BC Schools: Mandarin & English, "BC's Official Language" ? "Or Did we just ...

Barry Artiste Op/EdRegardless that Canada's Official Languages are English and French, Media reports of frustrated parents who are tired of long lineups trying to enroll their kids into French immersion in...

Miliband: I toned down conference speech to avoid 'Heseltine moment'

More drama from the Labour Party conference in the UK, as Gordon Brown tries to save his job and David Milliband tries to convince the media that he is not gunning for it. Embarassingly, Milliband was overheard...

Rangel pays IRS, says he is target of GOP 'guerrilla war'

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers on Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war." ...

Mohamed Suleiman in charge of the Syrian nuclear program assassinated

News without Opinion. YNET in his today (August 4, 2008) hebrew edition claims that Mohamed Suleiman was in charge of the Syrian nuclear program, see here.   "Mohammed Suleiman, a top military...

Law-abiding mum told she's a junkie

"A mother mistakenly branded a ­violent junkie must have her fingerprints checked against every unsolved crime in Britain to clear her name. Amanda Hodgson had a routine crim­inal record check for a job looking after youngsters during breaktimes at her children's school....

Viva Coldplay

"Viva Coldplay Published: 14 Jun 2008 CHRIS MARTIN compared the Coldplay live comeback to a pre-season friendly last night. The singer told the crowd of friends and family at London’s Wembley Arena that getting back on stage was like a trip to the...

Chinese sell tiger bone wine

"Staff at two "safari parks" a few hours from the capital Beijing offered to sell undercover investigators wine made from the crushed bones of tigers that died in captivity at the sanctuaries.The wine, which it...

Entire RAF Nimrod fleet 'should be grounded'

The RAF Nimrod fleet, originally built in the 70's by the British air force, was never flightworthy in the first place, says a new report by the coroner investigating the latest crash. The age of the aircraft,...

Dennis Farina Apologizes

Actor Dennis Farina apologized in a statement today for his arrest last Sunday at LA Intl Airport.  He was arrested for carrying a concealed and unregistered weapon in his luggage.""I apologize to anyone...

MEPs to call for EU Olympics ban

The EU Parliament will call on European leaders to boycott the Olympics today. German chancellor Angela Merkel has already said she will not attend, and UK prime minister Gordon Brown announced today he will...

Perez Hilton Kicked in the Behind by YouTube

If you consider yourself to be up to date with the latest gossip from Hollywood and not only, you must have heard of Perez Hilton and / or admire his work. Characterized by some as a blogging bitch-genius, his page is the one to check out for all sorts of embarrassing videos...

My girlfriend humiliated herself during karaoke

"I have been seeing this woman, and we've been getting along very well. But one night recently we happened to stumble into a karaoke bar. She's a good singer, but when she got on stage she totally choked. It was embarrassing, humiliating."

Canada: Stephane Dion "Canada's Al Gore"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's Liberal Leader Stephane Dion "Going where every politician has gone before him" must be saying to himself  " It's winter, Eastern Canada is a frozen...

Media Matters - Coulter: "If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never h...

And neo-conservatives and other right-wing adherents wonder aloud why they feel picked on by the left?  Perhaps its because of stupid comments like this by one of their own.  After Oprah of all people...

Public contracts pledged for disabled workers

"Labour on Tuesday avoided an embarrassing row with unions after ministers agreed to use EU procurement rules to provide more public contracts for more than 2,000 disabled workers threatened by redundancy. Peter Hain, work and pensions secretary, told conference that...

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