Newsstand: May 20, 2009

Mulroney can't explain tax break on half of Schreiber cash (Globe and Mail): "Brian Mulroney was required to pay income tax on only half of the $225,000 in cash he accepted from lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber, thanks to a “pretty good deal” offered to the former prime minister by Canada Revenue Agency, a public inquiry heard Tuesday." [More coverage in CP24, and The Post.]

GM to send closure info to dealerships on Wednesday (CP24): "More than 250 General Motors dealerships across Canada will find out Wednesday that they are being shut down, CP24 has learned from a source inside the company."

Gas jumps overnight to levels not seen in seven months (680 News): "Overnight the price of regular gas rose 3.4 cents a litre, which now brings the average price of gas in the Toronto area to 97.7 cents."

Police look to dot eyes (Toronto Sun): "Toronto cops want to keep their cameras rolling. Members of Toronto's Police Services Board will consider tomorrow whether to approve the continuation of a program that allows police to use cameras to monitor parts of the city."

OMB to decide fate of houses (National Post): "A hearing tomorrow will decide the fate of a boarded-up block of brick houses overlooking High Park, which the owner hopes to demolish to make way for a new condo building."

30,000 cormorants destroying lakeside park (Toronto Star): "Dark and swift, flocks of cormorants soar above Lake Ontario before hundreds of them finally dip down to the diamond-flecked water. It's a stirring sight on a bright spring day. But cormorants are less beautiful on land."