Atheist Ads Banned In Vancouver
Vancouver's billboards will not play host to an ad promoted by the Centre For Inquiry that endorses an atheist worldview, because the company that owns almost all of the advertising hoardings in the...
View ArticleBlackBerry Rejected Justin Bieber As Brand Ambassador: Exec
Add another to the growing list of BlackBerry’s bad decisions. Pop sensation Justin Bieber offered to be a brand ambassador for BlackBerry, but the company turned him down because “the kid is a fad,” a...
View ArticleKooky Australian Condom Ad 'Banned From TV' -- For Good Reason! (NSFW VIDEO)
One of the limitations of condom ads is that they generally can't show the product in action. So not a problem for this Australian commercial for Four Seasons Condoms which offers a fun but rather...
View ArticleSinger Bocelli visits MIT for workshop on adaptive technology for the...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Italian classical singer Andrea Bocelli says he might one day get to use the tools that researchers around the world are developing with support from the foundation that bears his...
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Northern Gateway Game 'Great Bear Gamble' Depicts Tanker Spills
The risk of an oil spill from the Northern Gateway pipeline is the focus of a new online game that was trending on Reddit on Friday, but it's not clear who designed the game itself. "Great Bear Gamble"...
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Air Canada Dreamliners To Debut In 2014, Airline Teases Sneak Peek
Air Canada's dreams for new, larger planes will soon be a reality. The airline is expected to debut their new line of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in July 2014 after the planes complete a series of short...
View Article10 Musical Open Letters To Mark This Year Of The Open Letter
Letter Writing Day may be on December 7, but the music world has been celebrating for a months now with its newfound fondness for posting open letters on the internet. The fun started in early October...
View ArticleTSX, Dow Up Sharply As Incredible Stock Rally Continues
TORONTO — North American stock markets closed sharply higher Friday as a stronger than expected U.S. employment report trumped worries that the Federal Reserve might start to cut back on stimulus...
View ArticleJudge orders Colo. cake-maker to serve gay couples for wedding celebrations
DENVER - A baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony must serve gay couples despite his religious beliefs or face fines, a judge said Friday.The order from administrative law...
View ArticleHundreds celebrate Washington pot anniversary at permitted Seattle Center bash
SEATTLE - Crowds of happy stoners bundled in winter coats are celebrating the anniversary of legal marijuana in Washington state by sparking up under Seattle's Space Needle.Marijuana activist Ben...
View ArticleMatthew Taylor, Ex-Goldman Trader, Sentenced To Prison
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc trader Matthew Taylor was sentenced on Friday to nine months in prison and pay $118 million in restitution to his former employer after he...
View ArticleUrban Development Institute - Calgary Article Offends With References To...
It was an article intended to make the case for diversified development in Calgary but the piece published by Urban Development Institute - Calgary Wednesday only managed to alienate the organization...
View ArticleShell's Jackpine Mine Gets Nod From Ottawa, Despite Environmental Effects
Shell Canada's Jackpine oilsands mine expansion plan has received the go-ahead from Ottawa, despite the environment minister's view that it's "likely to cause significant adverse environmental...
View ArticleTim Hortons 'Wage Theft' Claim Prompts Call For Police Probe
The B.C. Federation of Labour wants police to investigate the owner of a Tim Hortons in Fernie, B.C., after two former workers accused him of cheating them out of overtime pay. Heidi Kibanoff and her...
View ArticleExpert tells jury Warhol portrait of Fawcett at centre of dispute is worth...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett currently held by actor Ryan O'Neal is worth an estimated $12 million, an appraiser told a jury Friday.New York art appraiser Lee Drexler...
View ArticleBC Hydro Faces Widespread Community Opposition Over Dam
On a warm, cloudless September afternoon in 1967, premier W.A.C. Bennett clambered into the cab of a 90-ton belly dump truck to spread the last load of fill on what was, at the time, one of the most...
View ArticleOilsands Strategy Presentation Indicates 'Worst-Case Scenario' Has Come To Pass
A strategic analysis carried out in 2010 for the oilsands identifies a “worst-case scenario” for the industry that appears to have come to pass. In a PowerPoint presentation evidently put together for...
View ArticleSenate proposal: open Mexico's state-run oil sector to private companies
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican senate committee on Saturday proposed the most dramatic oil reform in decades that would open the country's beleaguered, state-run sector to private companies and investment.The...
View ArticleWayne Gretzky Selling Townhouse Listed For $1.899 Million (PHOTOS)
Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is selling his Thousand Oaks, CA townhouse, according to BuzzBuzz Home. It’s on the market for $1.899 million. The 3,758 square-foot home has four bedrooms and four...
View ArticleGreek lawmakers pass 2014 budget that forecasts return to growth
ATHENS, Greece - Greek lawmakers have passed the government's 2014 budget, which forecasts a return to growth after six consecutive years of deep recession, but its revenue and spending targets have...
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