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The Toronto Star had a look at TIFF buzz films. The paper followed up to day with some capsule reviews of selected films. Very helpful, except the deadline for advance ticket orders was Friday at 1 p.m. Some of the ones they tout are gala films, which are pretty much sold out, according to the [...]
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Remember the battle for Panjwaii, the relatively bloody Canadian success story of September 2006? The New York Times is reporting that the Taliban are back in Panjwaii and Zhari Districts. From the NYT: Carrying out guerrilla attacks after NATO troops partly withdrew in July, they overran isolated police posts and are now operating in areas where [...]
Sun, September 2 2007 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » Comments Off
I'm not sure what happened, but the images didn't load at the Beeb when I went there. And it looked a little something like this: To that, I say, “Ewwwwww.” Update The site went down completely for me. That's a rare thing for the Beeb. It's generally been technically exemplary in terms of stability. When [...]
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The Brockville Recorder and Times newspaper knew about bizarre practices at Grenville Christian College nearly 20 years ago, but then backed off the story when abandoned by terrified sources and threatened by a high-powered Toronto law firm. From The Globe and Mail: Hunter Grant, former co-publisher of the Brockville Recorder and Times, said yesterday that [...]