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Labatt Breweries got a little testy after the Montreal Gazette recently ran a photo on its website plucked from the Facebook page of Luka Magnotta in which the Toronto-born man accused of sending dismembered body parts to Canadian politicians is seen clearly cradling a bottle of Labatt Blue. Naturally, the brewer wasn’t exactly thrilled at appearing to be the drink of choice of an (alleged) psychopathic killer and responded by sending a letter to the Gazette demanding the paper take the photo down— threatening legal action if it failed to do so (Labatt said the image is “highly denigrating” to its brand—shocker). The newspaper, for its part, noted it had no intention of complying with Labatt’s request, and Labatt decided to drop the suit after being widely criticized and mocked for it. Of course, the non-Gazette-reading population probably never would’ve seen the photo had Labatt not threatened to sue—but, ironically, we’re pretty sure it has now. We figure Labatt had thought of that possibility already, and probably just wanted to put some distance between its signature beer and the (alleged) killer that likes to drink it. Right? [The Canadian Press]
The smell of an old book. The heft of a thick novel. The sensation of turning the last page of a ripping yarn with a freshly licked index finger. It’s all a bit silly, and kind of gross.
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When Dalton McGuinty suggested in September 2010 that cellphones and tablets might have useful educational applications, he was savaged by both the press and his political opponents. The Toronto Sun called the idea a “terrible” surrender to already tech-addled kids who want to use gadgets only for Facebook. The National Post likened it to welcoming cigarettes and sharp objects into class. Even Wired magazine panned the idea of gadgets in school as “premature,” citing the potential for distraction, cyber-cheating and a digital divide between kids with the latest gear and kids without. The Ontario Tories picked up all the outrage and ran with it, slamming the notion as “absurd,” a prime example of just how out of touch McGuinty was, and asking, “Shouldn’t our kids be learning math and science instead?” They went on to suggest that if McGuinty gets his way, we will soon have “sexting” in our classrooms. 
One of the essays in your new book argues that privacy has become an endangered species. Can you explain?
