Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson!
This past week (Aug. 29, 2014) the King of Pop would have turned 56. Although he died five years ago of a cardiac arrest, his music lives on with fans all over the world. Click through a slideshow of...
View ArticleOde to the Poppy
The poppy has been an international symbol of remembrance since the 19th century Napoleonic Wars, over 110 years before it was adopted by Canada In November, Canadians wear scarlet poppies to pay...
View ArticleMovember: Top 10 Celeb Moustaches
In honour of Movember - a charity event that raises awareness for men's health and takes place during November - men across around the world will grow moustaches in a show of support and solidarity...
View ArticleThe Secret to Elvis’ Pristine Pompadour & 79 Other Hip-Swivelling Facts For...
If Elvis Presley were still alive, there’d be a hunka-hunka birthday cake handed out at Graceland to celebrate his big 8-0. To mark the milestone, we’ve compiled 80 fascinating facts about the life,...
View ArticleRemembering Elvis in his prime and seeing him today at 80
Transfixed as I am by the image of Elvis at 80, I truly wish I’d never seen it. In the 1950s when Elvis was changing pop music forever, I was approaching puberty, and it seemed to me like he’d...
View ArticleCanadians and the Holocaust
In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27, 2015), we look back at how six former Canadian Air Force Air Crew personnel ended up in the infamous Buchenwald Concentration Camp — and...
View ArticleThe Greatest April Fool’s Pranks
The recipe for a successful April Fool's gag is simple: one part clever gag, one part duped audience. Luckily, each year great pranksters around the world rise to the challenge and exploit the naivety...
View ArticleHorticultural Heaven: Why Don’t We Do it in the Nude?
As a rickety-backed, finger-blistered, knee-knackered, weed-whacked veteran of the Backyard Wars, I have considerable experience and some strong feelings about the art of coaxing plants out of the...
View ArticleJuno: A Beach to Remember
To mark the anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1944), read our interview with Canadian Lt. Don Kerr about his experiences during the First World War and his later involvement in setting up a museum in...
View ArticleA Very Brief History of the Flag of Canada
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View ArticleWho Said It? Canadian Politicians or Real Housewives
With the Canadian federal election in full swing and the candidates facing a daily grilling at the hands of the media, as well as their opponents, tempers are bound to flare. In fact, when you think...
View ArticleQUIZ: Real Fringe Canadian Political Party or One We Made Up?
Just because the Liberals, Tories, NDP and Green Party (and, in Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois) dominate the lion’s share of ballots come election night, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other Canadian...
View Article9 Dance Crazes Through the Decades
There seems to be a dance craze for every decade. Here, we round up some of our favourites. Here, residents from The Residence Senior Living in Puerto Rico are dancing to the latest dance craze, the...
View ArticleCelebrities Meet Their Younger Selves in Amazing Illustrated Series
An artist has combined the young with the old in a collection of illustrations titled, “Yo & Mi Otro Yo.” or “Me & My Other Me.” Colombian graphic artist Fulvio Obregon features famous people...
View ArticleEverybody Knows?: Leonard Cohen Trivia
The beloved Canadian troubadour turned 81 this week, but how much do you really know about Leonard Cohen? From his early life to writing to his career, songs, and relationships, test your knowledge of...
View ArticleGrey-pocalypse: Canucks 65-plus Outnumber Those 15 & Under
The senior set is about to take over. Deal with it, kids. Hey, kids, guess what? The over-65 set is one step closer to taking over the world. Or at least Canada, to start, given a new Statistics...
View ArticleAAUGH! Test Your Charlie Brown IQ on Peanuts’ 65th Birthday
The classic comic strip Peanuts, which debuted on October 2, 1950, turns 65 today – which means Charlie Brown should probably give up trying to kick that football from Lucy’s hands. This anniversary...
View ArticlePAT ROBERTSON: “CHILE WAS HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE BECAUSE THEY TOO MADE A DEAL...
Moments after a massive earthquake jolted Chile, US televangelist Pat Robertson went on the air to announce “Chile was hit by an earthquake because they too made a pact with the Devil.” Echoing similar...
View ArticleBrooke Shields gets Nostalgic on Ellen
During the 45-year-old actresses interview with Ellen she admitted she can still fit into those jeans from that controversial Calvin Klein ad she starred in at the young age of 15. The post Brooke...
View ArticleLe Style — C’est l’homme
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of our former prime minister, Trudeau: Images of Canada’s Passionate Statesman (The Canadian Press, John Wiley & Sons) was recently published,...
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