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Yahoo Eats Up Attention From The Onion

It could be an act of misdirection - “here, watch the funny man while we fire you one by one!” - but things nonetheless took a lighthearted turn at Yahoo when Peter Koechley, Managing Editor of The Onion, came to visit.

Yahoo Creates Canarope

Never mind that, at their closest tips, Canada and Europe are over 1,500 miles apart; in Yahoo’s mind, they’re pretty much one and the same.

MySpace Goes Mobile In Great White North

Social networking site MySpace has formed an exclusive partnership with Rogers Wireless, Canada's largest wireless services provider to offer MySpace to Roger Wireless customers on select mobile phones.

Google Finance For Canada Plays Peek-a-boo

Google Finance Canada is coming!  Actually, an announcement may have stated that it was already here, but the Official Google Blog has been updated to say, “Oops.  We hit the button too soon.  Watch for news about Google Finance in Canada next Tuesday.”

Canada Is Not A Piracy Haven

American movie and music interests have pressured Canadian authorities on the adoption of copyright laws similar to ones in the US. Painting Canada as a piracy haven, however, does not seem to reflect reality.

Canadians Embrace Web 2.0

Social networking and blogging among Canadian Internet users is not just for young adults according to a new poll by TNS Canadian facts.

Facebook's Popularity Climbs In Canada

While writing this article, I searched for “Facebook” on the American Google News site.  That’s all - just “Facebook.”  Yet four of the first six results came from Canada, and this illustrates a new trend: our neighbors to the north are becoming big fans of the social networking site.

Yahoo oneSearch Packs Bags For Canada, Europe

This past week, The Today Show has been running its annual “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” segment.  Matt traveled to five different countries (including the U.S., which seems like cheating), but Yahoo’s got him beat: Yahoo oneSearch just went “live in beta” in six.

Search Engine Crosses Canadian At Border

Canadian psychotherapist Andrew Feldmar had an unpleasant experience when he tried to cross the border into the U.S. last summer.

Canadian Sues The Messenger

Wayne Crookes, a former campaign manager of the Green Party of Canada, is suing Google, Wikipedia and openpolitics.ca for libel. He is suing the sites for posting made by anonymous users on Google's Blogspot, for an entry under his name on Wikipedia, and on openpolitics.ca, a political forum run by Michael Pilling a Green Party activist.