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Vancouver 2010 - Olympic News
Over 3.5 million pairs of Red Mittens purchased in support of Canadian winter athletesVancouver, BC ― The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today thanked Canadians and all fans who showed their suppo... Read MoreHowStuffWorks Daily Feed
Whether you're baking sugar cookies or garnishing a frosty glass of sparkling water, you'll need a lemon. This tart citrus fruit should always be stocked in your fridge. Read MoreQuirks & Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio
Filmed analysis of elephants moving at different speeds provides insight into the remarkable efficiency and effectiveness of their locomotion. Read Morerabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Each year, in the lead up to Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), organizers expect backlash and attempts to shut down events. IAW 2010 was no different. The Ontario Legislature condemned IAW, The Toronto District School Board banned IAW from its premises even t... Read MoreNewfoundland and Labrador Blog Roll
The 'Blog of the Week' for the week of March 7th to March 13th 2010 is 'Newfoundland Hockey Talk'; "the definitive fan site for minor and senior hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador." With the Olympics just ending (and Canada winning Gold!!), the NHL... Read MoreCOSMOS magazine - The science of everything
Men are more than twice as likely as women to be sexually active in old age, and more likely to report it as "good quality", says a study published by the British Medical Journal.
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The Town of Georgina, South Shore Community Broadband, the Sutton Employment Resource Centre and Georgina Trades Training Inc. have teamed up to host a series of seminars, workshops and tutorials aimed at creating awareness about the power of the Internet... Read MoreThestar.com - Home Page
The Toronto Raptors lost their seventh game in eight, 113-90, with a woefully heartless performance against a team they should have defeated Wednesday night. Read MoreCBC | Top Stories News
A 35-year-old Canadian who uses a wheelchair has been beaten in Sydney, Australia, and is in hospital in serious condition, according to police reports. Read MoreToronto Sun - Columnists
One of the favourite tactics of global warmists is to set up “straw man” arguments and knock them down. Read MoreSteve Paikin
The Liberal government of Ontario, unlike the federal Conservatives, prorogued the house for only a few days and yesterday, came back with a Speech from the Throne proclaiming a new five-year "Open Ontario" plan. At the bottom... Read MoreThe Walrus Magazine
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A Calgary-based mining company already embroiled in a Mexican shooting scandal should be investigated for payments made to a public official there, a coalition of non-governmental organizations is charging. Read MoreMontreal Gazette
Last week there rumblings of a strike threat at the Shaw Festival. Now there's an official announcement of a lockout -- of 16 employees who provide "maintenance, grounds crew and housekeeping services". The festival assures, however, that &q... Read MoreThe Progressive Economics Forum
Please join us in Quebec City this May 28-30 for another round of PEF sessions at the Canadian Economics Association meetings. Here is the tentative PEF line-up for the meetings. Friday, 09:00 - 10:30 PEF I: Was Financialization Rational for Capital? Org... Read MoreCanadian Taxpayers Federation
Maureen Bader of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and Neils Veldhuis of the Fraser Institute express their doubts in this televised report. See more on our Olympic Spending You Tube Playlist. Read MoreCanadian Business - Business Exchange
Nano EV could make our Green Mobility Revolution reality very fast, places like China and India will determine the future of electric cars, with volume prices for batteries will go down and consumers will switch to the new technology providing the same se... Read MoreDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science
car-off-cliff.jpg In a wonderfully silly update of the (Canadian newspaper the) National Post's campaign of climate change denial, columnist Lorne Gunther (picked up here in the Edmonton Journal) argues that global warming has ended - an... Read MoreFT.com - World, Canada
Canada's minority Conservative government sought to have the best of both fiscal worlds in its budget, pledging to continue stimulus spending for another year while aiming to virtually erase the budget deficit in five years Read MoreEureka! Science News - Popular science news
The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has analyzed the first whole genome sequences of a human family of four. The findings of a project funded through a partnership between ISB and the University of Luxembourg was published online today by Science on i... Read MoreblogTO
Corey Haim, the 80's film heartthrob who was born and raised here in Toronto, has died at the age of 38 in Los Angeles. The New York Times reports that his death is under police investigation, and that a full obituary will follow. More... Read MoreReligion News Blog
The number of victims of the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway by the AUM Shinrikyo cult is almost 6,300 in a nationwide police survey -- far more than the earlier estimate of over 5,000. Meanwhile one more fatality has been identified. Read MoreNational Post - Top Stories
The Harper government appears ready to move ahead with imposing random roadside breath testing, which a new federal discussion paper says has produced “remarkable results” in catching drunk drivers in other countries. Read MoreFP Top Stories List
The Microsoft cofounder, who had held the title of world's richest 14 of the past 15 years, is toppled by a Mexican tycoon in a record year for billionaires Read MoreCG Compass RSS Feed
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Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer was clocked doing 93 km/h in a 50 zone one evening last September. At the time, police charged him with impaired driving and cocaine possession. A few months go by, and—abracadabra!—the drunk-driving and the drug po... Read MoreThe Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Vancouver's extended road trip ends on a sour note with a 4-3 loss to Phoenix Read More
