Facebook is facing public scrutiny from a coalition of over 50 women’s groups, media organizations and individuals working in prevention of gender-based violence.
Canadian Blood Services opens doors to gay men who never get laid
Congratulations, gay men of Canada! Come summer, Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec can accept your blood donations for the first time since 1983. That is, if you haven’t had any sex with a man for the past five years.
How to stop a bully in less than three seconds
Admittedly this method doesn’t work in all situations, but when it does it’s hilarious.
Did the Toronto Star offer $40K to crack dealers for the Rob Ford video?
By now, everyone should know the basic outline of the Rob Ford crack cocaine story: Mayor allegedly hangs out with drug dealers, does drugs, gets filmed doing drugs, then the drug dealers try to sell the video.
Justin Bieber gives the whiniest, most pretentious acceptance speech possible at Billboard awards
Justin Bieber took home three trophies at the Billboard Music Awards this weekend, proving that the world really is his oyster. He’s got youth, fame, success — what else could a guy want? More importantly, what would drive a guy to have so much self pity? “I’m 19 years old,” the Biebs said after winning [...]
A lesson from the BC election: Young people don’t vote and never will
For about a year, the British Columbia provincial election looked like a slam dunk for Adrian Dix, and even when the polls started to narrow in the final stretch, the only question on most people’s minds was how big the NDP win would be. On election night, however, Christy Clark’s Liberals swept back into power [...]
Are you excited for Google Glass porn?
Welcome to the future, y’all, where we make and watch porn with our glasses.
Very few people in New York care about Spock
Comedian Billy Eichner’s Funny or Die series Billy on the Street mostly consists of him ambushing unsuspecting New Yorkers with bizarre questions and running off the second they hesitate. Here he is with Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto.
Bell charged people for 911 services it didn’t actually offer. Hope your house didn’t burn down
A Northwest Territories Supreme Court ruling Friday orders Bell Mobility to repay customers tens of thousands of dollars for 911 emergency services it didn’t even offer. The Northwest Territories don’t actually have a 911 emergency system outside Whitehorse, with most people in the territory calling a full 10-digit phone number instead. Still, that didn’t stop [...]
This is how Russian kids play hockey (very violently)
Remember the debate about fighting in hockey? It seems that particular concern hasn’t made it to certain parts of the world. When things got rough during a Russian youth hockey game, it quickly went from minor scrap to all-out brawl, as seen in the video above. Some of the kids go flying, others get pinned [...]
Rob Ford’s first statement following crack cocaine allegations
Late Thursday night, Gawker (and later, reluctantly, the Toronto Star) reported having viewed a video showing Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. By now, everyone knows that. What we don’t know is Rob Ford’s side of the story.
Hero tortoise survived two world wars only to die after getting bitten by a rat
The oldest resident of Britain was cruelly cut down in the prime of his life at age 130. His name was Thomas and he was a giant tortoise.
Your friendly reminder that rape is still worse than a false rape accusation
Some time in late March, four young women got in a cab in Edmonton. Some or all of thema claimed to bystanders that the driver had tried to rape them. The case was cleared up quickly, because the driver had a camera in his cab that recorded the entire ride and the not rape that happened. Cue internet maelstrom demanding the women’s heads.
Slaughtered bear carcass signals new level in humanity’s ongoing war
The latest casualty in humanity’s prolonged campaign against the ursine kind, the body of this unfortunate Beast was unceremoniously stuffed into a dumpster behind the car wash.
Wacky billionaire Richard Branson dressed in drag after losing a bet
“I’ve always wanted to work as cabin crew — but I’ve never had a boss, so didn’t take too well to Tony’s orders,” Branson wrote on his blog. “Moments after getting onto the flight, I ‘accidentally’ spilled a whole tray of drinks over him.”