PRESS DIGEST - Canada - July 6
July 6 (Reuters) - The following are top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: - Critical ventilators to help Canada cope with the swine flu outbreak are being ordered by the federal government amid dire warnings about the severity of this fall's flu season. - A Quebec-based soldier died Saturday after suffering critical injuries when a land mine detonated while he was on foot patrol last month in Afghanistan.
Report on Business Section:
- Chrysler Group LLC on Sunday announced the remaining members of its new board of directors, a group that includes a Canadian investment banker who sits on Ottawa's economic advisory council.
- The call to find an alternative to the U.S dollar as the global reserve currency is gaining momentum as France joined calls by China, India and Russia for a review of the world's currency practices. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde challenged the dollar's supremacy "in a world that has changed because of the crisis and the growing role of emerging countries.
NATIONAL POST
- There has been a sixth bombing of natural gas infrastructure in northeastern British Columbia, police say. Officials said the explosion occurred early Saturday morning at an EnCana Corp. site, in the immediate vicinity of a blast that took place Wednesday.
- Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was blocked from his attempt to fly home to Honduras on Sunday and at least one person was killed as soldiers clashed with his supporters at the airport in the capital city.
Financial Post section:
- Federal regulators are preparing to investigate how the country's largest cable and telecom companies control the flow of Web traffic on their networks in a series of landmark hearings that are expected to have lasting implications for how millions of Canadians use the Internet.
