PROROGATION UPDATE: Parliament more productive when prorogued
OTTAWA – MPs who were worried that the prorogation of Parliament would send Canadian democracy grinding to a halt can’t believe how much they’re getting done. “Freed from Question Period,” Libera…
Breast cancer charity makes huge strides in corporate research, logo development
TORONTO – The struggle to market breast cancer corporate awareness is one step closer to victory after the Foundation for Breast Cancer Research of Canada has made a breakthrough in busines…
As Breaking Bad ends, office coffee machine prepares for life of loneliness
MONTREAL – The coffee machine at Boundless Publishing where, for the better part of six years, everyone stood around discussing Breaking Bad, is prepared for a solitary post-Walter White ex…
La Ronde acquiert un effrayant manège: le pont Jacques-Cartier
MONTRÉAL – Si les montagnes russes tels que le Vertigo, le Maniac ou le Goliath ne vous donnent plus de sueurs froides, La Ronde a un nouveau manège pour vous: le pont Jacques-Cartier. «Ça …
Parros’ mustache fails to break his fall
MONTREAL — Habs enforcer George Parros was released from hospital yesterday after his mustache failed to break his fall during a third period brawl with the Leafs’ Colton Orr. “I spen…
NSA asks Americans to eavesdrop on each other during government shutdown
WASHINGTON – With the US government shut down, the National Security Agency is appealing to Americans to monitor the activity and conversations of their family, neighbors, colleagues and foreign …
Woman uses optimum points to buy morning after pill
TORONTO – Local woman Laura Daniels was low on cash when she went to Shoppers’ Drugmart to buy emergency contraception, so she decided to use the 50,000 optimum points she had accumulated since f…
Jack Ryan to avenge Tom Clancy’s death
BALTIMORE – After the passing of renowned author of several espionage and military thrillers, CIA analyst Jack Ryan is vowing revenge on whoever killed him. “Tom was one of my most trusted …
Kingston Pen institutes ‘Adopt-an-Inmate’ program to find prisoners new homes
KINGSTON – Correctional Service Canada has instituted an adoption program to find new prisons for the 494 inmates currently held at Kingston Penitentiary when the facility closes after 178 …
REPORT: Dudes called ‘Boomer’ nearing extinction
OTTAWA – A report issued yesterday by the International Institute for Endangered Nicknames announced that the global population of dudes nicknamed “Boomer” has reached an all ti…
