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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 ...

  • Two ex-Canada Revenue auditors face charges in tax-evasion scheme

    Two former federal fiscal bureaucrats face charges on allegations that they received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in a Montreal-based tax-evasion scheme that deprived the government of $4.5-million in tax revenue.Also being charged is Francesco Fiorino, 54, a chartered accountant who had been charged last year on allegations that he conspired with two construction bosses to evade ...

  • Bethenny Frankel shares too much info on Twitter ‘I have a tiny pimple’

    Twitter and on her website. She has been known as the queen of TMI (too much information) while filming "The Real Housewives of New York," but it sounds like she hasn't slowed down at all after leaving her reality shows behind at Bravo. In fact, she has shared everything from personal waxing to personal details about her life on Twitter and in her books, and it sounds like she ...

  • Canadas blood ban back from the dark ages

    There is a catch; for now, only those who are abstinent will be allowed to donate. In a story written by Helen Branswell and published in many Canadian newspapers on May 23rd of this year, The Canadian Press reported that the new policy will allow men to donate blood if they haven't had sex with another man for five years before the donation. The Canadian Blood Services Agency said it is ...

  • Kroy Biermann realizes that four children may be too many for a beach day

    Kroy Biermann met Kim on the show while he was competing in a charity dancing competition, dancing directly against Sheree Whitfield. He ended up winning the competition, where Sheree wasn't even close at that point. Now, three years later, he has married Kim and the two have ...

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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  • Brandi Glanville to LeAnn Rimes over Eddie ‘Mind your business’

    LeAnn Rimes isn't too pleased with how people are reacting to Brandi's book. She has been giving some interviews in the press recently, and she even replied to a tweet Brandi wrote to her ex-husband about their children. And it sounds like Brandi is tired of LeAnn always getting involved in the drama. And now, she wants her to stay out of it. According to a new Radar Online report ...

  • ‘RHOA’ star Kim Zolciak and husband talk about oiling each other up on Twitter

    Kim Zolciak loves watching her own show, "Don't Be Tardy," on Tuesday nights as she gets to interact with her fans who are watching along with her. But because she has been so busy filming the shows she has been on over the past couple of years, she hasn't had time to take a vacation with her family. And now that Kash Kade is growing older, the family is ready to spend some ...

  • Kendall Jenner attacked for complaining about having a hard life

    Kendall Jenner is a famous model these days with her own clothing line. She is also the younger sister of the famous Kardashian sisters, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney. And if she is concerned about making money, she need not worry. Her mother is the infamous "momager," who can easily find work for her children. In fact, Kendall is probably worth millions already even though she is only a ...

  • Sheldon Kennedy centre opens with $350K from Ottawa to help victims

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and Sheldon Kennedy are seen at a ceremony renaming the Calgary Child Advocacy Centre to the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre in Calgary, Alta. on Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Larry Mac Dougal / THE CANADIAN ...

  • Three charged in Canada Revenue Agency fraud investigation

    MONTREAL -- Three people have been arrested and charged in an ongoing RCMP investigation into a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme at the Canada Revenue Agency. The charges are being laid against a chartered accountant and two former employees at the federal agency's Montreal office. The RCMP announced Thursday that the accused are suspected of participating in a scam where the ...

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