Huffington Post more valuable than Canwest

"As long-rumored, The Huffington Post took $25 million in new funding at a $100 million valuation. It's a healthy sum given the company has aggregated a huge audience -- 8.8 million people a month, accordng to...

Canadian political fight now being waged on Facebook

The fight between the Tories and the opposition parties is being fought on all fronts including a new virtual front within facebook.  I personally have been invited to participate in groups from all ends of the...

Canada Sleeps Through War to 'Save the Internet'

"Net neutrality. A bland phrase capable of sparking a digital revolt. In the United States it's the hot-button Internet issue of the day, a threat deemed so grave to free expression it gave rise to a stunning...

Conrad Black seeks pardon. Clinton would have given him a medal!

OPINION Clinton pardoned a rapist, a child pornography dealer, SEVERAL cocaine dealers (probably got paid in kind for that pardon), extortionists, riotors, bribers, money launderers, a child sexual abuser and TERRORISTS (just to name a few of the 140 criminals he...

CRTC rules against Canadian web customers

The CRTC just dealt a devastating blow to anyone invovled in Canadian new media as well as anyone who uses the web in this country.  Their latest ruling will have negative consquences for new media start ups in...

Heroic Battle, Shocking Conclusion, Watch it here...

Why do I hold on, so long and so tightly to sports that have fade from past glory? Thoroughbred Horse Racing once the sport of king, now reduced to peasants and scallywags. Stickball raises my blood pressure but...

What would you do if you lost everything tomorrow?

The NY Times, freakanomics blog writes:"These are the economic times that try men’s souls, and women’s too. In the past few months, a lot of people have seen their net worth fall substantially, and I’m sure...

Canadian Grand Prix Is Officially Gone For 2009

It's sad but true ... in much the same type of problem that plagues F1 venues around the world, F1's monetary demands outstrip the budgets that can support the event. This was one of the main reasons that the Long...

Can Canada’s social media defend themselves?

Steve Anderson asks some pertinent questions about the future of new media in Canada.  People should take this issue very, very seriously if they value their free speech and free Internet.  "Animated by networked conversations and shared media, the amalgamation of...

Canada not giving up on F1 race yet

In an effort to confirm the ageless expression coined by famous NY Yankee baseball player and manager, Yogi Berra - "It ain't over 'till it's over", officials of the Canadian Grand Prix, the city of Montreal, and the...

Digital boom is about to hit the workplace

"Net Gen-ers watch less television than their parents do and they watch it differently. A Net Gen-er is more likely to turn on the computer and interact in several different windows, talk on the telephone, listen to music, do homework, read a magazine and watch television. TV...

Canadian Idol Host Ben Mulroney Gets Married

" MONTREAL - In a ceremony with personalized vows, three opera singers and the blessing of two faiths, TV personality Ben Mulroney wed Jessica Brownstein, his longtime girlfriend, Thursday night. About 75 people,...

Janet Jackson Released From Hospital

Singer Janet Jackson cancelled her Montreal concert on Monday after being hospitalized for an undisclosed medical condition. "A representative for Janet Jackson says the singer has been hospitalized after falling ill...

Vancouver study finds free heroin reduces crime: BC reviewing Study

Barry Artiste Op/Ed You know I do not even know where to begin in all this, first taking blame away from addicts whose excuses for their addiction ranging from rape to murder, now have a new ally. More Heroin, and...

Quebec Drafts Charter to Ban Skinny Models From Runway

Christine St. Pierre, the Quebec Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, announced her plans to create a charter that would ban ultra-thin models from runways and magazines.  ""We have to...

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