Six at Night

1. HARPER AND OBAMA MEETING SAVES THE WORLD: The world of hockey, that is. They met for 90 minutes and the only thing of substance they accomplish is to come close to resolving a charter flight issue that was threatening to hinder the upcoming NHL season. (Globe and Mail)

2. NDP FLINCHES: Layton sent his deputy, Thomas Mulcair, out to inform the press that the NDP intends to prop up Harper's ailing government. Thus ends this latest game of electoral chicken which the NDP just lost. (Globe and Mail)

3. SASK PARTY SLOWS DOWN NUKE POWER PLANS: Citing concerns of Saskatchewan citizens, resources minister, Bill Boyd, says the provincial government is taking its foot of the accelerator as far as bringing a nuclear reactor to the province goes. (Leader Post)

4. EX-PREZ SAYS OBAMA HATERS RACIST: Former president, Jimmy Carter, argues the attacks against Obama are largely inspired by racism. (Guardian)

5. BC FOREST SPEWING CO2: Thanks to the mountain pine beetle epidemic plaguing the province, the amount of CO2 released from dead and dying trees now overwhelms the amount being absorbed by living trees. (Progressive Economics Forum)

6. U.S. WILL TRY TO WATER DOWN CO2 TREATY: In advance of a UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, sources in the EU negotiating team say rifts are developing between them and the Americans. (Guardian)