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It's Friday August the 4 around 5:15AM and

Morning News Feed: Don't Feed The Bears

The Sun goes for huge, solemn, coverage of "Canada's Worst Day" and no less than four stories on the bloody day of events in Afghanistan. Using the photo of killed soldier Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid to tell more than a thousand words could.

The Province as usual goes for the big story with a throw away above the masthead headline abdout "Canada's bloodiest day in Afghanistan", but looks like they had already laid out the human interest story of a mother expecting conjoined twins. Of course they return to real sports today as well profiling wacky Adam Braidwood, the B.C. born Edmonton Eskimo lineman who once ate "25 McDonald's apple pies in a single sitting"

24 Hours tries hard to strike a serious note today with their lede headline "Why are we there" about Canadian troops in Afghanistan, after the worst day since arriving in 2002. Things we never thought we'd hear from MP Hedy Fry: "I think most of our constituents are saying, you know, we gave our word, let's do our best." Of course, this being 24 Hours they temper that seriousness with a colorful "Out and About" in honor of the Pride Festival as well as "8 Great Reason to have a gay friend" including: "6 Bored and poor on Sunday? The Pumpjack pub has cheap drinks on a Sunday but you'll DEFINITELY need a gay friend as a chaperone or you'll be eaten by the bears."

The Westender ledes with an ad, er, I guess a story on the film Little Miss Sunshine. Meanwhile Andrew Morrison unearths the hidden secret of Parkside restaurant, "By no means is it a secret, though: the 60-seater is just far enough off the fashionista radar to make it tolerable to those more inclined to sit long, eat well, drink from a deep wine and cocktail list, and laugh honestly - without the glam and glitz that too often passes for a good dining experience nowadays." Oh, and one last cover gem, a profile on World Party.