Morning Update February 13th, 2012 (10)

CANADA

#1 — CNews | Ont. PCs pick new president

The Ontario Conservatives are choosing change.

Richard Ciano, the man who helped put Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in office against long odds, beat out former Tory cabinet minister John Snobelen and former PC candidate Kevin Gaudet to win the presidency of the party in an unusually competitive and costly race for the volunteer position.

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#2 — Globe | Sky is the limit for use of mini, unmanned planes

A couple of years ago Saskatchewan Sergeant Dave Domoney had a Eureka moment. Why do the Mounties only investigate car crashes from the ground, he wondered, when they ought to be getting a bird’s-eye view too?

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#3 — LFP | Smoking ban may hit bar patios

A proposed new smoking ban that would snuff out cigarettes on restaurant and bar patios seems bound to light up debate at city hall Monday. At least one member of the committee set to debate the ban says he’ll push for it, while another says he’ll push back.

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#4 — NP | Ivison: Lessons in aboriginal education

The report on native education released this past week has a passage written by a Grade 7 girl named Kenzie Wilson, whose mother drove her 10 hours from the Cross Lake reserve in northern Manitoba to testify before the national panel looking at First Nation education on reserves. It should offer hope to all Canadians.

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#5 — OC | Hungarian asylum seekers flood Canadian shores in 2011

OTTAWA — The number of Hungarians seeking asylum in Canada, the vast majority of whom are believed to be Roma, nearly doubled last year and it appears the government has yet to figure out what to do about the problem.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Costa Concordia fuel removal operation begins

Pumping to remove more than 2,300 tonnes of fuel from the grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship has started, Italian officials have said.

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#7 — CNN | Pakistani Supreme Court indicts prime minister for contempt

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) – The Pakistani Supreme Court on Monday indicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt after his steadfast refusal to revive old corruption cases against the country’s president.

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#8 — Fox | Whitney Houston autopsy completed

LOS ANGELES –  The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Sunday afternoon that an autopsy on pop icon Whitney Houston’s body has been completed, but official results have been placed on hold, pending toxicology tests.

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#9 — DM | Frozen continent!

You would be forgiven for thinking these stunning vistas lay deep in the heart of Antarctica.

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#10 — Telegraph | Hugo Chavez faces presidential challenge from state Governor Henrique Capriles

Youthful state Governor Henrique Capriles won Venezuela’s first-ever opposition primary vote by a wide margin on Sunday, emerging as the single candidate who will try to end President Hugo Chavez’s 13 years in power.

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