleeing from authorities is suing them, claiming they broke an oral contract made when he promised them money in exchange for hiding him from police.

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#10 — Telegraph | Hillary Clinton in historic Burma visit

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travelled to Burma on Wednesday in the first top-level US visit for half a century, hoping to ignite a “movement for change” in one of the world’s most closed nations.

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