Steve Madely's Top 5 Stories
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Item #5
SPORTS --- The Detroit Red Wings are rolling towards the Stanley Cup finals. Pavel Datsyuk's hat-trick helped give the Wings a 5-2 win in Dallas and a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The San Jose Sharks have fired head coach Ron Wilson. Canada will face off against Norway in the quarterfinals at the World Hockey Championships tomorrow in Halifax. Dany Heatley scored twice as Canada beat Finland 6-3 in the final preliminary round game. The Blue Jays and Cleveland split a double-header.
Item #4
Tories order crackdown on 'ripoff' gas pumps. This is in response to an Ottawa Citizen investigation that found about 3-5% of gas pumps are inaccurate, and some may be deliberate. Industry Minister Jim Prentice ordered increased inspection of retail gas pumps across the country to ensure "that pumps are honest and accurate." Fines for violations will be increased from a maximum of $1,000 up to $10,000 with the option of even stiffer penalties in certain cases.
Item #3
It is revealed, after a federal court ordered an Oct. 19, 2004 RCMP memo be released, that a U.S. intelligence agency paid a bounty of $500,000 (U.S.) to Pakistani military officials who arrested Canadian Abdullah Khadr for links to al-Qaeda. So this is a surprise to some? The U.S. pays rewards for the arrest of people who cooperate with al-Qaeda? They haven't heard of the rewards of up to $25 million for people like Saddam Hussein, up $50 million rewards for al-Qaeda leaders?
Item #2
Rideau Vanier councillor George Bedard steps up his campaign to clear his ward of some of the homeless social services and the missions that he has previously said act as magnets for the homeless. He wants some of these services dispersed from his downtown ward to the Glebe or Beacon Hill. He pointed to the work done by the Canadian Mental Health Association's Ottawa chapter that has been able to integrate those suffering from mental health diseases and addiction into various communities throughout the city.
Item #1
Heavy storms and wrecked roads are hampering efforts to reach areas hardest-hit by China's worst earthquake in three decades. The death toll is rising quickly, now around 12,000, and expected to go much higher. This is because the rain and thick cloud have prevented the landing of military helicopters dispatched to the area. Rescuers worked frantically through the night, pulling bodies from schools, homes, factories and hospitals that were demolished by the 7.8 magnitude quake.
