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Extra, Extra: Elizabeth Taylor, Internet Nudity, and Walmart

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The King Edward Hotel. Photo by {a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrix_feet/1144835086/"}Metrix X{/a}, from the {a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/torontoist/pool/"}Torontoist Flickr Pool{/a}.

  • Remember when Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor shacked up together at the King Edward Hotel? It was in 1964, and yes, some of Toronto was scandalized.
  • Toronto-based software developer 500px just got booted from the iOS app store for violating Apple’s no-boobs policy. [Via Edward Keenan]
  • As Target gets ready to open its first few Canadian locations, it’s looking like at least one other big-box retailer wants in on the expansion fun. Get ready for a few more Walmarts.

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  • Bytowner

    The WalMart incursion is no less in effect elsewhere in Canada. Gloucester Centre Mall in Ottawa, for example.