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...

Cancer Drug Studied in Children with Rare Form of Leukemia

"STI-571, also known as Gleevec, was approved for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML, one of the four main types of leukemia. It has also achieved remarkable clinical trial results in the treatment of...

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...

Janet Jackson taken to hospital

" Singer Janet Jackson was taken to hospital after falling ill shortly before a concert in Canada on Monday. The 42-year-old had to cancel her Montreal show after she "got suddenly ill" during her sound check,...

Widgets against Harper: A Web 2.0 approach to voting

This is really clever."A website asking eco-voters to unite and vote strategically against the Tories has become the latest online weapon trying to thwart a Conservative victory. "The site has built a widget that...

Harper Under Attack From All Parties

Stephan Dion renewed his attacks on prime minister Stephen Harper, saying Harper shares the same ideolgy as George W. Bush. "“It’s a weakness of those governments... it’s the same ideology that Mr. Harper...

Black history program considered: Montreal, Quebec

Barry Artiste Op/EdBlack History, normally the domain of American Schools may finally be reaching Quebec Schools.Quebec's larger than most Black immigrant population from French speaking African and Haitian countries...

Art supporters to wear black to mourn dying arts funding in Canada

The dummies up in Ottawa are running this country like it's a photocopy shop.   It's like they see art in the same way they see toner - simply as a cost.Here's the way I see it.  A country is not a...

Paper-clip trader back in action

Two years ago, Kyle MacDonald traded a small red paper clip for a fish-shaped pen, swaped the fish-shaped pen for a doornob, and kept on trading until he had a house in a small Saskatchewan town. He kept a blog ...

Greenpeace occupies AbitibiBowater headquarters

Greenpeace has taken their fight to protect Canadian forests directly to the headquarters of AbitibiBowater.   This is what the Greenpeace site says."Montréal, Canada — This morning, Greenpeace...

Designer Vagina trend 'worrying'

Woman pay a lot of attention on the way they look. They go for cosmetic surgery to improve the look, many of them go for botox to rejuvenate their body. But sometimes woman  are concerened about how she looks in the vaginal region and that feeling becomes...

An outsiders insight into Canada's National Obsession: the National Hockey Le...

What is the world (the world on here from a Canadian's perspective) without an insight into the NHL! Guess what, preseason started today/ tonight! I was stoked. This site is based in Vancouver so everyone here should...

Canadian Changes His Name to Circumvent No-Fly List

The famous TSA No-Fly List- rife with duplicates, data entry errors, and plain ol' mistakes- has become a bane for many law-abiding travelers and would-be visitors to the USA. Those on the list do not get an...

Les Canadiens to Retire Roy's 33.

Is it surprising to see the Montreal Canadians retire the #33 jersey even after the way he left the city? There is no doubt he is one of the best goalies of this generation, but his departure has left a bitter taste...

Flying beer, too much to drink, a late game, a negative outcome for the home ...

CFL week 10 review   Friday, August 29 Another 100 yard rushing performance from Montreal’s star ball carrier Avon Cobourne allowed the American born mini might to elapse the 800 yard rushing mark for the...

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