Friday, at the time of writing, was the start of the Winter Olympics, so naturally Canada’s trending topics were SeaBus and Lonsdale Quay, not #Olympics. Apparently public transit is a bigger issue in Vancouver than a worldwide event. Nanaimo resident @sema4 cracked: “I love the fact that SeaBus and Lonsdale Quay [...]
Haiti remained a trending topic on the social web as the focus slowly shifted from disaster to rescue and aid.
Numerous fundraisers are ramping up, from George Clooney’s Hope for Haiti Now to grassroots efforts such as Calgary’s yyc4haiti.com.
Meanwhile, DigitalJournal.com reported Canada was attempting to take a lead role in Haiti’s reconstruction: … more on The [...]
The Twitterverse exploded Friday morning on the news that U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush. Some tweets linked to comments by previous recipient Lech Walesa who, in an act of not-so-Solidarnosc, sniffed “Who? What? So fast?”
Equally important on the world stage of Twitter was the [...]
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