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  • Toronto mayor denies video showing him smoking cocaine

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has declined association with video-related clips that show him smoking cocaine. Someone who tried to sell it to Toronto Star newspaper filmed the footage on a smartphone. Toronto Star reporters were shown the video by an anonymous tipster in a car park. The newspaper claims that it did not pay money for the video and did not obtain the copy of the same and hence could ...

  • Criminal probe sought against Indo-Canadian politician

    A criminal investigation has been sought against an Indo-Canadian member of legislative assembly (MLA) of the ruling Progressive Conservatives party in the Canadian province of Alberta in a case of ethics violation. Leader of the opposition Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has requested the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of ...

  • A bicyclists guide to Toronto Where to go and what to avoid

    Toronto has been riding the same wave. Although peArmstrongople have always cycled here, it's no longer just a few zealots who do it all winter. And in the spring, as the weather warms up, the true extent of the shift becomes clear - masses of riders start appearing on many of the city's streets. To get a better sense of the Toronto cycling community we reached out to people who ...

  • Why Canada should back Antarctica North

    Canada just assumed the chair of the Arctic Council. Predictably, the Harper government grabbed the gavel and announced that its priority will be to open up the vast territory for more business.More business is coming to the Arctic, like it or not, courtesy of global warming, an issue that leaves the Harper government largely indifferent. Global warming is altering the geography of the Arctic, ...

  • 12 young leaders changing Canada in this weeks Generation Why

    If the number of young entrepreneurs and innovators in Canada is any indication, the generation that came of age alongside the modern web is ready to rethink everything.Earlier this month, ...

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Masculin féminin [DVD]

Masculin féminin [DVD]

Masculin fminin marked a significant turning point for Jean-Luc Godard. One of the most iconoclastic of the French New Wave directors, Godard had made a name for himself throughout the early 1960s making stylistically unconventional, emotionally charged films that borrow ... ...

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  • Vancouver company discovers LSD shipped to U.S. under its logo

    A Gastown company found itself unknowingly associated with an international drug ring when someone used its logo on mail shipped with LSD.Scott Mills, operational manager of JukeboxPrint. com, said he has no idea how much of the hallucinogen has been shipped out under his company's name, but three packages were returned over six months with a return to sender notice.The returned packages ...

  • Ex-RCMP commander to be sentenced

    The former RCMP detachment commander in Merritt will be sentenced for breach of trust later this month. Criminal Justice Branch spokesman Neil Mackenzie confirmed Stuart Seib, an 18-year veteran of the force, will be in a Kelowna courtroom on May 27 for sentencing. He was arrested in January 2012 after Mounties learned that cocaine had disappeared from an evidence locker. The 54-year-old pleaded ...

  • Toronto Mayor Denies Cocaine Video Claims

    Toronto's mayor has denied allegations he has been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. Rob Ford called the claims "ridiculous" as he addressed a swarm of reporters outside his house in Canada's biggest city. The denial came after gossip site Gawker and the Toronto Star published articles saying they had been offered a video of the alleged smoking session. Both ...

  • Should genetic testing for cancer be available to all Canadians

    The revelation that Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against cancer stoked heated discussion this week, but one prominent cancer researcher says it demonstrates the need to make genetic testing available to all ...

  • Gawker launches crackstarter to buy Rob Ford video

    Mayor Ford to Horwath: Force an election TORONTO - They’re not raising money for impoverished children or a cure for cancer - it’s to own the rights to the infamous video of Toronto’s mayor said to be smoking crack. And all that money would be going to Rexdale drug dealers. Gawker, the New York-based news and gossip website that broke the story that there is a video they ...

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