Top 5 at 5: Mon., June 6

A bitter dispute over water, a job offer from Michael Moore, Conrad Black's "servants," the captivity of antimatter atoms and the departure of Parti Québécois members are Monday's top stories. (From left, (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press, Mark Blinch/Reuters, Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press, ALPHA, CBC)


1. WikiLeaks shows bitter Canada-U.S. water tiff

Manitoba's "angry rhetoric" on a dispute over Devils Lake in North Dakota embittered U.S. officials and made for a "terribly strained" relationship, secret American diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks suggest.



2. Michael Moore offers job to fired Senate page

Michael Moore, the high-profile American activist and filmmaker, has offered a job to the Senate page who was fired Friday for her stunning protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper.



3. Conrad Black used inmates as servants: affidavit

Affidavits released Monday suggested Conrad Black wasn't the model inmate his defence lawyers have claimed. In one, a unit manager at the Coleman prison complex in Florida said the former media baron demanded special treatment and gathered an entourage of inmates who acted like servants for him.



4. Antimatter atoms trapped for 16 minutes
 
Antimatter atoms have been held captive and kept in existence for a whopping 16 minutes by a Canadian-led team -- far longer than the researchers thought possible.



5. 3 PQ members leave party

Three influential Parti Québécois members of the national assembly are leaving Quebec's sovereigntist party, largely because of a controversial bill to protect the provincial capital and its management deal on the city's new hockey arena.