Province Ponders Gas Price Increase
- June
- 11
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Regulation spared Nova Scotians the surging gas prices seen in other parts of Canada in recent days, but the pain at the pumps could come sooner than the end of this week.
The MacDonald government sets prices on Fridays, and it dropped the price by three cents a litre this past Friday. But that afternoon, the [...]
Janet Jackson To Open “Rock Witchu” Tour In September
- May
- 19
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Pop singer Janet Jackson said on Monday she will hit the road for the first time in seven years with the Canadian launch in September of her “Rock Witchu” arena tour through North America.
Jackson, 42, revealed plans for her upcoming concert series during an appearance on the television talk show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, saying, [...]
PODCASTThe World’s Smartest End Table, Smoking Your Phone, Document Standards Gone Wild
- April
- 11
Smoke Your Phone?
Sure, if you chop your cell phone into little pieces, roll it up and smoke it, it probably won’t be good for you.
However, one Australian neurosurgeon says your mobile phone is more dangerous than cigarettes, even if you just talk on it.
Vini Khurana reviewed several studies, as well as a number of articles [...]
Vonn finds idol time
- March
- 14
When she was 10 years old, Lindsey Vonn went to Pierce Skate and Ski in Bloomington, Minn., one day to meet Picabo Street, the newly crowned World Cup downhill champion of 1995. Street signed a poster for Vonn and became, as Vonn puts it now, “my idol.”
Later, Street would become her mentor. She still is, [...]
Kids play grow at camp
- March
- 6
Don’t think of camp as just a way to keep kids occupied during the long days of summer.
The right summer camp can accelerate a child’s development and provide lifelong skills, psychologists say.
At camp, kids get to live communally, engage in a variety of recreational activities and spend time away from home and family. [...]
Open Source Journalism: Crowdsourcing the Media
- January
- 11
Beating Censorship Worldwide
In Myanmar in September, when the military killed several protesters, citizen reporters leapt into action to fill the traditional role of local and international media, which were heavily censored by the ruling junta. When Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was killed in the line of duty, the first images of the event seeped out [...]
SIU probes fatal Oakville shooting
- December
- 12
Four Halton police officers fired shots at a 38-year-old man from British Columbia, killing him during a confrontation earlier this morning in the darkness in an Oakville park. The actions of three tactical and one uniform officers are now being probed by the province’s Special Investigations Unit to see whether they were justified in using [...]
Oakville shooting victim had ‘ugly’ history
- December
- 12
Steve Remian led a troubled life, but %26quot;always had an optimistic outlook,%26quot; an online friend recalls.Remian, 38, died in a hail of police bullets early Saturday after he confronted officers who trailed him to a park in a fashionable Oakville neighbourhood.%26quot;He was always very optimistic 鈥?that’s the one thing that actually drew me to talk [...]
SIU probes fatal Oakville shooting
- December
- 12
Four Halton police officers fired shots at a 38-year-old man from British Columbia, killing him during a confrontation earlier this morning in the darkness in an Oakville park. The actions of three tactical and one uniform officers are now being probed by the province’s Special Investigations Unit to see whether they were justified in using [...]
TheStar.com | GTA | Man, 38, killed in police shooting
- December
- 12
A 38-year-old man was shot dead in a volley of gunfire by four Halton police officers early yesterday during a confrontation in a heavily treed park in a residential Oakville neighbourhood.It’s the first time Halton officers have been involved in a fatal shooting, and the investigation has been taken over by the province’s Special Investigations [...]
