Creativity needs a home

Trevor Boddy warns against downtown Vancouver's steady conversion to luxury housing:  "With our forestry industry in decline, and our real estate boom losing its steam, B.C.'s economic health will increasingly depend on its creative and cultural industries. Up to now,...

Day Trading - check. Real Estate Flipping - Check. Selling Amway and Time Sha...

I read an interesting story at TreeHugger this morning about a California company that is recruiting twenty thousand people to help "manage" its new eco-friendly clothing line called Nvohk. This site, which is supported by TransWorld Surf, is looking to sell memberships at...

Man With Knives in Pants Stabs Himself

Don't run with scissors. Don't steal knives by hiding them in pants."A man who hid hunting knives in his pants to try to steal them from a western Michigan store tripped while fleeing and stabbed himself in the abdomen, police say. The suspect was hospitalized after Monday...

Man Charged in Christmas Card Slaying

Allegedly this guy went up to a couple random people, starting yelling about god and attacked them, killing a 74 year old man only steps outside his home, as he was delivering christmas cards."A man described as a former honour student looked distressed and dishevelled...

U.K. Kids Get RFID Chips In School Uniforms

I think this story is best summed up by 'We're treating schoolchildren like we treat our criminals'.Considering police in Canada don't even have the right to fingerprint you, even if you're arrested, this is shocking to me."Ten schoolchildren in the United Kingdom are being...

Sir Philip Green has denied himself a dividend from Bhs

"Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has denied himself a dividend from his Bhs department store chain for a third year running, despite signs that the chain is beginning to reap the benefits of store upgrades. The company reported a 3% rise in operating profits in the year to...