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- Toronto - A gasoline shortage this weekend left many pumps dry as petroleum companies scrambled to meet public demand. Petro-Canada reported that 20 of their 'outlets in the Toronto area were left without supplies over the weekend' result in rotating shortages. A limit of 75 litres per customer was implemented but still failed to completely combat the problem. (CBC News)
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- Supreme Court of Canada - In a 9 to 0 decision, the federal government's security certificate system used to detain and deport foreign-born terrorist suspects was rejected. The court found that the system, that was supposed to be for national security, violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian Parliament has one year to re-write the law that's keeping three men at the centre of this case in legal limbo. (CBC News)
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- Canada - A CBC report found that the mercury levels in Canadian albacore canned tuna exceeded the new guidelines released Monday by Health Canada. The lab sampled 60 cans of tuna with their labels removed in a blind test. The report shows that tuna routinely exceeds the mercury guideline but until Monday, the warnings to consumers about the potential dangers, have never been widely released. (CBC News)
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- United Nations - A report Wednesday, the seventh by UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre, ranked Canada (tying with Greece) 12th overall for child well-being among 21 developed countries. It compared countries in 'six categories' and averages the results. It found that the European countries ranked among the highest taking up the top half of the list except for the United Kingdom, which came in last. Just above the UK was the United States. (CBC News)
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- A Canadian Senate report urges for more NATO support in the Canadian-Afghanistan mission. The report states that if unless more support is sent with in 12 months, Canada should re-examine its commitments to the mission. The report not only requests more NATO troop involvement but increased financial aid to the rebuilding of the country. (CBC News)
- A tentative agreement on the initial steps towards North Korea's nuclear disarmament was reached in the Six-party talks on Tuesday. Christopher Hill, the U.S. envoy to the talks, made the announced. The agreement contained commitments on disarmament and energy assistance along with "initial actions" to be taken by certain deadlines. (CBC News)
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- Crown lawyers in the Steven Truscott case were intensely grilled by judges at the Ontario Court of Appeal Thursday. The Crown argued that long-hidden witness statements pointing to Truscott’s innocence do not undermine the 1959 guilty verdict in his case. (Canada.com)
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- Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Tories to take steps to counter climate change before the federal budget, expected in March. Layton, speaking to about 600 delegates at the Manitoba NDP's annual convention in Winnipeg, said Harper and his Conservatives should waste no time in taking action, warning that their government would be in a more precarious position after the budget expected on March 20. (CBC News)
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