O Canada ranks low in ‘sing-along-ability,’ but ahead of U.S... By Steve Mertl | Daily Brew – Everybody loves that scene in the movie Casablanca when a resistance leader annoyed by Nazi officers singing a German marching song leads French citizens at Humphrey ...
This was published on 1/28/2012

New powerlifting world-record holder is a 13-year-old girl f... By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally Like many female powerlifters, Abbey Watson doesn't typically get a lot of press attention. Holding eight different world records for her relatively slight weight cl...
This was published on 1/28/2012

2012 economic forecasts: Canada best place to be By Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew | Moneyville There will be significant volatility in financial markets, for three main reasons: In the U.S. and in Canada, growth will struggle to be 2 per cent this ye...
This was published on 1/28/2012

Healthy eating at Harvey's By sweetspot.ca | sweetspot.ca When we think of Harvey’s, we think of a real Canadian hamburger, topped any way we like. But we also think of onion rings, fries and chicken fingers. Is there any...
This was published on 1/28/2012

Is a 2.99 mortgage too good to be true? By Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew Bank of Montreal made headlines with the 2.99 per cent five-year mortgage it unveiled last week. Most of the other big banks have followed suit, but before signing on the...
This was published on 2/3/2012

French ELLE Article's Racist Remarks Spark Boycott By Piper Weiss | Shine from Yahoo! Canada If a fashion writer for French Elle is to be believed—and she is not—African-Americans weren't stylish until the Obama family came into office. "For th...
This was published on 1/28/2012

Confessions of a Facebook employee: What it's really like wo... By Array | Business Insider Later this year, Facebook is expected to IPO at a valuation close to $100 billion. More than anyone else, the person responsible for that success is Facebook's 27-yea...
This was published on 1/27/2012

Toronto ‘rabbi’ led double life, wanted in U.S. for giant im... By Steve Mertl | Daily Brew To members of Toronto's Jewish community he was Rabbi Avraham David, a Torah scholar and author. But to U.S. investigators he was Earl Seth David, a New York lawyer the...
This was published on 1/27/2012

Obama's Chrysler 300C goes to auction for $1 million Justin Hyde | Yahoo! Autos If you're selling a well-kept 2005 Chrysler 300C sedan, you might be able to get $16,500. This one's listed for a cool $1 million on eBay. Why? Its previous owner was Pr...
This was published on 1/27/2012

Apple CEO faces first test with cash mountain (Reuters) Apple CEO Tim Cook has a problem, a $98 billion problem. Just 18 months ago, Apple's $46 billion mountain of cash - while huge by most standards - attracted only muted complaints from ...
This was published on 1/27/2012