Plus when exactly Western civilization was horn, how a hunch of moronic teens got rich playing online poker, and the very strange world of AntarcticaBy MICHAEL PETROU, Brian Bethune, JESSICA ALLEN, ANDREW STOBO SNIDERMAN, DAFNA IZENBERG, KEN MACQUEEN9 min
Caught trying to mimic the latest hot product, the world’s richest and most powerful tech firms can’t seem to dream up anything genuinely newBy CHRIS SORENSEN8 min
MARTIN SHORT, 62, is popping up everywhere these days, from hosting Saturday Night Live’s Christmas show to pitching Lay’s potato chips in a Super Bowl ad. A profile in Vanity Fair canonized the veteran of SCTV and SNL as “Hollywood’s most beloved comedian.”By Brian D. Johnson8 min
The article outlining the economic misfortunes set to befall Canadians if pipelines aren’t constructed soon to connect bitumen to outside markets was informative in many ways (Oil sands bust, Business, Feb. ll). Only half the story was told, however.
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