Steve Madely's Top 5

CFRA radio (Ottawa)

Tuesday February 26, 2008

Item #5
SPORTS --- Senators head coach John Paddock calls last night's game a total embarrassment. Four second period goals lifted the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-0 win over the Ottawa Senators. Ray Emery let in five goals on 21 shots before being pulled at the start of the third period. The Sens are in Boston tonight to meet the Bruins. The NHL trade deadline is today at 3 o'clock. Philadelphia has acquired former Sen Vinny Proposal from Tampa Bay in exchange for Alexandre Picard and a conditional draft pick.

Item #4
Another former Cornwall police officer is not going to testify at a probe into the institutional response to allegations of systemic child sexual abuse in the city. Inquiry head, Justice Normand Glaude, said Heidi Sebalj, a former officer in the sex assault and child abuse unit of the Cornwall Police, will not testify because it would be harmful to her mental health. Former Cornwall officer, Perry Dunlop, is being held in jail on a charge of contempt of court for refusing to testify.

Item #3
Post-secondary institutions are turning out more graduates than ever before, but they are less literate than past generations suggests a Statistics Canada analysis, attributing the "deterioration" to an education system that is doing better for those on the lower end, but doing a poorer job of generating literacy for those at the top end. Literacy among the general population improved between 1994 and 2003, but post-secondary graduates are not as literate as their counterparts from a decade earlier.

Item #2
Hydro Ottawa gets out of the telecommunications business and back to basics. It has sold Telecom Ottawa to a Kitchener Internet infrastructure company, Atria Networks LP, for $63 million. Hydro hopes to clear about $20 million once debts and other expenses are paid off, and about $12 million would be returned to the city. The Mayor hails the move, saying this means Hydro will get back to the core business of providing electricity.

Item #1
Jim Flaherty foregoes the new shoes finance minister's traditionally purchase to deliver budgets, opting instead for the symbolism of re-soled brogues. He says it reflects the intention of spending cautiously. CTV reports he will introduce a billion dollar build Canada infrastructure repair plan, and $200 million available to manufacturing, mainly the auto industry, for investments in environmental advances. The government is also showing a frugal side. Mr. Flaherty says we're going to review every agency, every program, and every initiative. The budget will be tabled at 4 this afternoon.