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  • `Ageing Asia to strain worlds long-term economic growth

    The Asia-Pacific region will continue to power global economic growth in 2013, but the region's increasing ageing population will cast a shadow on the long-term development, according to a Canadian think-tank. "Productivity gains and a large, young working-age population have done much to boost Asian economic growth over the past three decades. But Asia's demographic dividend is quickly coming ...

  • Canada’s digital privacy laws in bad need of updating watchdog

    With her mandate nearing its end at the end of the year, Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart is again calling for stronger enforcement powers to help keep companies from straying from or disregarding Canadian privacy law.She released a position paper Thursday suggesting the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is not able to adequately deal with privacy ...

  • Ontario Liberals set aside $900-million for cancelled gas plants

    Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty appears before the Justice Policy committee hearing as he testifies about the power plants the Government axed in Oakville and Mississauga for the 2011 election, at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Tuesday May 7, 2013. (Chris Young For The Globe and ...

  • Kate Gosselin reveals she is super busy as school ends for her children

    school . And now that the weather is warming up, it isn't surprising that her children are exciting to hit the pool this summer. Kate has been super busy and hasn't been able to tweet as much, because of her hectic schedule. According to a new tweet released on May ...

  • ‘Teen Mom’ star Kailyn Lowry is still questioning her friendships

    Kailyn Lowry has expressed her dislike for people putting their personal business on Twitter, a prime example being her co-star Jenelle Evans. Even though Kailyn has often come to Jenelle's defense, it sounds like she doesn't understand the appeal of putting personal feelings on Twitter, especially if they are negative. However, it sounds like she is doing the same these days, as she ...

Movie Review

Dr. Dolittle 2

Dr. Dolittle 2 is much like its 1998 predecessor, in that it is enjoyably silly, though not particularly inventive, and it is clean enough for most kids (I don't think there was a single curse word in the whole movie), with just enough bowel-movement and intestinal-related raunch included to keep little ones giggling. There is also an obvious, good-hearted message, this time related both t ... ...

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  • ‘Teen Mom’ star Gary Head admits he is social with Jenelle Evans

    Gary Head fought for a while to get the attention of his ex-girlfriend, Jade Dolph, but she was hard to get back because she wasn't thrilled with the way he proposed to Jenelle on the show and pursued fame briefly instead of working on their relationship. It seems that Gary has been squeezing himself between Jade and Jenelle for quite some time and he isn't really ready to wait any ...

  • ‘Bachelor’ star Catherine Giudici thinks Sean Lowe would be ideal for Desiree

    Sean Lowe proposed to her during the finale, but she was also shocked. She didn't think that she was the best fit for him, as he had plenty of other women who were eager to become his wife. One of those women ...

  • Canada’s political scandals Widening cracks

    AS FAMILIES fired up their barbecues to celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend from May 18th-20th, a double helping of juicy political scandal was served along with the burgers and steaks. First came an extraordinary story in Toronto, where Rob Ford, the mayor, faced unproven allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. Next a long-simmering tale of senators fiddling ...

  • Montreals boil water advisory to remain in place until Friday

    More than 1 million Montreal residents are into the second day of a boil-water advisory, as they wait to find out if their tap water is actually contaminated. The water crisis began Wednesday, when water flowing from the taps in the city began turning brown. City officials said the problem derived from the Atwater water filtration plant, the country's second-largest filtration plant, ...

  • Canadas existing privacy rules cant keep up with digital evolution watchdog

    Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart appears at a Senate banking, trade and commerce committee in this 2012 file photo. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...

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