Aug. 29 – Sept. 4 – In the news

Is life worth living?

Finance Minister, Toronto Mayor honour scholarship recipients (video)

Ont. Liberals accuse Tim Hudak of links to ‘extremist’ Tea Party

Libertarian principles about marriage

Astronomers find a 13 billlion-year-old star that shouldn’t exist

Using public transport when visiting Toronto

Profile of new Canadian Liberal interim leader Bob Rae

Medium is the new small at some Tim Hortons locations in Ontario

Conservative Catholics say Galileo was wrong, geocentric is right

Aug. 22 – Aug. 28 – In the news

In Photos: Canadian NDP Leader Jack Layton’s procession, funeral

International scientists discover alien planet made of diamond

Hundreds still coming to Toronto City Hall to honour Jack Layton

Republican Congressman Ron Paul raises more military money than U.S. President

Black hole devours star one million times the mass of our sun

Ontario Minister of Transportation speaks on PRESTO cards on GO Transit

Academy Award winner Jane Fonda promotes latest book ‘Prime Time’

Would aliens attack humanity because of global warming?

Aug. 15 – Aug. 21 – In the news

No political ads before an election? Ontario NDP wants controls

An overview of Facebook’s Messenger for Mobile app

An overview of the next three FIFA World Cup hosts

Wrap Your Brain Around It: IBM unveils cognitive computer chips that mimic brain

New study says Earth, moon could be younger than first estimated

Street performers busking for epilepsy at 12th Toronto BuskerFest (videos)

Report: Republican Congressman Paul Ryan considering presidential bid

Reports of Quebec Premier’s death a hoax, Le Devoir hacked

Outline some Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty election promises this year

MediaNews Group announces paywalls for 23 newspapers in the U.S.

The search for alien life continues, donations revive SETI

Aug. 8 – Aug. 14 – In the news

Naughty & Nice: Village embraces its sexual side at Toronto fair

Thousands remember India’s independence, event met with protests

Republican Tim Pawlenty ends US presidential bid after straw poll

Part of Yonge subway line shut down in Toronto, creates delays

Plot summary: Blithe Spirits, by Noel Coward

Chinese authorities find 22 more fake Apple Stores in Kunming

Planet blacker than coal, the size of Jupiter discovered by Kepler spacecraft

Toronto Mayor receives more death threats on Twitter, Facebook

An overview of video scams on Facebook

Plot summary: An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen

Researchers find that Earth does not need a moon to maintain complex life

Canada’s Liberals up in the polls, NDP, Tories take a minor dip

A look at Kenneth Branagh’s directing career

Study finds teen Facebook addicts can develop narcissism

Aug. 1 – Aug. 7 – In the news

Inside the World Wide Web’s 20th anniversary

Inside NASA’s historic $1.1 billion Juno mission to Jupiter

SpaceX Founder plans to make humanity a multi-planetary species

Vladimir Putin labels the United States as an economic ‘parasite’

Physicists to conduct first observational test of the multiverse

Did 2012 Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich pay for Twitter followers?

Compromised Twitter accounts tweeting work-from-home spam scams

Apple manufacturer to replace workers with 300,000 robots by 2012

Lt. Gov. of Ontario commemorates John Graves Simcoe, Emancipation (videos)