Daily Brief Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

In The News – 2009/02/11

Breaking news. Local, regional, national, and international. London, Ontario, Canada, and the world. 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
Another $75K into the Ambassador London black hole
Council unanimously approves 4% hike to police budget
Flood advisory issued
Hubert crows about City/CN partnership
LPS deployment to be studied
McGuinty shoots his mouth off about Bio-gas facility
Will John Ferguson put his money where his mouth is?


Canada/Ontario
AG’s feeble excuses for financial mismanagement
Class-action lawsuit targets scalping
Did MRSA kill a London nurse?
Increased welfare costs borne by property taxes, not province
OPP charge OPP officer with on-duty speeding
Teachers make the province blink


Canada/Other
Death of upper-class pedestrians gets national attention
Environmentalists vs Currency Act
Is that really salmon that you’re eating?
Judges don’t merit a 17% pay raise
OHRC calls for a national media watchdog
PM diddles while Rome burns
The sexually-abusive Catholic church isn’t conciliatory


International
“Arbitrary detention, torture, sexual violence and unlawful killings” in Mexico
Sports is becoming a dirty word
The Catholic church is out of touch

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