Daily Digest August 26, 2007

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN’S to VICTORIA.

EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM - Security goes to lowest bidder http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=57194&sc=80

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR - Spread the wealth around View comments2 http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=56986&sc=30

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD - Labelled in Canada http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/855487.html

OTTAWA SUN - A voice for a free media http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2007/08/26/4447063.html

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER - McGuinty goes online to violate spirit of law he introduced http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=668265&catname=Editorial&classif=

TORONTO STAR - Credibility essential for climate program http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/249657

TORONTO SUN - Ontario's disturbing road show http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Commentary/2007/08/25/4447010.html

LONDON FREE PRESS - Issues simmer before election http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Editorials/2007/08/26/4447075.html

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - Mother Nature's shop vac http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4028889p-4639811c.html

CALGARY HERALD - Controlling the prescription pad Doctors should recognize that pharmacists can share the load http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=9ba6327a-e028-4fe9-a759-900e36d2a584

CALGARY SUN - Cops need the real deal http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/POV/2007/08/26/4447275-sun.html

EDMONTON SUN - Slow start for Stelmach http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2007/08/26/4447449-sun.html

LETHBRIDGE HERALD - Reservists risk life, limb and employment http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/article_8031.php

PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN - http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/current/n.php

VANCOUVER PROVINCE - Sparing our children from nicotine is just common sense http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=97c0f805-dbe1-4960-bcc7-b544d7390023

Police should give this protest tactic the boot http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=4fb2d86c-3f47-479c-970f-6e057e5f1fbc

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST - Some fears better left alone Sometimes the most-publicized dangers are the ones that threaten you the least http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=c7459ef9-aad5-4907-9534-176217ad593d

ISSUES

CANADIAN FORCES Successful trip to Arctic seen as key step in boosting image of Cda's subs http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070826/n0826110A.html

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Myths about Congress's war powers http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0827/p09s02-coop.html

JUSTICE SYSTEM Vancouver's safe-injection site adding detox beds and housing http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070826/n0826101A.html

Undercover cops just doing their jobs http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/McRae_Earl/2007/08/26/4447269-sun.html

They still don't get it http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/wbradwanski

POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES

Rally marks 30th anniversary of Quebec's Charter of the French language http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070826/n0826106A.html

Williams continues equalization fight despite Hebron http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070826/williams_hebron_070826/20070826?hub=Canada

Faith-based schools issue could help knock off Liberal http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Blizzard_Christina/2007/08/26/4447553-sun.php

POLITICS

Election talk resurfaces on Kyoto, Afghans http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/070826/canada/canada_politics_col

Harper portrays Tories as champions of unity http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=adbb5f5d-c878-4748-b146-3b912d1fd0db&k=30491 <http://news.google.com/news?ned=ca&ncl=1119813996&hl=en&topic=n

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Harper touts achievements but skirts Afghanistan in Quebec speech http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070826/n082697A.html

Silence on the recent losses http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radio-canada.ca%2Fnouvelles%2FPolitique%2F2007%2F08%2F26%2F003-harper-victoriaville.shtml&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

CTV Newsnet: Harper speaks at the festival 9:22 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?tf=/ctv/mar/video/new_player.html&cf=ctv/mar/ctv.cfg&hub=Canada&video_link_high=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/08/26/ctvvideologger2_500kbps_2007_08_26_1188147884.wmv&video_link_low=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/08/26/ctvvideologger2_218kbps_2007_08_26_1188145887.wmv&clip_start=00:30:16.34&clip_end=00:09:22.56&clip_caption=CTV%20Newsnet:%20Harper%20speaks%20at%20the%20festival&clip_id=ctvnews.20070826.00210000-00210342-clip4&subhub=video&no_ads=&sortdate=20070826&slug=harper_quebec_070826&archive=CTVNews

Tories must commit to troop pullout date: Dion http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070826/dion_qp_070826/20070826?hub=Canada

CTV's Question Period: Lib. Leader Stephane Dion 8:33 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?tf=/ctv/mar/video/new_player.html&cf=ctv/mar/ctv.cfg&hub=Canada&video_link_high=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/08/24/ctvvideologger3_187956106_1187973931_500kbps.wmv&video_link_low=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/08/24/ctvvideologger3_187956105_1187972604_218kbps.wmv&clip_start=00:01:12.20&clip_end=00:08:33.61&clip_caption=CTV's%20Question%20Period:%20Lib.%20Leader%20Stephane%20Dion&clip_id=ctvnews.20070824.00210000-00210121-clip1&subhub=video&no_ads=&sortdate=20070826&slug=dion_qp_070826&archive=CTVNews

Cabinet shuffle a yawner for most people, poll suggests http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070826/n082651A.html

Silent minister, officials well briefed on what not to say about Khadr http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/070826/n082653A.html

The Greens propose that the Canadians pay a tax on carbon http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.branchez-vous.com%2FNationales%2F070826%2FN0826125U.html&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Delay in recall avoids Question Period http://progressivecanadian.blogspot.com/2007/08/delay-in-recall-avoids-question-period.html

OPINION AND INFORMATION

Did Stephen Harper break his promise to Atlantic Canada http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=4583b58d-0607-418c-bd01-0325ed1db8e3

Is Harper really ‘standing up for Canada’? http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/855494.html

Our fool's paradise of cheap products http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=2e73dbfb-20d3-477c-b867-ff4df145a507

The danger of Darwin http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=18c9c4f6-826b-4f91-b3c0-04c47b8f61ec

New summer rituals in unsuspecting Ontario http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=0b4e05a2-fd50-49a7-980f-fa450a00cfae

Big oil still giving us the same old gas From the Exxon Valdez to the B.C. Interior, some things never change http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=8291f200-bda5-4422-b92d-2b90260148f5

INFOS

Parti conservateur: Silence sur les pertes récentes http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/08/26/003-harper-victoriaville.shtml

Bois d'oeuvre: Nouveau litige? http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2007/08/26/001-bois-usa.shtml

Nouveaux sommets en Afghanistan http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2007/08/26/003-onu-opium.shtml

La loi 101 a 30 ans http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/08/26/001-loi101-anniversaire.shtml

Harper muet sur les victimes du 22e Régiment http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070826/CPACTUALITES/70826070/1025/FRONTPAGE

Nos militaires forment des soldats afghans http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/national/archives/2007/08/20070826-205211.html

Le système canadien pour traiter le dossier des réfugiés est dénoncé http://www2.canoe.com/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2007/08/20070826-163412.html

MacKay aurait refusé de se prononcer http://www2.canoe.com/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2007/08/20070826-161902.html

Guerre rhétorique autour de la mort des soldats http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070826/CPACTUALITES/708260469/1025/FRONTPAGE

Le remaniement n'a pas suscité beaucoup d'intérêt http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070826/CPACTUALITES/70826078/1025/FRONTPAGE

Stephen Harper voudrait que le Canada s'enlise en Afghanistan, affirme Dion http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/070826/N0826131U.html

Les Verts proposent que les Canadiens paient une taxe sur le carbone http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/070826/N0826125U.html

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