Just a tad…
It’s a great weekend and I’m not home. Spending time at the Junction Arts Festival and visiting family. So what’s been going on of interest in Canada?
The politics of life is like playing of checkers not chess ~ will Jack Layton become the King maker?
The Sentors wrap up the ‘Days of their Lives” ~ Heatley makes a move that’s only good for him. Is that so bad?
Tiff for tat ~ It wasn’t Oceans 11, but this daylight theft was all about the money.
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Layton makes conciliatory noises amid looming showdown
Toronto — The Canadian Press
Saturday, Sep. 12, 2009
NDP Leader Jack Layton is ratcheting down the election rhetoric with soothing words about making Parliament work as a confidence showdown looms.
The Commons returns for the fall session Monday after a break of almost three months, but a vote that could end the latest 10-month Conservative minority government might come before the week is out.
An unusually media-skittish Mr. Layton said little Saturday during an event in Toronto, but what he did say lowered the temperature somewhat.
“I think that everybody involved would want to see us co-operate in the House of Commons and get some results for people — especially those that are struggling right now: the unemployed and people being left behind,” Mr. Layton said as he inched away from reporters at an archway opening in Toronto.
“So that’s going to remain our preoccupation.”
The New Democrats hold 36 seats in the 308-seat House, more than enough to keep Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government alive through the autumn if they can find common cause on an issue such as Employment Insurance reform. The Tories are likely to unveil EI proposals this week.
Continue Reading here ~ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/layton-makes-conciliatory-noises-amid-looming-showdown/article1285726/
Sens Deal Heatley to Sharks for Michalek, Cheechoo
TSN.ca Staff 9/12/2009
Disgruntled forward Dany Heatley has gotten his wish.
Heatley and a fifth round draft pick have been traded to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Milan Michalek, Jonathan Cheechoo and a second round pick.
”I’m excited obviously, I’m excited to be a Shark,” Heatley said. ”I want to thank everyone in Ottawa, the organization, the fans, and the city. I had a great four years here (and) I’m happy to move on.”
Trade discussions heated up on Friday and Saturday morning before a deal was finally agreed upon – a deal that sends Heatley to the team he secretly wanted to play for all along, a team he believed was an option when he refused to waive his no-move clause to accept a trade to the Edmonton Oilers.
“It’s a deal that we talked about throughout the summer, although Michalek came in late,” Senators GM Bryan Murray said after announcing the deal some six hours into the first day of training camp.
Continue Reading here ~ http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=290808
Brazen thief strikes at the heart of TIFF-nation
Posted: September 11, 2009 by Matthew Coutt
The Yorkville epicentre of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was the scene of a brazen public theft by a man who strolled through a busy hotel lobby and walked away with a briefcase containing thousands of dollars, police said today.
Police believe a briefcase was left briefly in the lobby of a Bloor Street West hotel, Thursday evening when a man surreptitiously walked off with it.
“The victim left the briefcase unattended,” said 53 Division Detective Constable Wendy Haasen. “It was a large sum, we are looking for a theft over [$5,000].”
Video surveillance (at left) suggests the man entered the lobby and sat down beside the briefcase. He then placed a knapsack next to it and picked up both packages before casually walking out.
Investigators were not saying at which hotel the theft occurred, but movie stars and entertainment executives frequent all the high-end hotels near Bloor and Avenue –including the Four Seasons, Park Hyatt and Hazelton Hotel — during the film fest.
Actors George Clooney, Megan Fox and Ewan McGregor are among the notable names spotted in the area since TIFF kicked off this week.
Det.-Const. Haasen said it wasn’t clear if the victim, a guest of the hotel, was in town for the festival.
“It’s possible. We are not sure the relation of the guest at the hotel. We are not saying at this time,” she said.
The suspect is described as a white male between 35 and 40 years of age, with a large build, wearing dark-blue jeans and a black T-shirt with white print on the back.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/09/11/brazen-thief-strikes-at-the-heart-of-tiff-nation.aspx
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