This week on the Mercer Report

Tuesday at 8 pm (8:30 NL): Rick practices with the Toronto FC soccer team. Then he travels to the Vancouver Aquarium and frolics with dolphins. (Repeat of Season 5 premiere)


In the news

  • Gomery: Inquiry is a judge's nightmare
    The judge who led the inquiry into the Liberal sponsorship scandal says a public probe into the relationship between Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber is a political minefield that he wouldn't touch and doubts other judges will, either.
    -- Globe and Mail, Wednesday, November 14, 2007

  • A stunning reversal for Harper
    The current prime minister blindsided Brian Mulroney last week by need-lessly declaring his mentor a radioactive personality to be avoided by all current Conservative MPs.
    -- Edmonton Journal, Wednesday, November 14, 2007

  • Police called in over kitten kerfuffle
    A battle over a kitten in central Newfoundland has sparked a police investigation and sent one SPCA worker to hospital.
    -- CBC News, Wednesday, November 14, 2007

  • Ottawa to spend $100,000 to check Vanoc's French
    Canada's official languages commissioner is planning to spend up to $100,000 to make sure the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics reflect the country's linguistic duality.
    -- Vancouver Sun, Wednesday, November 14, 2007

  • U.S. Bridge Team In Hot Water For Anti-Bush Sign
    From the "declarer" to the "double-dummy," the world of bridge is notorious for being full of words that make very little sense to people outside it.
    -- CBS News, Wednesday, November 14, 2007