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Canadian government under fire in case of drowned Syrian toddler

September 4, 2015 admin brother, family, government-came, julie-gordon, stephen-harper, the-family, under-fire, vancouver

By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada’s Conservative government came under fire on Thursday after it emerged that the family of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach had wanted to emigrate to Canada, rattling Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s re-election bid.

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Students at Washington’s Howard University complain about mold, rats

September 3, 2015 publisher concerns, discuss-their, government-came, hashtag, high-tuition, julie-gordon, school, stephen-harper, students-first, the-family, the-issues, the-school, under-fire, vancouver

Officials at Howard University on Thursday met with students who have been complaining about rats, mold, high tuition and other issues at the school, one of the oldest historically black U.S. colleges

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PlentyOfFish for Match.com owner at $575 million

July 14, 2015 publisher chief-executive, grew-the-site, internet, match-com, million-users, mobile-devices, the-increasing, the-services, vancouver, while-running

IAC/InterActive Corp’s Match Group, which owns Match.com, agreed to buy dating website PlentyOfFish for $575 million to push deeper into the lucrative mobile-based dating business, ahead of its planned public listing. Canada-based PlentyOfFish was launched in 2003 and has over 90 million registered users worldwide, 80 percent of whom access the services on mobile devices, according to its website. The company’s founder and Chief Executive Markus Frind grew the site to 10 million users on his own while running the company out of his Vancouver apartment.