The national anthem figured prominently on Google Trends this week thanks to the Harper government’s attempt to slip an edit to O Canada into the speech from the throne. CBC Radio’s Q asked tweeps to comment: @CBCRadioQ “The ‘O Canada’ Debate: Action or Distraction? tell the Q blog: cbc.ca/q #anthem” Eliza Deary weighed in on [...]
Haiti remained a trending topic on the social web as the focus slowly shifted from disaster to rescue and aid. Numerous fundraisers are ramping up, from George Clooney’s Hope for Haiti Now to grassroots efforts such as Calgary’s yyc4haiti.com. Meanwhile, DigitalJournal.com reported Canada was attempting to take a lead role in Haiti’s reconstruction: “Canadian Ambassador [...]
Greetings, Tweeps. Welcome to this week’s roundup of the weird and wonderful from the Twitterverse. First up — what do #balloonboy and @PremierStelmach have in common? Turns out they’re both full of hot air. One is a publicity hungry scoundrel stretching the truth, and the other is a six-year-old boy who pretended to be adrift [...]
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