CBCNews.ca blog watch
CBCNews.ca stories generating the most discussion on blogs in the past week.
CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites - links will open in new window.
- 1.
- Delta denies talks with United
- 33 new links from 8 blogs. View All »
- " Red Wings clip Capitals in shootout Pavel Datsyuk had three assists as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Monday night. CBC - Dec 17th 2007 7:51pm - 0 comments" — TCF - Hockey News
- 2.
- Winter storm wallops N.L. after pummelling Maritimes, Ont., Que.
- 6 new links from 6 blogs. View All »
- "I have received this email from by brother Mark, who resides in the city of Montreal, in La Belle Province of Quebec: OK, the guy who invented the saying "you don't have to shovel it (rain)" had it right... I don't know how much snow we got (and are still getting), but my roof is gonna cave in, not to mention every muscle in my body from shovelling about 100,000 pounds of snow. How much snow? Well, when you push it off the deck, it goes up, not down! So much snow the monster tractor" — johnny maudlin's dilemma: to blog or not to blog
- 3.
- Blizzard that walloped Ont., Que., heads to Eastern Canada
- 6 new links from 6 blogs. View All »
- "s 4:25am. I�m going to Toronto today on business. The plane leaves at 6:30am. I have a flu: my throat is sore, nose is running, and I�m coughing. I can hear the wind blowing outside the window from the storm that recently passed by, which may delay the planes. I�m going to call a taxi in about 30 minutes for the ride to the airport. I don�t want to go. *sigh*" — Steel White Table
- 4.
- Good Samaritans renovate pregnant widow's Alberta home in 7.5 hours
- 5 new links from 5 blogs. View All »
- "242[IMG Good Samaritans renovate pregnant widow's home] Good Samaritans renovate pregnant widow's home" — plime.com : popular links
- 5.
- Facebook sues Ont. porn company over alleged hacking
- 4 new links from 4 blogs. View All »
- " to protect consumers more effectively from dangerous products, in part by holding importers more accountable for the goods they bring in. Christmas isn't going to be the same without the traditional lead-laden toys and minor brain damage. Facebook is suing a Toronto porn company for allegedly trying to hack their databases and steal info about members. Istra Holdings, trade name SlickCash, is being accused of making multiple attempts to break into Facebook's systems. You know, it's stuff like this that makes people think" — Torontoist
- 6.
- Ontario reactor restarts; isotope shipments expected within days
- 4 new links from 4 blogs. View All »
- ". Late Wednesday, the Senate passed the legislation. On Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he had accepted the resignation of Michael Burns, chair of the AECL, and appointed Glenna Carr, a former Ontario senior bureaucrat, to replace him. -- cbc.ca" — R32Argent
- 7.
- Nude St. John's waterfront TV shoot attracts 50
- 4 new links from 4 blogs. View All »
- "to finish this challenge of mine successfully, so if you live on open water, don't be surprised to see a crazy paddler launching into the storm! Update! A related story to my previous post on Canada's approach to Global Warming was written up here. It seems some of the ever-tough souls of St John's, Newfoundland braved it all the other day to defy the coming effects of greenhouse gases. Check them out (viewer discretion advised if your mental age is less than it should be...)!" — Canadian Ckayaker
- 8.
- Ottawa costs pile up after record-setting snowfall
- 3 new links from 3 blogs. View All »
- " for all the rest. As for tomorrow: At 8:30, we�ll be joined over the phone by Kate Van Slyck of the Amethyst Women�s Addiction Centre as part of our ongoing series on Ottawa community organizations. It�s December 18th. Do you know where your snow removal budget is? Ottawa to close Swantanamo Bay, release Swans to someone else. Zero may not mean zero, but good science still means no crackpipes. Baird agrees to binding targets at bali. WTFBBQ? Another �scandal" — Mike Powell Fanclub
- 9.
