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Lahore, May 27: Several people were killed when a massive blast shook the Civil Lines area of Pakistan’s Lahore city Wednesday morning.
The blast occurred in 15 Building adjacent to CCPO office, where the additional inspector general of police sits, reported The News.
Source: indipepal.com
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This week, Vancouver’s Renewal2, a fund focused on financing ventures with a social mission announced that they have raised their first $16 million. In 2009 that is a monumental task and is testament to the fund’s quality. Historically Renewal has been a pioneer in investments in organic food and other sectors that are becoming increasingly [...]
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Michael Geist at Mesh
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In unusually harsh language, Michael Geist, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa has slammed a new report put out by the Conference Board of Canada. In a recent blog post which he titles, [...]
In unusually harsh language, Michael Geist, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa has slammed a new report put out by the Conference Board of Canada. In a recent blog post which he titles, The Conference Board of Canada’s Deceptive, Plagiarized Digital Economy Report, he goes [...]
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Stop your junkmail, save the planet
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Direct marketing really has got out of control.
The average person in the US receives nearly 11 pieces of junk mail each week, or 560 pieces a year. This amounts to 4.5 million tons of junk mail [...]
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shooting in Vancouver
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I was just downtown and the whole block had been closed off to the public.
Police arrested a male after receiving reports of an individual running down Granville Street wielding a knife Saturday evening.
One shot was heard in the area.
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With advertisers increasingly reluctant to support local television Canadian networks are finding it hard to make ends meet. So instead of relying on ads to support their shows, CTV is launching an initiative aimed at getting cable companies to pay them [...]
I am finding myself increasingly unconfortable in the grocery store these days. There was a time when I looked at the fully stocked shelves along every isle as a sign of prosperity and the efficiency of capitalism. But these days I worry what I’m eating, how much plastic I’m buying and what kinds of chemicals [...]
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CRTC head at CAB in Ottawa
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According to famed Canadian defender of Internet users:
The Canadian Association of Internet Providers has filed an application with the CRTC that calls on the Commission to rescind its November 2008 Bell throttling decision. The application alleges multiple [...]
Because one unfounded and unsupportable designation as a pirate nation is never enough, the U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has placed Canada on a watch list alongside China, Mexico, Russia and Spain. This is a separate list from the USTR Special 301 list.
Source: michaelgeist.ca
Well said Michael Geist. [...]
