CANADA
#1 — CNews | Strippers ready to go underground
TORONTO – Canada’s foreign strippers say they are ready to step out of the spotlight and into the shadowy half-world of illicit employment.
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#2 — Globe | New program aims to help veterans secure jobs
When Jason Hsiung returned from Afghanistan last summer, he decided to leave his military life and settle with his girlfriend in Toronto.
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#3 — LFP | Horwath left waiting by the phone
TORONTO – Andrea Horwath is waiting by the phone to hear from the two other party leaders this weekend.
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#4 — NP | Jean Chretien says Justin Trudeau has ‘proven himself’ but stops short of endorsement
OTTAWA — Former prime minister Jean Chretien says Justin Trudeau “has proven himself in some way,” but cautions not to expect him to endorse any potential candidate for the leadership of the federal Liberal party.
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#5 — OC | Web-only presence for RCI a shortsighted decision, says American broadcast expert
OTTAWA — If CBC carries through with its plan to reduce Radio Canada International from a shortwave radio service to an internet radio station, it will effectively be taking Canada out of international broadcasting, a U.S. broadcast specialist said Saturday.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | France parliament run-off vote opens
French voters are taking part in a second round of parliamentary elections seen as crucial for President Francois Hollande’s reform agenda.
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#7 — CNN | Finger amputations caused by children’s stroller prompts recall
Washington (CNN) – Reports of amputations and smashed fingers have prompted federal officials to recall a popular stroller sold in the United States.
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#8 — Fox | Colorado wildfire destroys most homes in state’s history
DENVER – Additional crews were arriving Saturday at a wildfire in northern Colorado that has scorched about 85 square miles and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history.
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#9 — DM | Pictured: The UFO-shaped object found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea
Sceptics expected that a deep-water dive would debunk the slew of extra-terrestrial theories surrounding an unidentified object sitting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
But the Swedish expedition team that took the plunge surfaced with more questions than answers – and certainly no solution to its origins.
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#10 — Telegraph | Subsidies for onshore wind farms ‘to be axed by 2020′
Afternoon Update June 17th, 2012 (10),Ministers are preparing to scrap all subsidies for onshore wind farms by 2020 in a major victory for campaigners against the controversial energy source.
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