Brandon McPhail
Digital Journalist based in Pickering, ON, Canada.
Joined on May 6, 2009
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CBC Sports has confirmed that the NHL has approved Winnipeg's new team to go by its old name. After a great deal of speculation, True North Sports and Entertainment will be allowed to use the "Jets" name for Winnipeg's new team.
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The 2,800 graduates of Northwestern University were treated to 20 minutes of Stephen Colbert at his best, as he delighted this year’s graduating class with a look back at some of the headline grabbing events over the past year at Northwestern.
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The Dean Blundell Show, a popular Toronto morning radio show, played an interview with Gene Simmons this morning. In the interview Simmons said that Michael Jackson took young children to Brazil at least 10 times.
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As Toronto enters its fourth day of the CUPE city worker’s strike, temperatures are rising, on the picket line and on the thermometer. A Recent Angus Reid survey found that more than 76 per cent of Toronto residents do not support the CUPE strike.
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As the semi-official FARS news out of Iran reports of “suspicious arms distribution in Tehran” Iran’s Revolutionary guard and Basij militia are given an excuse to crack down on protesters.
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) has published its Global and Media Outlook for 2009-2013 and the outlook is one of decline for traditional media outlets. As revenues decrease, structural change will put digital outlets at the forefront.
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After a weekend of fierce protests throughout the country, culminating in a massive rally in Tehran with reports of over 100,000 pro-Mousavi voters in attendance, the Iranian government has laid new restrictions on foreign journalists.
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It has been proven that when a society’s women are well-educated and prosperous, the society as a whole only stands to gain. Women’s education rates and legal rights before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution are essentially unchanged in Iran.
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The capital city of Thailand has seen its fair share of difficult situations over the years, from colonization to child sex trade workers. Today Bangkok faces another struggle -- 300 000 stray dogs roam the streets of the nation's capital.
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While Jim Balsillie struggles against Gary Bettman and NHL team owners to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton, a group based out of Toronto would like to bring another NHL team to the hockey starved city.
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Angelina Jolie has taken top honours on the Forbes' Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, bumping Oprah Winfrey to second spot. The Actress has proven that power in Hollywood isn't just about money.
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Mohawk Warriors have threatened to storm a Canadian border post at the Canada-US border crossing on the Akewsasne reserve. The reserve straddles Ontario, Quebec and New York.
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Not only has North Korea tested two additional missiles, just one day after it conducted its second nuclear test. It may be testing additional missiles tomorrow.
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The US Census Bureau has found that communities across the United States are redefining the meaning of “visible minority".
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On May 14, a small plane towing a banner flew over thousands of Tamil protesters in downtown Toronto with a warning to Canadians “Protect Canada, Stop Tamil Tigers." The same banner was seen hanging over a bridge spanning the Don Valley Parkway.
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If you think you're saving money, downloading your favourite television shows and movies, be prepared to start paying up one way or the other.
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In May of 2007, Siberian reindeer farmer Yuri Khudi was tending to his herd when he noticed something on a sandbank in the Yuribei River.
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Bailouts, a housing crisis, pirates, and the swine flu have marked the first 110 days of the Obama administration. Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Gala was an opportunity for the new and beleaguered president to throw some punches.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis will be making the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday, May 11, 2009.
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This past Friday’s reboot of the Star Trek movie series is testament to the power of high quality big Hollywood productions and a blow to low-quality CAM "releases".
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