Ouya is the newest gaming system brought to you by crowd funding. The company was aiming to raise $950,000 and found itself with over $8 million in donations through Kickstarter. Ouya was created by using […]
The House of Commons voted to pass a bill that ensures rights for transgendered identified individuals Mar. 27. Bill C-279, introduced by NDP MP Randall Garrison back in 2011, “amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to include […]
Mayor Rob Ford’s seemingly limitless penchant for buffoonery has masked the most important feature of his administration: it hasn’t really done anything. Ford is a man who stands by his word, which, presumably, means that […]
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is in the news once again today with new allegations about his misuse of city resources. For many Torontonians, this is yet another addition to a long list of embarrassments for […]
Toronto’s gain is Oakville’s loss. Oakville president and chief executive officer Darryl McKenzie has announced he is stepping down from the organization after three-and-a-half years. He is joining the Toronto Pan-Am Games as vice-president in […]
To the military they are known as UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems), but they are more commonly known as drones. Due to recent findings, the term “targeted killings” may seem […]
Two years, two months and five days after Bradley Manning’s arrest, the ongoing saga of his Wikileaks legacy continues deep below the murky waters of a media landscape that doesn’t want to acknowledge his judicial […]
Ryan Gosling fans have good reason to break into tears, as the actor recently announced he will to retire from acting. The Canadian actor got tired of doing the same thing for most of […]
Winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary, Searching for Sugar Man, started to show at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) Bell Lightbox today. The film relates the extraordinary story of 70’s American troubadour […]
Captain Robert Durand, the Director of Public Affairs of Guantanamo Bay, has confirmed that 24 captives of the notorious prison have been involved in a hunger strike for the past six weeks. The prisoners are protesting the American […]
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