Afternoon Update July 29th, 2012 (10)

CANADA

#1 — CNews | Boy, 15, is fourth child this month to drown in Ont. 

The body of a 15-year-old boy was pulled from the waters of an Ontario lake Friday night.

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#2 — Globe | RCMP say Nunavut town ‘under siege’ after gunfire erupts again

An RCMP superintendent says a tiny Baffin Island hamlet is “under siege” after Mounties in the community faced gunfire yet again Saturday.

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#3 — LFP | Salute to Canada’s Korean War vets

TORONTO – Korean War veteran Ken Griffith vividly remembers carrying a severely-wounded Charlie Morningstar away from the front lines of battle.

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#4 — NP | Coyne: A beginner’s guide to understanding premier-speak

The premiers could not have been prouder of themselves. Appearing before the microphones during a break in discussions at the Council of the Federation, the name they insist on being called at these meetings, the artists formerly known as premiers took turns congratulating themselves on their handiwork: a 26-page document in which they undertook to make various improvements to their health care systems, albeit voluntarily. “We decided as provinces we were going to take this on ourselves,” said P.E.I.’s Robert Ghiz. “We don’t need the federal government.”

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#5 — OC | S&P cuts ratings on seven Canadian banks

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has cut its outlook from stable to negative on seven Canadian banks, over concerns about unsustainably high home prices and consumer debt levels, according to published reports Friday.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Syria: Opposition in call to arm rebel fighters

The head of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) has called for foreign states to arm rebel fighters.

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#7 — CNN | Hyundai recalls more than 220,000 vehicles for potential air bags flaws

(CNN )  – Hyundai is recalling more than 220,000 Santa Fe SUVs and Sonata sedans because of potential problems with their air bags.

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#8 — Fox | NYPD detective suspended after kidnapping victim found in his garage

NEW YORK –  A 17-year veteran of the New York Police Department has been suspended without pay after a kidnapping victim was found tied up in his garage.

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#9 — DM | Weren’t they meant to be sold out?

Olympic bosses have promised to investigate major sponsors after banks of empty seats were spotted at several sold-out Games venues today.

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#10 — Telegraph | Foreign energy firms pressured ministers to keep wind farm subsidies high

Ministers were “bounced” into retaining large subsidies for controversial on-shore wind farms by foreign-based energy companies who threatened to pull jobs and cash out of Britain.

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