Charlie Brown: It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, 44 Years Old

Charlie Brown: It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown - A Halloween Tradition Now 44 Years Old, (video) The classic Charles M Shultz animated special first aired on CBS 44 years ago on October 27, 1966. "BS re-aired...

Jelly Belly Alert: Undeclared Peanut Protein

While the danger of getting a jelly belly from eating too many Jelly Bellies is small, there is a real danger of consuming undeclared peanut protein in a recent batch of the little candies.  Some Jelly Belly...

Allergen Alert for Undeclared Peanuts in Nutkao Brand Spreads

The CFIA and Gigi Importing Ltd. are cooperating in an allergen allert for possible undeclared peanuts in Nutkao Brand Nut Spreads.  Full description follows. " Product Size UPC Nutkao Snack 32 g 8 008245...

The 10 biggest-earning animals

"How much money does your hard work bring in? A salary of £30,000 or £40,000 might seem good going, but for a number of superstar animals, that's peanuts - not worth getting out of bed for. Below are...

Mass Hysteria Over Peanuts

The great lengths that schools are now taking towards banning certain foods, especially nuts, are akin to mass hysteria, according to one Harvard professor.Gone are the days of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich...

US implements COOL food labeling

The US has finally implemented a law that requires country-of-origin labeling on meat, fish, poultry, produce and peanuts as of September 30, 2008.  "On May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment...

Peanuts animator dies

SANTA MONICA - Multi-award winning animator Bill Melendez has died, aged 91.Most famous as the animator of the Charlie Brown cartoons, he had worked in the business for some  70 years, producing a host of...

Airline tests in-flight Web access

To start off, flying is not my favourite thing in the world. I cannot sleep on flights and I just don't find it all that comfortable. So for people like me, having in-flght web access is great news. Anything to...

Kitsilano BC: Coffee Beans Picked By Monkeys On Sale

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know there is a reason why I have a penchant for Columbian Coffee, perhaps it's taste, perhaps that Juan Valdez and his Loyal donkey lovingly hand pick the South...

'Jericho' Cancelled After Only 2 Seasons

A loyal and passionate fanbase just doesn't have the same clout as dispassionate mass appeal. ""Jericho," the post-apocalyptic CBS drama whose devoted fans rallied to save it from cancellation, has met its...

China bans free plastic bags

 I guess you have to start somewhere.  This is one example that we all need to follow.  But here, we're moving from the bottom up, not the top down.  That is, the push to eliminate the use of plastic bags is coming from more environmentally-aware...

Experts ponder why so many children have food allergies

Experts say the number of people, especially young children with food allergies in the United States is on the increase and specialists are seeing more and more children with multiple allergies. It is now...

Monkeys kill Delhi deputy mayor

This looks funny. But God knows, it's not. It's a tragedy. "The deputy mayor of the Indian capital Delhi died on Sunday after being attacked by a horde of wild monkeys. SS Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when...

'Jericho' Resurrected After Peanut Campaign

Cancel Jericho? Nuts to that, say fans... they have weighed in with over forty thousand pounds of legumes, forcing those big bad exects to bring back the post-apocalyptic episodic."An online protest involving 20...

Snack Healthy

"We're in the heart of the holiday travel season and everyone's spending a lot more time on planes these days. The Seattle Times decided to do a little research and find out how healthy the pre-packaged snacks on...

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