Broken Stages

Source: www.cbc.ca A stage at Toronto’s Downsview Park has collapsed in advance of this evening’s scheduled Radiohead concert, crushing a man in his 30s to death and injuring three others. Calls came in to emergency crews at about 4 p.m. ET, and at least one ambulance was already on site.…

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Watch Out For “Flame”

Source: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120529/iran-hit-by-new-cyber-weapon-120529/ LONDON — A massive data-slurping cyberweapon is circulating in the Middle East, a Russian Internet security firm reported Monday, saying that computers in Iran appear to have been particularly affected. The virus, dubbed “Flame,” is unprecedented both in terms of its size and complexity, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab ZAO…

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Pluralism…To A Point

Source: http://www.globalmaritimes.com/calls%20to%20cut%20funding%20for%20moncton%20university%20that%20prohibits%20hiring%20of%20gays/6442649636/story.html MONCTON – Gay rights activists are demanding public funding be taken away from Moncton’s Crandall University. The institution has a policy not to hire people in homosexual relationships, something two groups say is a violation of human rights. Since 1996, the Christian university, formerly known as Atlantic Baptist…

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Just To Say “Hi”

Don’t do this!!!!_____________ Sarnia Police arrested and charged a woman for calling 911 Sunday morning. Police said the call came from a residence on Queen Street just after 8 a.m. Officers asked the intoxicated 39-year-old woman why she called. The woman responded by saying, “just to say hi.” Police arrested…

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Government Spending

Who buys a $16 orange juice?Check this out!________________________Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/04/26/pol-oda-car-payment.html?cmp=rss International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda is now reimbursing taxpayers for the car and driver she hired during a trip abroad after saying earlier in the week that she had paid back all of the “inappropriate costs.” Her office did not immediately…

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