Sherene Chen-See
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Joined on Mar 14, 2012
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Today, rapper Macklemore and his music partner Ryan Lewis became the first duo in Billboard's 55-year history to have their first two singles hit #1 on the Hot 100 chart.
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Ottawa -
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter will be meeting to discuss changes to the Criminal Code as it relates to the Rehtaeh Parsons case.
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I first heard "Can't Hold Us" this month but it's actually been out since 2011. The single is now taking the music charts by storm. The video, directed independently by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, was released today and it's destined to become a huge hit.
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CNN's sympathy for the Steubenville rapists, which has inspired public outrage, has been compared to a 2011 satire video from The Onion, showing how a jock overcame the 'trauma' of raping a girl in his dorm room.
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The man who is accused of murdering and dismembering Montreal student Jun Lin, videotaping the incident and posting it on the Internet, now wants all members of the public banned from his upcoming hearing.
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Many families in Ontario send their children to a Catholic high school because they like the school or it is closer to home. However, if those families are not Catholic, should their children be obligated to take religion classes?
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In what can only be considered a case of misguided political correctness, some critics have called a new Volkswagen ad racist, because it contains white and Asian actors speaking with a Jamaican accent and 'getting happy.'
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A recent study has found that, between 2001 to 2010, pediatric ADHD diagnoses jumped 67% in blacks, 60% in Hispanics, and 30% in whites, yet they remained unchanged and low in Asians and Pacific Islanders.
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Could ADHD stimulant drugs be slowing your son's growth or delaying his pubertal development? A new study suggests this may be the case.
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Toronto -
Ontario teachers' work-to-rule action has affected students for months now, as teachers have been refusing to lead extracurricular activities. So a group of Toronto students banded together to independently publish their school newspaper.
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I'm not going to pretend to be an expert in psychiatry. But the proposed DSM-V - the bible of psychiatric diagnosis - seems fundamentally flawed to me. Can someone convince me this upcoming edition is not turning psychiatric diagnosis into a crock?
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A national poll shows that while one-third of high school and college students grew up with a gun in the home, 60% are planning or considering gun ownership when they move out on their own.
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Toronto -
Zellers, a Canadian retail icon for decades, announced in 2011 that US retailer, Target, will be taking over their 220 stores. Ever since, Zellers has been winding down for their eventual demise. But it turns out one store will remain open in Toronto.
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Doctors have been treating the potentially fatal Clostridium difficile infection by transplanting donated healthy poop; however, many patients are turned off by that idea. A new study shows fake feces may be just as effective at stopping this bacteria.
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Toronto -
In contrast to the unfortunate subway incidents in New York last month, yesterday a Toronto college student rescued a man who had fallen onto the tracks, with a train coming toward them.
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Les Misérables is a triumph on the big screen, with stellar performances by Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, and many others. But the one who took my breath away was relative unknown Samantha Barks, who played the lovely Éponine.
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Toronto -
This hilarious parody was made by Toronto medical residents studying obstetrics and gynecology at Sunnybrook Hospital's maternity ward. Unfortunately, one women's group took offense and it was removed from the official hospital site.
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Port-of-spain -
A 24-year-old Trinidadian man was in such a rage after finding out there was no food in the house, he turned against his five-day-old baby, Jinayah, chewing off her cheek and part of her leg.
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After much anticipation, I finally had the opportunity to watch Spike Lee's documentary, Bad 25, about Michael Jackson's historic album. And what a treat it was!
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A man recently found one of his ex-girlfriend's unused pregnancy tests in his apartment. As a joke, he took the test. Much to his surprise, it turned out positive. Little did he know at the time, but this test may have saved his life.
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