Pop Goes The News — Singer Justin Bieber asked his millions of fans Wednesday to help him shut down a gossip website run by a fellow Canadian.
In an Instagram post, Bieber declared that HollywoodLife.com — by Toronto’s Bonnie Fuller — is “untruthful and hurtful” and urged his nearly 72 million followers to “spam them and petition to shut them down.”
Pop Goes The News — Fans of the Toronto Raptors are now able to show both their pride in the team and their LGBT pride.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) this week unveiled T-shirts and hoodies with rainbow-coloured logos for all 30 teams.
Pop Goes The News — The owner of Toronto’s popular Caplansky’s Deli has vowed to fight the seizure of his flagship restaurant by his landlord.
The College Street restaurant was locked by a bailiff overnight Monday. A sign posted on the door said the lease was terminated because Caplansky’s failed “to effect repairs not authorized by the landlord.”
Pop Goes The News — The man who played Potsie on the ‘70s-‘80s series Happy Days says he’s come up with a way to wake up drowsy drivers.
Anson Williams, 66, said Monday that Alert Drops will be available to consumers this summer.
Pop Goes The News — Residents of one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations are trying to put a stop to short-term rentals offered on sites like Airbnb and Homeaway.
Even though the practice is illegal in Miami Beach, Florida — where the fine for first-time offenders was recently increased to $20,000 — hundreds of short-term rentals are listed online.
Pictured: Julien Blanc, left, and Owen Cook at a seminar in California. (via Instagram)
Pop Goes The News — Eighteen months after coming under fire in several countries around the world — including Canada — Real Social Dynamics (RSD) continues to stage its controversial seminars on how to pick up women.
The company is running a “bootcamp” in Montreal this weekend and has others scheduled for Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Calgary before the end of summer.
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