Canada wins short-track silver, yay =)

Canada has its sixth medal of the Winter Olympics Games.

Marianne St-Gelais of Montreal captured a silver medal Wednesday night in the women’s 500 metre short-track event.

Canada now has two gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympics.

UN rights chief says lack of progress in Sri Lanka investigations

{TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 03:43 GMT]
Recent statement in Dublin by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navaneetham Pillai, that national investigations in Sri Lanka “have not worked so far,” and Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse’s interview to the BBC, where Mr Rajapakse said that “he would not allow any war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka,” are two forceful statements with enough legal weight to satisfy the basic requirement of international law mandating “complementarity,” legal sources in Washington said. International law permits International bodies to step-in to conduct investigations on war-crimes in Sri Lanka, as the opportunities given to Sri Lanka to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed by its armed forces have been exhausted, legal sources added.

Sri Lanka massacred up to 40,000 Tamil civilians – former UN official

Sri Lanka’s military massacred as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final onslaught against the Liberation Tigers in 2009, according to a former United Nations official with detailed knowledge of events, press reports said. The former United Nations’ spokesperson in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss, has resigned from the UN after 14 years and returned home to Australia, where he was interviewed by ABC News. “He’s now free to speak openly about the situation in Sri Lanka, for the first time and does so candidly and unflinchingly,” the media agency said.

Saudi religious police kick off no-red-goods campaign to enforce Valentine’s Day ban

The Saudi religious police launched Thursday a nationwide crackdown on stores selling items that are red or in any other way allude to the banned celebrations of Valentine’s Day, a Saudi official said. Members of the feared religious police were inspecting shops for red roses, heart-shaped products or gifts wrapped in red, and ordering storeowners to get rid of them, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

DNA Suggests Even Ancient Man Had Baldness Issues

Omg, is that my hair? How many times have you said that after you washed your hair, or combed your hair? I know I’ve lost count, but here’s a piece of information, even our preceders in the North have had baldness issues. I thought this was pretty interesting, I mean, the technology that is place today is phenomenal! Thousands of years ago, you could not even know what you looked liked, let alone the people who lived before, but technology has made this possible. So next time you shed hair, blame it on the climate in Canada. (The earwax, I’m not too sure about)

CUTSA presents ‘Kalai Vizha 2010’

“This year’s ‘Kalai Vizha’ will feature many different forms of Tamil arts such as classical dances, drama, and musical performances,”commented Niranjan Bala, current president of CUTSA. ” Many students at CUTSA have been working tirelessly to bring out ‘Kalai Vizha’ a successful and entertaining event. We also have wide support of the Tamil community in Ottawa. We believe this will be a memorable event for all Tamils in Ottawa,”he further added.

UTSG TSA PRESENTS: “HOOPS FOR HAITI”

As all of you aware, the country of Haiti has been hit with a devastating disaster. It has not only taken the lives of thousands of people, but has broken the country. In times of struggle, we must unite in one accord and help those who are in need.

Google Street View boon for real estate agents

What are your feelings on Google Streetview? Is it a good thing, or is a bad thing? It’s nice when you’re finding directions, I mean, you actually know what to look out for, and how things look – but too much loss of privacy? Now, if I tell anyone my address, they know exactly where I live, what my house looks like, what my area looks like, I mean, that’s a bit too much information for me to be comfortable with. But, I got to admit, it’s pretty cool nonetheless! (And, I thought with Facebook I lost all my privacy) But, it helped the real estate market, that’s a good thing right?

Banned from Tim Hortons

Imagine if you went to school one day, and had a 3hr-class at 8:30, then had to study, and had class again at 2:30, then at 7:00. Sounds do-able right if you have coffee and the right mindset, well, imagine this WITHOUT coffee. Anyone getting a little dizzy besdies myself? Well, this man was banned from Tim Hortons for dissing their coffee. You can read the full article, but these are some excerpts below: