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Vancouver hookers get media training for Olympics

Vancouver hookers get media training for OlympicsMay 26th, 2009 at 5:00PM: A magnifying class will be held over Vancouver from February 12 to February 28 for the Winter Olympics, and Vancouver's prostitutes want to put their best feet forward. To prepare for the influx of business and – media onslaught – Prostitution Alternatives Counselling and Education Society (PACE) is helping the city's sex worker population understand what to expect. The Canadian ...

Update: new Canadian weighs 6 lbs and is Ugandan and (maybe) American

Update: new Canadian weighs 6 lbs and is Ugandan and (maybe) AmericanJan 1st, 2009 at 4:00PM: The Canadian born on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 yesterday is the daughter of a Ugandan ... who is also a permanent resident of the United States. So, at least we know that the newly-minted citizen of our northern neighbor is not Dutch. Sasha, the newest NWA passenger, was delivered mid-flight by Dr. Natarajan Raman and Dr. Paresh Thakker. Raman is a radiation oncologist who hadn't delivered a ...

Woman gives birth over Atlantic on New Year's Eve

Woman gives birth over Atlantic on New Year's EveJan 1st, 2009 at 12:00PM: On a flight from Amsterdam to Boston, USA Today reports that a woman of unknown nationality (though probably American or Dutch) gave birth to a Canadian while in flight. The miracle of international airspace is responsible for the citizenship, though it did not cause the underlying birth. There is no word on whether Northwest Airlines charged for the extra carry-on that materialized while Flight ...

Canada Holds Elections, Conservatives Win but Not by Enough

Canada Holds Elections, Conservatives Win but Not by EnoughOct 16th, 2008 at 12:30PM: While their neighbors to the south fret over their own upcoming trips to the polls, Canada got on with it and elected, or in many cases re-elected, its parliamentary leaders earlier this week. The results: the Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper won 16 more seats while their Liberal peers dropped 18 seats. However, the results are not enough to give Harper's party control of ...

A Canadian In Beijing: Turn Up The Volume

A Canadian In Beijing: Turn Up The VolumeMar 30th, 2007 at 8:55PM: Ember Swift is the newest member of Gadling. Over the next three months, this Canadian woman will be living in and exploring China. During her time there, she'll be posting regularly about her adventures. Check in every Wednesday and Sunday to see what China is like from a Western perspective... Beijing is less than one week away and my musician self can barely keep the volume down. My ...

Stereotypes of Tourists, from a British Perspective

Stereotypes of Tourists, from a British PerspectiveJan 22nd, 2007 at 5:02PM: Travel stereotypes always make good writing topics. On one hand, we hate stereotyping because we are told that "cultured people don't use stereotypes". On the other hand, there is no question that observations become stereotypes because they are based on accurate reality. And isn't travel supposed to be about observing reality? I came across a funny piece, entitled "The Worst Tourists in the ...

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