Daily Brief Thursday, June 19th, 2008

In The News – 2008/06/19

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fowgre avatarLocal, regional, national, and international. Whatever catches my attention and interests me. Updated throughout the day!

Disclaimer: I regret that I can only ensure the validity of these links at the time that the articles are published. The (unscrupulous?) practise of some media outlets to subsequently redirect links to advertisements is completely out of my control and beyond my capacity to monitor.

Canada/Ontario/London

  • False and misleading anti-moratorium industry lobbying
  • More smoke & mirrors at City Hall
  • OHC questions privately-financed LHSC projects
  • Police Media Releases
  • StatsCan reveals inaccuracy of London’s doctor-shortage numbers
  • Justice Webster’s questionable reasoning
  • Strip club licensing fees to be reviewed
  • When will Londoners be included in the London Hydro discussion?

    • Canada/Ontario

  • Attack of the army worms
  • Free public transit, an emergency heat response?
  • Lawful pedestrian killed by school bus
  • Levine says increased power for Ombudsman is “long overdue”
  • Ontario ‘Ombudsman’ isn’t allowed to investigate
  • The enviro-criminal decision of York Region

    • Canada/Other

  • Guantanamo North
  • Mandatory minimum prison terms will cost taxpayers an added $80M annually
  • Suing Ottawa over KPIA
  • The Senate’s anti-spanking bill

    • International

  • An American toxic-waste dumping ground
  • Massive numbers of jellyfish indicate climate change
  • Sweden’s terrible new eavesdropping legislation
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