Not Surprising! Vancouver ranked No. 2 globally for unaffordable homes

Alexandra Posadzki, The Canadian Press 
Vancouver is the second most unaffordable housing market in the world after Hong Kong, according to a new study of major property markets.

That could spell trouble for homeowners if mortgage rates rise, economists say.

"Given how high house prices are relative to household incomes, you'd only have to see a moderate increase in mortgage rates to have a really huge hit to affordability," said David Madani, Canada economist at Capital Economics.

The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey ranks real estate markets in Canada, the United States, Australia, China, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

Meet Combined Kim and Kourtney Kardashian LookAlike

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All we can say is that if reality TV stars Kim and Kourtney Kardashian could be one person, the person will look as flawless and gorgeous as this Indian model that simply goes by @Zoeraii on Instagram.

We can’t also help but think that this is probably how baby Nori will look in the next 18 years.

This model opened her Instagram page a few days ago and she already has a large following with most of her followers being avid fans of Kim Kardashian or Kourtney Kardashian or both.

UK Mother Still Breastfeeds Daughter At 6 And Won't Stop

Denise Sumpter, 44, has said she won’t stop breastfeeding her six-and-a-half years old daughter until she asks her to stop despite breastfeeding her 18-months old brother. Denise says she thinks it’s one of the reasons Belle doesn’t fall sick often. She also feels confident that she won’t be at risk of breast cancer, and says it has made her eat whatever she wants knowing she won't add weight. Belle is said to be the oldest child in the UK known to be taking her mother’s milk.

Sony Hires Life Real Olivia Pope To Salvage The Hack Crisis

Founder and President of Smith & Company, Judy Smith speaks on stage at the 2014 Massachusetts Conference for Women at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on December 4, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.  Lisa Lake/Getty Images

Ryan Kristobak | Huff
After the premiere of "The Interview" was canceled, Sony received serious criticism from moviegoers, Hollywood's hottest names and even President Obama. With all eyes on them, Sony did the only logical thing: hire Olivia Pope. At least, they hired Judy Smith, the inspiration behind Kerry Washington's "Scandal" lead, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Hired to assist Sony with the ensuing aftermath of "The Interview" and the hack, Smith previously served as President George H.W. Bush's deputy press secretary and started her own crisis management firm, Smith & Company. Smith has worked with high-profile clients like Monica Lewinsky, Wesley Snipes and Michael Vick.

Following President Obama's remarks, Sony released a statement on Friday, explaining that much of the decision was in the hands of theater owners:

Parents Boycott Church After Reverend Says Santa Is Not Real

Telegraph
Parents have spoken of their disgust after a clergywoman told children that Father Christmas is not real.

Rev Margaret McPhee made the mistake during a choir concert for primary school children from Stalham Academy, in Norfolk.

During the service at St Mary's Church in the town, the curate asked pupils what they thought Christmas was about.

When one child said "Father Christmas", she replied that he was make-believe and not real.
Angry parents posted on Facebook to express their disappointment over the incident on Monday evening.

One wrote: "Sorry my child will not attend any more church services again, she would not like it if we said there was no 'God'."

Oops! Rapper Lil Kim snapback diss at Singer K Michelle

 Singer K Michelle has been going around for a while saying rapper Lil Kim asked her to be the godmother of her child, something Lil Kim has since denied.

ForReal? Another unarmed black man shot dead after police mistook his pill bottle for gun

A Phoenix  white police officer on Tuesday December 2nd, shot dead Rumain Brisbon, a 34 year old father of four, after he mistook Brisbon's pill bottle for a gun. 

According to Phoenix police report, Brisbon was suspected of peddling hard drugs. Following a tip-off, he was approached by a 30 year old white police cop to asked him to come down from his Cadillac SUV for a search which he agreed to.

According to the police version of events, while coming down from his vehicle, Brisbon was said to have 'appeared to be removing something' from the rear seat. The officer instructed him to show his hands but instead Brisbon placed one or both hands in his waistband area before fleeing to a nearby apartment building. 

Lol! Bruce Jenner donned in nice ponytail, earrings, and new manicure

The 65 year old former Olympic athlete stepped out for grocery shopping yesterday in LA in luscious ponytail, nice French manicure, diamond earrings, and pink lip gloss.

