Robot Home-Invasion
Scientists predict that home robots will become common within 10 years
Celine Dion, Order of Canada
Celine Dion is elevated to Companion to the Order of Canada; at the same time she is criticized for not donating free tickets for her Quebec concert to the survivors of the Lac-Megantic disaster, as Paul McCartney did last week.
Weiner Roast
Former congressman, Anthony Weiner, who resigned after sexting lewd photos of his groin, is facing demands that he withdraw from New York civic elections after it was revealed he was up to his old tricks, “sexting” under a pseudonym.
Cheaper than Laneway Housing?
BT is selling off iconic red telephone kiosks for £1950, a frugal option for Vancouver’s proposed mini “Laneway” housing?
“Rhinos-incest”: Heir necessity
A Cincinnati zoo will attempt to breed rare Sumatran rhino brother and sister in an effort to save the species from extinction.
Reef Madness
“Incoming!” US Airforce drops unarmed bombs, each carrying 2,000 pounds of concrete, on Great Barrier Reef
Movies for Seniors? “Gidget Grows Old”
Group “One Million Senior Voices” launches petition to demand Hollywood make more movies geared to aging Boomers
Mike Duffy: Deflation
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation inflates giant Mike Duffy balloon near Parliament Hill as part of a campaign to reform the Senate.
The approach to Port Alberni?
Documents reveal that food deprivation was used in nutritional experiments on malnourished children in Native Residential Schools in Canada; drawing parallels to Nazi human experiments
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 