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America's Trend-Setter in Music: Atlanta

Matt Cantor — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:16:58 CDT

Researchers have combed online data to determine which cities set the trend for music listeners—and the results are surprising. In North America, Atlanta residents are ahead of the curve with their playlists for new music overall and hip-hop in particular, while Montreal is tops for indie tunes, Time reports....

NYC Mob Boss Found Dead in Canada

Rob Quinn — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:54:35 CST

The criminal career of former New York City mob boss Salvatore Montagna came to an end in a frigid river in suburban Montreal yesterday. The body of the 40-year-old former chief of the Bonanno crime family, known as "Sal the Ironworker," was found after a witness said they heard gunshots...

Montreal Biz School Sorry for Blackface Rally

Matt Cantor — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:01 CDT

A Montreal business school has apologized after its students were spotted in blackface. As part of a freshmen event, the students dressed as Jamaican athletes as they reportedly chanted, “Smoke more weed.” A passing student from another school saw the event and caught it on video; it made headlines across...

Newest Flash Mob: Breastfeeding Moms

Nick McMaster — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:55:05 CST

Not every Facebook-inspired flash mob is about toppling governments: A recent one in Canada has set off a national debate on women's right to breastfeed in public, reports AOL News . It began when a mother in Montreal got kicked out of a kids' store after she had discreetly begun feeding...

Canada Bans Pam's PETA Ad

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:27:00 CDT

Pamela Anderson managed to get her PETA ad banned in Canada without even going naked. She was in Montreal to unveil the pro-vegetarian ad, in which she wears a bikini while marked up like a piece of meat, but officials denied the event a permit because, they say, the ad...

Hollywood Goes Ga-Ga Over Iron Baby Spoof

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:45:34 CDT

A slick YouTube spoof of Iron Man featuring a metal-clad, space-soaring, bunny-busting baby is attracting the attention of Hollywood money men. The special effects tour de force Iron Baby grabbed 3.5 million views in a mere week and two offers from Tinseltown. The star of the 70-second video is...

US Blocks Flight From Paris, Passenger Busted

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:27:51 CDT

A passenger wanted in the US was arrested after a flight from Paris en route to Mexico was denied access to American airspace and diverted to Canada. The Aero Mexico flight landed in Montreal, where the man was removed and placed under arrest. The remaining passengers were re-screened and allowed...

At Summit, World Leaders Pledge to Help Haiti Rebuild

Nick McMaster — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:48:14 CST

World leaders at an international summit in Montreal today agreed that rebuilding Haiti will take decades. In fact, "rebuilding" is hardly the word—if successful, the state envisioned by envoys to the conference will bear little resemblance to pre-earthquake Haiti. Canadian PM Stephen Harper said the world community must commit...

Cancer Takes Singer Kate McGarrigle, 63

Will McCahill — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:49:57 CST

Singer Kate McGarrigle, best known for her folky collaborations with sister Anna, and mother of singers Rufus and Martha Wainwright, died today of cancer in her native Montreal at age 63. The sisters sang in both English and French, and, “in terms of folk music internationally, she was an icon,...