New Years Day Food: Traditions to Bring Good Luck in the New Year

Despite whether you may have a hangover or not on New Year's Day, the tradition of eating certain foods on New Year's Day to bring good luck is one that many people observe and as we start a new decade this may be...

No oxygen in the IMF ventilator

"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....

Krispy Kreme hopes to heat up sales with ice cream

I love the signature glazed doughnuts. I remember back in the day when Vancouver didn't have a Krispy Kreme store I would beg my friends who went shopping in Seattle to grab me a box of Krispy Kreme. I can...

Free the Doughnuts! NY Seniors Protest Freebie Crackdown

In upstate New York, some seniors are taking to the streets to protest the removal of doughnuts from their food services. You can, it seems, be allowed a bagel if you're a senior citizen, but not a doughnut or, a...

US Publishers Loonie over the US exchange rates

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ReaderUS Publishers seem not to take notice of the rising Canadian Dollar and refuse to recognize the exchange rate between Canada and the US, mandating US/Canadian Book and...

Competition brews in Tampa Bay as Dunkin' Donuts adds locations

Move over Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts is brewing up competition in the Tampa Bay area. Dunkin' Donuts, the 55-year-old coffee and doughnuts chain, has its sights set on becoming the household word for coffee across the country.

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