CANADA
#1 — CNews | Man shot dead in west-end Toronto playground
TORONTO — A man is dead after he was shot multiple times in the city’s west end, the fourth person to die from gunfire in the city this week.
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Globe | Ford calls on Ottawa, Queen’s Park to help Toronto combat gangs
#2 — Globe | Ottawa eyes plan to loosen DND’s grip on military procurement
The Harper government, eager to fix Canada’s chronically dysfunctional system for buying military equipment, is considering changes that would strip the Department of National Defence of significant responsibility in steering major purchases.
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#3 — LFP | Group protests Khadr’s return to Canada
EDMONTON – A group of Edmontonians rallied downtown Wednesday to protest Omar Khadr’s potential return to Canada.
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Soon after taking power in 2001, Gordon Campbell and his Liberal government considered privatizing British Columbia’s liquor distribution and retail system. Alberta had already unloaded its liquor network, with some success. But a decision was made to leave things as they were; the new B.C. government had more pressing business.
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#5 — OC | Spike in Ottawa shootings cause for concern: police
OTTAWA — It’s too soon to call it the year of the gun, but in the first seven months of 2012, the Ottawa police guns and gangs unit has investigated four more shootings than it did all of last year, including a brazen daylight shooting on Tuesday during a car chase.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Huge spam botnet Grum is taken out by security researchers
A botnet which experts believe sent out 18% of the world’s spam email has been shut down, a security firm said.
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#7 — CNN | Jobless claims up sharply
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A recent drop in claims for unemployment benefits was just too good to be true. Initial jobless claims rose sharply last week after falling to a four-year low earlier in July.
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#8 — Fox | Lawmakers: ‘Ominous’ video a warning to ATF whistle-blowers after ‘Furious’
The head of ATF recently warned employees that they will face “consequences” if they don’t “respect the chain of command,” in what Republican lawmakers are decrying as an “ominous message” meant to frighten would-be whistle-blowers in the wake of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal.
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France’s new socialist government is to pass a law making it illegal to arrest Britain-bound migrants flooding into Calais.
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#10 — Telegraph | Police dogs with cameras on heads put criminals in frame
Staffordshire Police are attaching cameras to dogs’ heads to help them catch criminals (see video).
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Re #9 … when the “illegals” reach the UK, does that make them “legal”? What happens when a UK illegal goes back to France … do they get fully paid medical and thus become Canadian? Such a confusing issue!! …