Photo credit: X17online.com

Caption This $630/Month Curtained-Off Space In Vancouver

'I'm renting a private space in the living room," reads a Vancouver ad, posted to Craigslist on Sunday and titled "PRIVATE SPACE , GREAT APARTMENT."

ForReal! Man kills niece for listening to loud music

A teenage Pakistani girl was shot dead by her uncle following a row over loud music, police said on Tuesday.

The incident happened on Saturday in the Kallar Kahar valley in Punjab province’s Chakwal district, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the capital Islamabad, The Times of India reports.

“The girl Rehana Bibi was alone at her home and was listening to music when her uncle Muhammad Gulistan… came to her house and asked to lower the volume,” Sadat Ali, an official on duty at Kallar Kahar police station, told AFP.

“On her refusal, they quarrelled and Gulistan shot her dead,” said Ali, adding that Bibi was aged about 17.

Another police official, Ali Akbar, said they were attempting to arrest the killer.

Police said they were not aware of any family feud leading up to the attack.

In Pakistan’s highly patriarchal and often violent society, women are frequently killed over minor issues or so-called matters of “honour”.

Forreal! Pastor Kisses Female Member's Bare Butt To Pray For Them

FOH! There's absolutely no way this happened for real! (photo)

This couldn't have happened. So someone allegedly stated that a pastor of a church somewhere in the Caribbean asked his single female members to follow him to the beach where he will pray for them to find husbands. When they got to the beach, the poster alleged that the pastor asked the ladies to undress and said he needed to kiss their butts to open them up to finding their men and the ladies agreed.

Meet woman who can't stop having sex orgasms

30 year-old American, Cara Anaya, can have as many as 180 orgasms in two hours; she has been diagnosed with Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder, which means she has to endure constant arousal for up to six hours a day. The incurable disorder started 3 years ago for the mother-of-one. She said she went shopping one day and walking through the store, she suddenly found herself aroused by everything in sight, smells in the air and everything she touched. Confused, she began to panic, but the arousal continued until she fell to the floor and had multiple orgasms.

ForReal! According to MTO, Kim K secretly visited a divorce lawyer

Really? According to MTO, Kim K secretly visited a divorce lawyer. MTO claims that Kim K secretly visited a divorce lawyer in LA this week. Read their report below...

"MediaTakeOut.com just got crazy news - on the heels of Kim Kardashian's latest nude pic scandal. According to a person who works security at 2029 - Kim Kardashian visited top divorce lawyer Laura Wasser at her office earlier this week.

According to our snitch, who works as security for another company in the building, Kim arrived on Tuesday afternoon, just hours before her naked pics were released. The insider explained, "Kim drove into the building and they shut down a special elevator for her to go upstairs to the lawyers office."

It's not clear what business Kim had with the firm where TOP DIVORCE LAWYER Laura Wasser works - or why she was being so SECRETIVE about the meeting. You'll recall that Laura represented Kim in her divorce with Kris Humphries.

We'd bet she's gonna hit Kanye with that PAPERWORK real quick . . . she got all she needed out of their relationship. Now it's ON TO THE NEXT ONE . . .

ForReal? Girl Twerks In Church

       A lady in tight yellow jumpsuit seen twerking with the choir of an unnamed church in the US. 

Oops! CNN Accidentally States that Obama has Been Killed

A CNN video producer has committed a major faux pas by accidentally replacing the name “Osama” with “Obama” in the following caption “Seal who  Claims he Killed Obama Under Attack.”

According to Sydney Morning Herald, the error occurred over the weekend, during the Erin Burnett OutFront show, and the topic of discussion was Robert O’Neill, the man who recently claimed to have fired the shots that killed former Al Qaeda mastermind, Osama Bin Laden in 2011.

The wrong caption was reportedly on display for about 45 seconds before it was rectified. However, the correction came a bit too late, as viewers had already noticed the error, and publicized it on social media.

Photo Credit: Sydney Morning Herald

Truth Be Told, Michael Sona Guilty in Robocalls Trial

Michael Sona, the only person charged over misleading robocalls in Guelph, Ont. in the 2011 federal election, has been found guilty of one charge under the Elections Act. (Dave Chidley/Canadian Press)

Former Conservative staffer Michael Sona has been found guilty of using misleading calls to send Guelph, Ont., voters to the wrong polling station the day of the 2011 federal election.

