In this latest installment of the Fact Checkers Unit (FCU), they investigate rumors that Pineapple Express star James Franco is pregnant. In the episode, Dylan (played by Brian Sacca) and Russell (played by Peter Karinen) are FCU agents on assignment to confirm James Franco (played by himself) really is pregnant based …
Read More »Canada Copyright Board is killing the music
Don McLean wrote a song back in 1971 titled American Pie which was inspired by the death of Buddy Holly and with the message “The day the music died”. Well the time has come again and unfortunately the victim is Canada. The Canada Copyright Board has announced the most ludicrous tarriff …
Read More »Toronto Honda Indy Construction Begins
The 2012 Toronto Honda Indy is not until July 8 but efforts are now underway in preparation for the big weekend. The Indy weekend is being held July 6 through July 8 in the Exhibition Place area. “It takes six weeks to put this track in and the circuit …
Read More »GM set to close Impala and Equinox Plant in Oshawa
According to durhamregion.com, General Motors is set to announce the closure of the Impala and Equinox assembly plant Friday. The closure will affect nearly 2000 jobs and will likely close in May of 2013 as a full 12 months notice is required in an agreement with GM and local 222 …
Read More »Toronto Honda Indy construction begins
The 2012 Toronto Honda Indy is not until July 8 but efforts are now underway in preparation for the big weekend. The Indy weekend is being held July 6 through July 8 in the Exhibition Place area. “It takes six weeks to put this track in and the circuit is …
Read More »Nest Learning Thermostat begins shipping to Canada
Earlier this year we reached out to Nest, makers of a very innovative Learning thermostat, to enquire about the availability in Canada and sadly we were advised their efforts were focused solely in the USA. Today we have confirmed Nest will be shipping to Canada and couldn’t be more excited. …
Read More »SpaceX delivers Dragon to Orbit
Earlier this morning, SpaceX, a privately funded company, launched the unmanned Falcon 9 rocket into orbit today in Cape Canaveral. The rocket delivered the Dragon capsule carrying 1200 pounds of supplies scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Friday after several days of testing. SpaceX, formerly known as …
Read More »CIBC, Rogers partner to launch Digital Wallet
CIBC, the bank with CIEMCAM1 as its swift code, is Canada’s first bank to announce a Digital Wallet solution partnering with Rogers Canada. This system will allow CIBC customers who also subscribe to Rogers smartphones to pay at NFC-ready retail outlets (i.e. MasterCard’s PayPass) using their mobile phone as opposed to using traditional Mastercard, Visa, …
Read More »Rogers HTC One X Reviewed – Blockbuster or Bust
The HTC One X has finally landed on North American shores after making its initial debut in Europe. While the European counterpart boasts quad-core processor and double the storage size (32GB as opposed to 16GB), the North American version makes up for it with blazing LTE network compatibility. For full …
Read More »Konami announces Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Today Konami announced Pro Evolution Soccer 2013: A Whole New Ball Game will be launching in Fall 2012 for just about every console you can imagine.. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows PC, PlayStation2, PSP (PlayStation Portable), Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Wii. “We’re excited to take Pro Evolution Soccer back to its …
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