Six In The Morning

1 "OVERALL TRYING TO HIDE THINGS" The Saskatchewan government apparently hasn't put out a press release on employers who've been convicted for unsafe workplaces since the Sask Party came to power in 2007. The Opposition NDP correctly says this is crap. (StarPhoenix)

2 SASKTEL SILENT Saskatchewan's phone company won't talk about its text message profit margains. Well, maybe the reporter should've texted the question in. (Leader-Post)

3 BUS PRICE HIKE We missed this one, probably because we're too fixated on/agitated about condo conversions, but Regina transit rates might be going up. A bus pass will still cost less than most drivers pay for parking. But how about an expansion of service? (CJME)

4 DZIEKANSKI INQUIRY WRAPPING UP The Braidwood Inquiry into the incident of an unarmed Polish man fatally mega-tased by RCMP officers, is hearing final submissions (CBC). UPDATE: The Braidwood Inquiry has just exploded, and everything is in total chaos. (Globe And Mail)

5 "I'M SORRY IF YOU WERE TOO DUMB TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAID OR OF THE MEDIA REPORTED IT BADLY Alberta's Finance Minister doesn't offer much of an apology for out of touch and insensitive remarks she made about parenting before an audience of millionaires and business bigwigs (CBC). Okay, okay... to restate the problem with less sarcasm, the problem here is that many Canadian parents would love to stay at home but can't for varuious reasons (single parent households, low-paying jobs) so Finance Minister Iris Evan's speech was really, really hurtful. Like salt in a wound. Also Evans said some really bizarre things about education and mental illness. So come on. Let's get a better apology.

6 LOTS OF MEN ARE SCUMBAG RAPISTS Oh, god. Well not surprising I guess but apparently a quarter of South African men admit they've raped someone. One in 20 say they've raped someone in the last year. You know when feminists like my friend Bernadette Wagner say things like "there's a global war on women" and it sounds like an extremist kind of statement to some people? This is another example of why it's not extreme statements at all. It's a highly accurate metaphor. (Gaurdian)