- Acclaimed biographer, feminist Diane Middlebrook dies
- 3 new links from 3 blogs. View All »
- "Sam Sacks on Marilynne Robinson. (via Scott) Longass Q&A with Andrew Wylie. (via Sarah) A Bookninja interview with Tom McCarthy. And related Tintin vs. Remainder comparison. (former link via Conadlamo) RIP Diane Middlebrook. Heather Mills is too focused on �charity work� to write a sex book. Insert Benny Hill-like insinuation here. Scott Timberg�s article on whether 2007 has been a bad book year has been widely linked and I may respond at length to Timberg" — Edward Champion’s Return of the Reluctant
- 10.
- Mourners upset at decision to cancel public funeral for slain Ont. girl
- 3 new links from 3 blogs. View All »
- "will be the next episode on Little Mosque on the Prarie?? You know.. the feel good friendly show about your local neighbourhood terrorist family and how they are 'kind' and how we should all love them and ignore what they do?? Yeah.. that one. K. "Her family moved this funeral because of you. Just get out of the mosque."" — The Human Bean
- 11.
- White Rose expansion could be worth $6B: Williams
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- " "This project could be worth more than $6 billion to the people of the province," Williams told reporters Monday"." — Feltham Rambles
- 12.
- Former Black confidant Radler gets 29-month term
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- " to jail for 29 months." — Western Standard
- 13.
- Ottawa mayor against crack pipe program despite hep C study
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- " as part of our ongoing series on Ottawa community organizations. It�s December 18th. Do you know where your snow removal budget is? Ottawa to close Swantanamo Bay, release Swans to someone else. Zero may not mean zero, but good science still means no crackpipes. Baird agrees to binding targets at bali. WTFBBQ? Another �scandal� in the works? In other news, Noted lifelong liberal suggests ill of the mother corp on a competitors political talk show. Santa writes to small children, signs" — Mike Powell Fanclub
- 14.
- Peter Puck returns on Leafs TV
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- " Click here for more. Forget what Peter sounded like? Click here for an audio file! And here he is! Haven't seen him in action in YEARS." — Brian Cormier's Blogtastic World!
- 15.
- Russia sends first nuclear shipment to Iranian plant
- 2 new links from 1 blog. View All »
- " nuclear fuel" — World Politics
- 16.
- Saudi king pardons rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes: report
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- " Saudi king pardons rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes: report" — Volconvo Debate Forums: Debating political, religious, and news-based topics
- 17.
- Dozens of insurgents killed in Afghan operation, officials say
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- "Tereh Toora, which means Operation Sharp Sword, military officials said. The soldiers also uncovered a large weapons cache. Few details were being provided but NATO officials said they did not believe any coalition forces suffered casualties....( source) Hmmmm, 50 + 42 terrorists dead, AND a large weapons cache found? Taking the fight TO the terrorists, keeping them on the run? Smells like.....VICTORY to me.....(and yes, both reports above with "just the facts, ma'am" on the Canadian msm!!)" — Tanker Brothers - Two Soldiers In The War On Terror
- 18.
- Blackstrap ski hill won't open this season, province says
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- " The government doesn't want to spend a couple hundred grand to subsidize a ski hill for a couple of months" — jordoncooper.com
- 19.
- Cruel letters from Santa prompt Canada Post to take action
- 2 new links from 2 blogs. View All »
- "mean zero, but good science still means no crackpipes. Baird agrees to binding targets at bali. WTFBBQ? Another �scandal� in the works? In other news, Noted lifelong liberal suggests ill of the mother corp on a competitors political talk show. Santa writes to small children, signs �ho! ho! hoes!� Props where props are due: NDP appears before Bouchard-Taylor Commission, sending their best star to not Ottawa on the day that Mulroney appears before Ethics Committee. WSIB to keep up with controversial (but engaging) television ads." — Mike Powell Fanclub
- 20.
- Copyright reform stokes the fires
- 2 new links from 1 blog. View All »
- " the story" — A Lying Truth