MORNING BREW: Wayne Gretzky’s dad named Canada’s Father of the Year

Welcome to Morning Brew, our daily roundup of early-bird news:

• Walter Gretzky has been named Canada's 2011 Father of the Year by Doro, a company that makes mobile devices designed especially for seniors, which has inspired the former Bell Canada lineman to reminisce about how Wayne would call him after most games. (CNW)

• Canada has added to a $50 million commitment to the GAVI Alliance, to protect the lives of the world's most vulnerable children through immunization, with the announcement of an additional $15 million in support from Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda. (Marketwire)

• The proportion of adults reporting daily drinking in Ontario increased from 5.3 per cent in 2002 to over 9 per cent in 2009, according to the Centre for Addition and Mental Health, which also measured increases in the use of cannabis and anti-anxiety medication. (CNW)