Judge Gary Hearn of Ontario Superior Court said he is "fully satisfied" Sona at least aided or abetted those involved in what has become known as the robocalls scandal, though he added he believes Sona had help from one or more people. 

"The overheard conversations, Mr. Sona's inquiries of others, the matters set out in the agreed statement of facts and the disclosure in various conversations following May 2, 2011 are all factors that satisfy me beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Sona was involved with the creation and implementation of the scheme to direct voters to the wrong polling station on May 2, 2011," Hearn wrote in his verdict.

Although the evidence indicates he did not likely act alone, he was party to the offence and, as noted previously, there will be a finding of guilt registered."

Hearn found Sona, the only person charged in the case, guilty of one charge under the Elections Act. Sona will be back in court on Oct. 17 for a sentencing hearing, shortly after his 26th birthday.

He faces a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine, five years in prison, or both. 

Outside the court in Guelph, Crown prosecutor Croft Michaelson said he was pleased with the verdict and the judge's reasons, but would not directly address Hearn's belief that Sona might not have acted alone.
"We focus on one case at a time," Michaelson said when asked if he expected other trials. "I don't want to comment on what may or may not happen in the future."

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Keke Palmer Becomes First Black Cinderella

This Feb. 1, 2013 file photo shows Keke Palmer at the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Like many girls, actress and singer Keke Palmer grew up dreaming of meeting a prince who would whisk her away to a life of love and happiness. In her case, it's going to happen -- eight shows a week on Broadway.

Palmer said she'll be stepping into the title role in "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" starting Sept. 9 at the Broadway Theatre. She will become the first African-American to play the part on the Great White Way.

"It's honestly one of those things that I can't believe is really happening," Palmer said by phone Friday from her Los Angeles home. "I'm very excited. Very excited and nervous as well -- a bunch of feelings all at once."

Palmer, 21, is stepping into the sparkly shoes first worn by Tony-nominated Laura Osnes, then put on by "Call Me Maybe" Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and currently worn by Paige Faure, who launches a national tour in the title role this fall.

E-cigarettes are 'less harmful than ordinary cigarettes'

Around 1.3million Britons use battery-powered e-cigarettes. The devices work by converting liquid nicotine into a mist, allowing users to inhale the drug while avoiding the harm caused by tobacco smoke (File photo)

E-cigarettes are 'less harmful than ordinary cigarettes': Healthcare professionals may recommend smokers use them instead of cigarettes

• Long-term health effects are unknown for e-cigarettes
• Current evidence does not justify regulating them more strictly than conventional cigarettes
• Around 1.3million Britons use battery-powered e-cigarettes 
• The devices work by converting liquid nicotine into a mist 
• E-cigarettes thought healthier than normal smoking because they do not contain tobacco and carcinogens found in cigarettes

E-cigarettes cause less harm than smoking tobacco to users and bystanders, a major scientific review has concluded.

 Although the long-term health effects are unknown, current evidence does not justify regulating them more strictly than conventional cigarettes – or even as strictly.

Why raising speed limits on Canadian highways is a bad idea

Canadians concerned with road safety should be shocked that British Columbia will increase speed limits to 120 km/h on some highways. This decision begs scrutiny and flies in the face of public health, injury prevention and common sense. A recent survey in Ontario revealed that many Ontarians also favor raising speed limits to 120 km/h on some highways.

Fast driving is a serious public safety problem. Speeding increases the likelihood and severity of a crash; the laws of physics are not very forgiving to the speeding driver. The faster a vehicle is moving, the less time the driver has to react to a hazard and for other user of the road to react to that vehicle. Speed is a factor in more than 20 per cent of fatal crashes and 12 per cent of all crashes. As speed increases over 100 km/h, the fatality rate of vehicle occupants goes up dramatically. For example, the chances of being killed in a vehicle traveling at 120 km/h are four times higher than at 100 km/h.

Speed of impact is also critical for pedestrians, the most vulnerable road users. A 1995 European Transport Safety Council report found that only 5 per cent of pedestrians died when struck by a vehicle at 32 km/h; fatalities increased to 85 per cent at 64 km/h.