From time.com (10th most popular story):

Canada's Parliament is Dissolved

It conjured up an image of the House of Commons being lowered into a giant vat of acid. :)

From AFP via globeandmail.com:

Kidnappers of three journalists, including one Canadian, are demanding a $2.5-million (U.S.) ransom, a traditional Somali chief in contact with the abductors said yesterday.

"The kidnappers demanded $2.5-million and we are trying to secure their release," said Dahir Farah, who has been participating in negotiations to free the three journalists abducted in Somalia last month.

Another person claiming to be an intermediary for the kidnappers spoke of the same ransom demand. He also allowed two people claiming to be the foreign journalists to speak briefly.

"I'm Amanda, the Canadian journalist. Our health situation is very well for the time being," Amanda Lindhout, 26, a freelance foreign correspondent from Red Deer, Alta., purportedly said.

From CP via CTV.ca:

Canada's broadcast networks have denied Green party Leader Elizabeth May a chance to debate the other party leaders on television.

This story by the NYT's Dexter Filkins tells you what an uphill battle the West faces in Pakistan -- which, unfortunately for us, the the central front in the so-called war on terror.