Six in the Morning

1. LEADER POST OUTSOURCING AD JOBS: Our local daily has announced that it will be moving advertising production jobs to India and the Phillipines. It's unknown as yet how many people in Regina will be put out of work as a result. (CBC)

2. COMMUNITY ACTIVIST RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD: Cindy Anderson will be running for a spot on the Regina Public School board in division 4. As a community activist who's been opposed to the current board's school closure plan, Anderson acted as a spokeswoman for the Committee for Community Renewal which tried to keep Rober Usher Collegiate's doors open. (Leader Post)

3. TORIES APPEALING KHADR DECISION: The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the Harper government's appeal of a ruling that it must seek the return of imprisoned child soldier, Omar Khadr. (Globe and Mail)

4. NET EMPLOYMENT RISES SLIGHTLY: Canada added jobs in August while the US unemployment rate continued to rise. The boost in employment here is attributed to more people getting part time jobs in the service sector. Hmmmm.... Back when times were good I kept hearing how full time jobs were being replaced with part time. Now that times are bad, same thing. How much longer until we're all greeters at Wal Mart I wonder? (Globe and Mail)

5. ASTROTURF BUSTERS LAUNCH HOTLINE: A coalition of groups are launching a hotline in the hopes of uncovering further evidence of deception by corporate lobbyists. The Polluter Fraud Hotline (1-866-363-4648) is for whistle blowers who know of instances of illegal practices or attempts to wilfully mislead American politicians. The coalition -- which includes the American Association of University Women (AAUW), National Wildlife Federation, NAACP, and Center for American Progress Action Fund and Sierra Club -- was formed after it emerged that among the tactics currently in use by coal lobbyists is to impersonate some of the very non-profits that are in this coalition. (Desmog Blog)

6. CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTERS TO BE SENTENCED: At the same time as it's reporting that summers in the Arctic are the hottest in the last 2,000 years and that Africa is being devasted by a series of droughts, the Guardian reports that the 22 climate change protesters who hijacked a coal train are expected to get heavy community service sentences later today.(Guardian)