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Power hospitality players call on Jolanta Lukus to make their hotels into distinct masterpieces If you’ve been wondering what Royal Design Inc (http://www NULL.royaldesign NULL.ca). has been up to the past few months, let me assure you that this well-known company based out of Richmond Hill, ON, has been more than busy the past few [...]

Explore the world’s creepiest places – if you dare

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By Robin Esrock, Globe and Mail Newspaper BONE CHURCH, CZECH REPUBLIC With a sprinkle of sand from the Holy Land, a 13th-century abbot created one of the most sought-after burial lots in Central Europe – Sedlec Ossuary, in the city of Kutná Hora – eventually resulting in a cemetery and church housing the remains of [...]

Gadhafi’s death stirs little remorse across Africa

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By Geoffrey York For years, many African leaders had enjoyed a slice of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s oil wealth. They chose him to lead the African Union, they tolerated his claim to be the king of Africa’s tribal chiefs, and they patiently listened to his noisy campaign for a “United States of Africa.” But there was [...]

Steve Jobs: the man who changed your world

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By Omar El Akkad (From today’s Globe and Mail) In billions of song downloads, finger swipes and sleek white headphones, Steve Jobs lives on. The man who brought the world its most popular phone, tablet and virtual record store died on Wednesday at the age of 56. But the legacy Mr. Jobs leaves behind – [...]

Serial child killer Clifford Olson dead

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By Rod Mickleburgh (from Today’s Globe & Mail Newspaper) Notorious serial child killer Clifford Olson is dead, succumbing to an undisclosed form of cancer. Terry Bizeau, mother of 15-year-old victim Terri Lyn Carson, said in an email that she was informed Friday morning by Corrections Canada that Mr. Olson, 71, had died. Mr. Olson, a [...]

No one is immune from terrorism

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The Canadian Press – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the Sept. 11 attacks 10 years ago is a constant reminder that no one is immune from terrorism. Mr. Harper is in New York to commemorate the anniversary of the day when hijacked jetliners were flown into the World Trade Center in Manhattan and the [...]

Why did Layton’s final act rivet us so?

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By Michael Posner (from Today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) The word catastrophe, derived from Greek, translates roughly as “an overturning.” Classical drama often ends with it, typically with the death of the hero. The path of Jack Layton’s recent life perfectly traces that Aristotelian arc, climbing to the hubristic heights of his party’s performance in [...]

Jack Layton’s last letter

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The funeral for NDP Leader Jack Layton will be Saturday in Toronto, days after the well-liked politician died at his Toronto home at age 61 after a battle with cancer August 20, 2011. Below is his last letter he wrote only hours before his passing. Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have [...]

Burlington drummer sets new world record

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By John Bkila Queen’s We Are The Champions will now have new meaning to Burlington drummer Steve Gaul who has set a new Guinness World Record for marathon drumming. The rock anthem was the last song a very-tired Gaul drummed in his 121-hour feat (over six days) to beat the daunting record and help the [...]

A trip to buy milk turns frightening

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Familiar London streets morph into scene of shuttered shops, menacing kids By Jeffrey Simpson ONE GLANCE at the area gave me second thoughts about going to buy milk for my breakfast cereal. I had just surfaced from a Tube station Monday afternoon and was heading up the street to a supermarket about 500 metres away. [...]