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Amanda Lindhout still isn't home

I'm writing this at 9:25 p.m. ET (just got home from work), so maybe a miracle will happen in the next few hours. But as it stands now, 27-year-old Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout of Sylvan Lake, Alta. won't be home for Christmas. She's being held captive in Somalia. Lindhout, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan and their Somali helpers [...]

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Thu, December 25 2008 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments

<em>Torontoist</em> to live

From the Globe and Mail: Torontoist is getting a new lease on life. The popular urban Hogtown blog seemed destined for the dustbin of cyberspace earlier this month when the site announced it would shut down on Jan. 1, 2009, because of a lack of financial support. But Torontoist editor David Topping posted a message [...]

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