Behave Canada, prepping for the Royal Wedding
Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper and his wife, have formally RSVP’d for the wedding of the century to take place in London this spring. Prince William and Kate Middleton have seen it fit More...
When the Bieber bursts, Justin Bieber flips off photographer
Justin Bieber is a person. Who would have thought? I always thought that boy bands and singers were just manufactured in some strange studio magic factory that also makes Ken dolls. It seems that Justin Bieber had More...
Heart Attack Sudden Death, the ironic death of Blair River
It’s never funny when a 29 year old dies, especially when their life is full of promise. But the recent demise of a 29 year old, 575 pound spokesman of a Phoenix-area restaurant known as the Heart More...
Offensive or Just Ugly? Is the Olympic logo is racist?
Iran has declared that the new logo for the Summer Olympics Game in London for 2012 is racist. It appears that the logo is a hidden message in support of Zion, which is a biblical term for Judaism, as well as More...
Keen on Sheen, the Charlie Sheen chaos
Charlie Sheen must be pretty keen on himself. The troubled star of the CBS show Two and Half Men has surfaced long enough from his drunkenness to remind the network that they still owe him for shows that have been More...
Not How We Roll, the Tim Horton problems
Not How We Roll Tim Horton’s has been upsetting me now for years. Not just for its inferior coffee or the fact that it regularly employs blank eyed 16 year olds who always get your order wrong, no matter how More...
News to Me, Who Cares about Celeb news-Who Cares?
The news is a strange, slippery thing. It used to be that the news was an objective look at current events: earthquakes, landslides, political coups, and military intervention. There was never a question More...
Transit for all, Canada working on mass transit
The Ontario Liberal government is trying to make transit an essential service and is starting in Toronto with their TTC. This is welcome news to Torontonians, but also to other cities in Ontario like Ottawa, which More...
No Way to Treat a Lady (Rush Limbaugh insults Michelle Obama) – Rants & Raves
Michelle Obama has come under attack. Rush Limbaugh has decided to set his sights on the American First Lady, critiquing her physique and her plan to help beat obesity in the US and calling her a hypocrite. More...
Making Money Make Sense? – Rants & Raves
I’m confounded by BMO’s new advertising campaign with the slogan “Making Money Make Sense.” There are several ads associated with this slogan so far: there’s the passengers More...
The Interesting Life of Charlie Sheen by Rants and Raves
Charlie Sheen, the troubled actor who has been in the media a lot lately for run-ins with the law for drug possession, aggression and prostitutes, has claimed in an interview that he will never go back to being More...
Feeling Minnesota, charging Canadians to come to US
The US is proposing a fee to Canadians visiting the US. But this fee should not be viewed as a fee that would give Canadian travellers the privilege of visiting their neighbours to the South, but rather, it is More...
When Beauty Fades by Rants and Raves
A Japanese University and a cosmetics company has claimed that they have found the point in life where women begin to age. They claim it’s at 35; that’s when the wrinkles begin to appear and skin starts More...
D is for Dollar, as in school funding
A new study released by the controversial Fraser Institute in Canada has crowned Bountiful Elementary-Secondary school as the top schools in the country. It just so happens that Bountiful BC is a polygamous community, More...
Egypt Disconnected, the Government that shut down Internet
Egypt is disconnected in more ways than one: the government has downed access to the internet overnight as protests intensified within the country, as people call for the removal of the ruling Mubarak. The ruling More...
The Last Great Bachelor, George Clooney by Rants and Raves
It appears that George Clooney will not settle down, even though his latest long term flame has gotten the stamp of approval from his father. While he stated in an interview that he had zero intention of getting More...
We, who have No Heart, Iran, now Bans Valentines
Iran is definitively clipping Cupid’s wings and has banned the production and sale of Valentine’s day gifts. The War on Terror was all the rage for the US, but it appears that Iran prefers the More...
Mort-gage? The Canadian housing bubble by Rants and Raves
The Canadian government has released new rules concerning mortgages in Canada which would limit the maximum mortgage amortization period to 30 years from 35 years and limit the amount of refinancing that More...
The Big 30, Is the Starbucks Trenta too big?
Starbucks is set to offer the Trenta, a 31 ounce drink that will debut in 14 US states. It is one size up from the Venti, which is currently the largest size on hand for the coffee shop, which, in case you’re More...
Vaccine or Poison? Are flu shot dangerous?
“Did you get your flu shot yet?” This is probably a question that’s going around and you’ve probably been harassed by at least one person, in the health care field or possibly, your More...
