Platform Music From Rogers Wireless
- May
- 27
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From exclusive live concerts to online previews of as yet unreleased albums, MTV in Canada’s partnership with Rogers Wireless is promising even more multi-platform access to popular music and related content.
Under a co-branded arrangement, Rogers and MTV will present new music oriented programming online and on TV, including:
“New technology has unleashed our audience’s demand for [...]
Darkness at the edge of town
- March
- 30
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A quest for a bicycle basket in Vaughan reveals to Peter Kuitenbrouwer that Toronto’s enthusiasm for sustainability is only hot air if that enthusiasm is limited to the city’s core. Toronto’s suburbs account for 84% of Ontario’s growth, and many of them appear to have environmental irresponsibility built into their fabric.
It is a sweltering day [...]
Chertoff Tougher ID rules for border
- January
- 18
“It’s time to grow up and recognize that if we’re serious about this threat, we’ve got to take reasonable, measured but nevertheless determined steps to getting better security,” he said in an interview with the Associated Press.
The biggest effect of the change will be at the Canadian border since it applies to both [...]
Business 20% shop in U.S.: Poll
- December
- 12
OTTAWA 鈥?The usual stream of Canadians crossing the U.S. border in search of bargains with their high-flying Canadian dollar is turning into a flood, a poll suggests. The Canadian Press-Harris/Decima survey found that 17 per cent of Canadians polled had travelled to the U.S. to shop in the last two months alone, dropping an [...]
entertainment Holiday gift guide
- December
- 12
FOR THE THEATREGOER
When it comes to buying a holiday gift for the theatre buff in
your life, I believe in going back to basics: give ‘em the real thing.A true fan doesn’t want a T-shirt or a poster or a book about the theatre. They want to go see a play.And
although Toronto isn’t as bad as [...]
Music | A well-executed stew
- December
- 12
Wyclef Jean Carnival Vol II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Sony BMG)
(out of 4) With the Fugees reunion dead in the water, the Haitian-born, New York-based entertainer whose bio describes him as %26quot;musician/rapper/producer/social activist%26quot; is moving forward with a sequel to his 1997 solo debut. With a diverse guest lineup Paul Simon, reggae artist Sizzla, Louis [...]
Heart-stroke charity builds huge war chest
- December
- 12
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario has a whopping $130 million war chest of donor dollars saved up over many years.This is by far the largest buildup of savings by a Canadian charity that raises money in the name of a disease, and the charity continues to aggressively ask for more.Heart and Stroke donors [...]
Acts of Kindness Please, sit down
- December
- 12
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In March 2007, I traveled to Toronto by GO train to take my 3-year-old daughter to an appointment at The Hospital for Sick Children.
While waiting for our train [home] at [...]
