Jimmy Wales calls for people to sign petition against extradition of Richard O'Dwyer
Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales is joining the call for Richard O’Dwyer extradition to stopped. O’Dwyer is be to extradited to the United States for alleged crimes committed in the UK by a website he ran. The charges are criminal infringement of copyright and conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.…
A British major who fought side by side with the Japanese in 1945, winning the MC
It’s not every British officer who wins a Military Cross for serving along the Japanese in 1945. Major Philip Malins MBE MC, then a captain in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC), did just that in fighting along side the Gurkhas and Japanese infantry to resupply French…
Remember Winamp? It's 15
A screenshot of Winamp 1.006 There was a time before iTunes, a time before VLC, when listening to MP3’s could only be done using Windows Media Player or RealPlayer – both of which sucked even more than they do now. There was no such time as “playlists”…
Remember Winamp? It's 15
A screenshot of Winamp 1.006 There was a time before iTunes, a time before VLC, when listening to MP3’s could only be done using Windows Media Player or RealPlayer – both of which sucked even more than they do now. There was no such time as “playlists”…
Canada ranks in the bottom hard for freedom of information
The Canadian government’s refusal to modernize freedom of information laws means we’re now 51st in the world on a list rating 89 countries with freedom of information laws. We’re behind Mexico, The United States, Columbia, and Uganda among others. Our score on the report compiled by Halifax-based Centre…
Corporal Joy Francis of Burlington was presented with Meritorious Service Medal
Governor General David Johnston awarded 43 military decorations at Rideau Hall yesterday. Included in the recipients is a Burlington native, Corporal Joy Francis. The MSM is a decoration normally reserved for senior officers, and some senior non-commissioned. It is rarely given to non-officers, especially of such low rank…
Gawker smacksdown New York Times, only to be smacked-down in their comments
I rather enjoy Gawker articles, but I don’t actually follow the site and only visit when I link from someone’s tweet. On Thursday, media types went wild with glee linking to the Gawker smackdown of NYT’s profile of two rich teens. It’s an amusing read, drooling with sarcasm…
Toronto Star columnist notes Hamilton Spectator error
The Hamilton Spectator confused the name of a new restaurant in an article announcing the restaurant’s plans to hire. The restaurant’s name Sarcoa was mistakenly reported as Sarcoma – a type of cancer. It was noted on Poynter and then today in TheSpec’s mother paper The Toronto Star…
Hamilton to display pictures of former mayors in City Hall
Hamilton City Hall The city’s municipal heritage committee approved a request from the city government to allow minor renovations within City Hall to build racks for hanging the pictures of the city’s past mayors and current council. The request required the heritage committee’s consent due to the…
University of Ottawa student challenges mandatory student unionism
Tabaret Hall at the University of Ottawa. A University of Ottawa student [is going to court](http://cupwire.ca/articles/52835) in an attempt to leave his student union.It all began as an attempt to stop receiving emails from his student union and could become a…