• Before his death, Ivan Noble received his fair share of bad news from doctors. “He felt strongly that the medical profession needed to work on its techniques for breaking bad news – what he called ‘the shoe problem’.” Dr. Kettlewell,…

  • If this was Ananova, it would fit in the quirky news section, but the BBC keeps a straight face telling the story: Several people were hurt in the crush as thousands flocked to the midnight opening of Ikea’s newest store.…

  • Tonight, the Brit Awards are happening in London. Tomorrow night, the awards show will be televised. Hey, what a good reason to get together and have a party! Between that and a friend finding a (much-needed) new job, I can…

  • I sort-of borrowed-and-adapted this from Girl Afraid because I’m a bit too braindead and bored today to write a proper entry, even though I’ve got tons of things I *want* to write about later. THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT…

  • I got pooheaded on my own blog last night it seems. *hangs head in shame* At the end of my Trillium post, there was an added “PS – I am a poopoohead” that was definitely not part of the original…

  • I spotted this bit of news on a fellow Canadian’s website. Good to see the Ontario government is spending its funds and time resources wisely. The McGuinty Government, in what has got to be the biggest money-waster of their term…

  • Yep, I’m a sellout, I’ve added Google Ads to my site. *hangs head in shame* I’m not expecting to make millions, I’m doing it more out of curiosity to see what kind of results I’ll get out of it. So……

  • This BBC Article on the habits of employees in the British workplace made me smirk since my office mirrors the syndrome so well. The findings of catering firm Avenance aren’t surprising; the better we eat, the more we take healthy…

  • This snippet of interesting information was found through Treehugger‘s blog. Prêt à Manger is a popular chain in big cities like Manhattan, Hong Kong and London. I only recently found out that their tasty food is also grown according to…

  • I’m in love with the new look of my blog! With Andrew’s fantastic help, we’ve just created the latest incarnation of thatcanadiangirl. I love it, love it, love it!!! What do you think?