Tag: Toronto
Bee symposium broaches barcodes on bugs
Bee experts are abuzz at York University this week, discussing a plan to put barcodes on bees for targeting crop pollination."International bee experts have converged on Toronto to develop a plan to catalogue all...
The Paradox of Corporate 'Street Art'
I've seen this stencilled image pasted up around Vancouver and I was a bit skeptical about its tongue-in-check Vespa-headed hipster vibe. Turns out, I had reason to be. It's a street art campaign by Vespa. Yeah, no...
Hummer drives over police cars
As if Hummers aren't annoying enough on their own, now someone's attempted to escape the long arm of the law by simply driving one over police cruisers. If it weren't a beautiful Friday I'd hate everything...
Toronto Gets Indy Car Race Back in 2009
"Toronto will once again play host to an open-wheel race in 2009 after Andretti Green Promotions agreed to purchase the assets of the former Grand Prix of Toronto.Terms of the sale were not revealed.As a by-product...
Sleep-texting: lol or wtf?
Remember that drunken text message to your boss telling him exactly where to stick his managerial skills? Turns out you might actually have a legitimate excuse for that, er, lapse of judgment." Move over,...
Vitamin D deficiency linked to breast cancer, stu...
" Women who have a vitamin D deficiency when they are diagnosed with breast cancer were 94% more likely to have their cancer metastasize and 73% more likely to die within 10 years, Canadian researchers reported Thursday.The team also found that only 24% of the...
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
Inevitably, on hearing that vitamin D has "anti-cancer benefits", our first inclination would be to stock up on the readily available tablet supplements of the vitamin. But that may not be the best thing to do, as...
Man speeding, watching DVD: OPP
"The officer stopped the minivan. As he approached, he noticed a portable DVD player on the vehicle's dashboard, about two feet away from the steering wheel. A movie was playing in the machine."
Have a sweet tooth? Find the answer in your genes.
Regardless of age or sex, a variation in genetics (specifically the glucose transporter type 2, GLUT2) will cause individuals to consume more sugars. The study is done by the University of Toronto and published by...
Toronto Gridlock Is Getting Worse.
The Honourable Jim Bradley Minister of Transportation. Hounourable for what? Is the question and probably the answer to our traffic congestion problems in Toronto. They don't know what the hell is happening in...
People can't leave home without their cellphones
In a recent study in North America, it was found that over one-third of workers would choose their cell phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and...
Canada's First National Study of LGBT Youth
""We may have human rights for LGBTQ people in Canada, but you'd never know it based on these results," said Helen Kennedy, executive director of Egale."Egale, Canada's national Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and...
What's become of the million dollar house?
Being a 'millionaire' ain't what it used to be..."I remember a time not too long ago that a cool million dollars bought you an amazing home. Some may have even uttered the word "mansion". I realize that "amazing...
900 First Nation's Residents Airlifted out of Jam...
At least 900 people were evacuated by helicopter on Sunday from a First Nation's community along the coast of James Bay, due to flooding fears. As rivers continue to swell after ice melt and rain, areas of the James...
Mystery illness stops train in northern Ontario
Anyone out there have any other details on this?"Health authorities remain puzzled by an unfolding medical emergency aboard a Via Rail train that has left one woman dead and others seriously ill.Up to 10 of the 264...
