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I am a staff writer with CTV.ca News. That operation is part of CTV News, which is of course nestled into CTV Inc. and CTVglobemedia.

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View Article  Satire round-up

John Gushue, who blogs at Dot Dot Dot, has compiled a handy little round-up of satirical sites on the Internet.

Another tidbit I saw there: Stephen Colbert will be leaving The Daily Show for his own show on Comedy Central.

Good for Stephen. Bad for Daily Show viewers. :)

View Article  Hey Montreal: Why the crappy beer scene?

Montreal's a great city in many ways, but why does its beer scene suck so badly when compared to Toronto?

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View Article  Nash to be named NBA's MVP

I don't normally care very much about sports, but I posted an excerpt from a Toronto Star column about NBA superstar (and Canadian!) Steve Nash, who might have hurt his ability to earn big marketing bucks by speaking out against the Iraq war.

Well, Mr. Nash may well be named the NBA's most valuable player, according to ESPN.

Update: And he was! This CTV.ca story has video of an interview with him on Canada AM.

View Article  Sudan editor denies dissing Muhammad

A Sudanese editor rejects charges that he questioned the parentage of the Prophet Muhammad -- an accusation that can get a person killed in deeply Muslim Sudan.

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View Article  U.S. Catholic editor tossed

The Vatican ordered the removal of the Jesuit editor of an American Catholic magazine because he criticized the church, the NYT is reporting.

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View Article  Darwinism on trial in Kansas

First, there was the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925. And in 2005, the Kansas State Board of Education is holding hearings on a proposal to require the challenging of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

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