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Friday May 09, 2008

Columnist Konrad Yakabuski

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Ad campaign leaves a bad aftertaste

Suggestive posters for high-fat Pogos aimed at adolescent boys


Ad campaign leaves a bad aftertaste

The corn dogs of my youth entered my consciousness - and stomach - precisely once a year when the midway came to town. It all ended badly one summer with a turn on The Spider. It didn't matter that I'd been told a hundred times: I learned the hard way that breaded wieners fried in fat were best not consumed before the ride.


Meet the heavy lifters of Quebec's airwaves Lock

Rémillard duo jostle polite world of broadcasting


Meet the heavy lifters of Quebec's airwaves Lock

You don't need to turn to the sports pages to find out who won last night's Canadiens-Flyers match-up. Specialty channel Le Reseau des Sports (RDS) has been so dominating the ratings in Quebec of late, it was a shoo-in before the puck even dropped.


As Cuba gets busy, Canada misses out Lock Comment3

Communist Cuba is open for business like never before, but it's Los Yakis who are lining up at the door


As Cuba gets busy, Canada misses out Lock

If Communist Cuba is open for business - as its seems like never before to be under new president Raul Castro - then Canadian companies should be the first through the door, right?


Quebec's low tuition a double-edged sword Lock

Quebec would have to plow $300-million more annually into higher education to meet Canadian average


Quebec's low tuition is a double-edged sword Lock

There are times when Heather Munroe-Blum would no doubt prefer that what goes on behind the Roddick Gates stays behind the Roddick Gates. Those unseemly hazing incidents and Playboy spreads only serve to cheapen the Ivy-like brand value of Montreal's McGill University.


'Mad Max' and the mangled message Lock Comment304

Maxime Bernier is taking heat for his Afghanistan gaffe, leaving some wondering whether he can handle the sensitive Foreign Affairs job


Future China of the Caribbean? Comment21


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