Category Archives: Canada

Canadian Inventions — Insulin

Until 1922 diabetes was treated through starvation diets and exercise. Right up until January 22, 1922, having diabetes ruthlessly and inevitably meant blindness, renal failure, heart attacks, strokes, leg amputations and/or a reduced life expectancy. But on January 23, 1922, … Continue reading

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Monday’s Top Three News Stories (BBC, ABC, PBS, CTV): 04/02/07

54-40: Canadian “One Day In Your Life”; ‘Show Me‘ (1987) Fifty-Four Forty Or Fight! [This one’s for Puddle, who’s having a crappy day… week. Okay, month.] . The First Three News Stories On 04/02/07 . Page Jump: BBC, ABC, PBS, … Continue reading

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Monday’s Top Three News Stories (BBC, NBC, PBS, CBC/CTV: Quebec Election Coverage): 03/26/07

Headstones: Canadian “Unsound”; ‘Teeth And Tissue‘ (1995) Hugh Dillon Is Cooler Than You Are. . The First Three News Stories On 03/26/07 . Page Jump: BBC, NBC, PBS, CBC/CTV — Aboot The Quebec Election: Here . (6pm) BBC World News: … Continue reading

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Stephen Lewis — Forcing the world to care about Africa’s AIDS Pandemic

Billy Talent: Canadian “Red Flag”; ‘Billy Talent 2′ (2006) Stephen Lewis woke a lot of people up, but people don’t like to wake up. We like to be asleep for as long as we can and we will actively resist any … Continue reading

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Monday’s Top Three News Stories (CTV Local Montreal, NBC, PBS, CBC, BBC): 03/19/07

k.d. lang: Canadian “Hallelulljah [Live At ‘The Max’ Sessions]”; ‘Hymns Of The 49th Parallel’ (2005) . . The First Three News Stories On 03/19/07 . Page Jump: CTV Montreal, NBC, PBS, CBC, BBC . (6pm) CTV Montreal With Mutsumi Takahashi: … Continue reading

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Canada: Offering A Safe-Sex Environment Where Humanity Can F*ck Itself Back Together Again

Canada is the fastest growing country in the G8, and soon we’ll become the first country where people can take their time to safely fuck humanity back together. According to a Statistics Canada national census we have the fastest growing … Continue reading

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