Tag: TORONTO

You may have seen this clip of Toronto Police Const. Adam Josephs threatening G20 protester Courtney Winkels for blowing bubbles at a rally in June. The young woman puts her bubbles away after Josephs forcefully tells her, "If the bubble touches me, you're going to be arrested for assault." (She was, nevertheless, arrested shortly later.) The video hit YouTube back in July, and Josephs immediately ...

Netflix's high-profile Canadian launch attracted a sizable crowd of enthusiastic consumers yesterday. As it turns out, however, many of the "consumers" who showed up for the Toronto event were actually paid actors. As the Globe and Mail reports, the online video rental and streaming company has now admitted to having paid extras to show up and "play types, for example, mothers, film buffs, ...

If you happen to be looking for a cheap flight on Virgin America this summer, you might want to spend a bit more time on Twitter. The airline, in collaboration with Twitter analytics service Klout, is now offering a free flight to anyone who has serious influence on the micro-blogging site. Klout determines a user's influence by analyzing several variables -- including an individual's followers, ...