In Canada , after 5 days of non-stop rain, the city of Calgary, AB is under its first local state of emergency. The Elbow River has risen to an extreme high and the town of Bragg Creek , just west of the city, is totally evacuated. This would be the first of 3 waves of major flooding.
In Canada , Cineplex Odeon announces that it is purchasing Famous Players , uniting the two largest movie theatre chains. Famous Players is currently owned by Viacom and will be purchased for about $500 million CDN. In fear of unfair competition, the Federal Commission of Competition has announced that Cineplex needs to sell off 35 of its theatres. (CBC)
In Mexico , army soldiers and federales take over the city of Nuevo Laredo near the US border. The whole local Police force is detained for investigation in connection to Drug Trafficking and for Drug Testing . City's just-appointed police chief Alejandro Dominguez was assassinated last Wednesday. On Saturday, a policeman shot a federal agent (Houston Chronicle)(Reuters AlertNet)(BBC)