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Extra, Extra: Ford Improves From Worst to Worse, Canada’s E-book Market Fills Up
- Did Rob Ford unfollow Keith Olbermann on Twitter or something? The Countdown host appears to have it out for our mayor, after including him again this week on his Worst Persons list. Ford earned a bronze or “Worse” distinction this time around for not ordering the police to release the 911 tapes that could vindicate him.
- If you’re like us, you’re always searching for hot webcam feeds. Whether it’s sexy shots of a hallway outside the office of Shawnee County treasurer Larry Wilson you’re lusting after, or thrice-a-minute views of the inside of a Liverpool bar, Atlantic Cities has you covered with their list of 10 addictive urban webcams.
- Each event in the Toronto In Question Lecture Series, hosted by U of T’s Cities Centre, digs into an issue the city is facing. In October, Toronto Lands Corporation CEO Shirley Hoy and Dr. Enid Slack, director of the Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance, discussed the city’s financial situation, tasked with answering the question “Is Toronto broke?” Watch the event here.
- As home to scores of authors, publishers, and book retailers, Toronto should take note of the Google eBookstore’s arrival in Canada this week. Curious about how this tech behemoth will fare in Canada’s book retail market, Navneet Alang did some digging for Toronto Standard and found that our country’s regionality could present Google with some challenges.
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