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Music
Remembering Donna Summer
The Queen of Disco irrevocably changed the course of popular music
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Capital Read
Tom Mulcair and the Tar Messengers
Mulcair seems to believe Harper has the premiers of the western provinces waiting by the Harperphone
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Canada
The time to take action on Toronto G20 summit security was 2009
Planners had a decade to see the pattern of chaos, and avoid repeating it
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Brian D. Johnson Unscreened
‘Moonrise’ on the Riviera with Bill Murray, Bruce Willis and two French-kissing kids
A gem by Wes Anderson opens Cannes on a sparkling note
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Business
Potash fails to fertilize the Canadian economy
The Tories’ decision to protect the ‘strategic’ asset in 2010 has backfired on shareholders.
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Business
Apple wants the iPad to be the next must-have business tool
That means developing more business apps, and taking on RIM
Blog Central
Canada
Edwin Boyd, Canada’s notorious bank robber, makes the big screen at last
The real life anti-hero of ‘Citizen Gangster’ was no Clyde Barrow—just a failed actor
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Nova Scotia fishermen strike over price of lobsters
But they’re not all on board: reports of violence on wharfs have forced the RCMP to intervene
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Quebec’s student protests: righteous anger, shame about the execution
Perversely, they add legitimacy to the government’s argument for a special law to end the strike
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The time to take action on Toronto G20 summit security was 2009
Planners had a decade to see the pattern of chaos, and avoid repeating it
Business
Potash fails to fertilize the Canadian economy
The Tories’ decision to protect the ‘strategic’ asset in 2010 has backfired on shareholders.
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Will Facebook and its stock live up to the hype?
The much anticipated IPO doesn’t come without some big long-term risks
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There’s a real pissing match at Sunrise Washroom Rentals’ head office
The B.C.-based company offers Porta-John for Hollywood stars, but its owners just can’t get along
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The booming business of beauty boxes
Online companies are turning free cosmetics samples into big profits
Opinion
Hands off! Breasts are my areas of expertise
The media’s fixation with sex and titillation is deplorable and, frankly, threatening
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The time to take action on Toronto G20 summit security was 2009
Planners had a decade to see the pattern of chaos, and avoid repeating it
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Fantastical dreams of something for nothing
It’s only proper students pay their fair share
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My favourite porn writer is not so prudish
Arcane sexual matters now have a pass into normal conversation ever since the breathtaking success of Fifty Shades of Grey
Technology
Apple wants the iPad to be the next must-have business tool
That means developing more business apps, and taking on RIM
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Facebook’s secret? Rolling with the punches
It always comes out on top
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Virgin Atlantic to allow passengers to use cell phones in flight
The last bastion of freedom from the intrusive, ubiquitous, unrelenting tyranny of cell phone clamour is about to disappear
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Anonymous 101
The value of Anonymous lies in anonymity itself
Newsmakers
Newsmakers: May 11-17, 2012
Ashton Kutcher’s latest role, Irshad Manji is attacked, and Mitt Romney’s not-so-innocent prank
More NewsmakersThe Interview
In conversation: Michael Kranish
On Mitt Romney’s father issues, his Mormonism, and his Canadian blood
More The InterviewWorld
China’s awkward position: on both sides of the Sudanese civil war
China sells arms to Khartoum, but needs oil from its southern neighbour
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Estonia already offers free WiFi. Next up: free public transit
The mayor of Tallinn hopes to make the city ‘the flagship of the green movement in Europe’
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Stockholm’s twenty-somethings cut loose at mid-day discos
Lunchtime dance parties break up the monotony of the workday and are spreading across Europe and beyond
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No jacket required for Japan’s post-nuclear etiquette of cool
The country’s government encourages ‘office casual’ but workers are reluctant to dress down, despite soaring temperatures
Arts
Leonard Cohen honoured as ninth laureate of the Glenn Gould Prize
John Prine, Cowboy Junkies, Michael Ondaatje, Adrienne Clarkson, and Alan Rickman paid tribute to the bard
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REVIEW: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Book by Anna Quindlen
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Avant-Garde choreographer Dana Gingras is big on ticks, kicks and shakes
The B.C.-born talent is creating a new vocabulary of movement
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REVIEW: Floating Gold: A Natural (& Unnatrual) History of Ambergris
Book by Christopher Kemp
Life
Life with help: how did we get so useless?
We’ve outsourced our lives. Now we can’t do a thing for ourselves.
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Aurel Robert Dupuis
His tough exterior hid a loving, selfless heart. When someone was in need, he never hesitated to help.
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How to find your whey in the kitchen
The art and science of making your own cheese is within reach of the average cook
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Virgin Atlantic to allow passengers to use cell phones in flight
The last bastion of freedom from the intrusive, ubiquitous, unrelenting tyranny of cell phone clamour is about to disappear
Good news, bad news
Good news, bad news: May 11-17, 2012
South Sudanese refugees return home after months stranded in Sudan, while 1,500 Nepalese are homeless after an illegal slum is demolished
More Good news, bad newsThe End
Aurel Robert Dupuis
His tough exterior hid a loving, selfless heart. When someone was in need, he never hesitated to help.
More The End-
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