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Doctored image in Ralph Lauren ad generates buzz
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 42 minutes ago
Major fashion house Ralph Lauren admitted Thursday to "poor imaging and retouching" of a stick-skinny model used in a magazine advertisement that has set the blogosphere abuzz."We have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman's body," according to a statement obtained by Extra TV.

Journal launches mobile-optimized website
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 40 days 23 hours 10 minutes ago
The Edmonton Journal is now easier to read on the go.Today we're launching a mobile-optimized version of edmontonjournal.com, specifically designed for iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones. Simply punch in the website address: m.edmontonjournal.com

Donair shop fined $18,000 for undercooking meat
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 4 hours 47 minutes ago
EDMONTON - Meat swirling on a rotating skewer at city donair and shawarma shops might look tasty when it s freshly cut, but it must be cooked a second time before being served to customers.One popular Edmonton restaurant was fined on Friday almost $18,000 for not taking that second cooking step and for a number of other public health violations.

Greenpeace shuts down Shell mine
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 13 hours 29 minutes ago
EDMONTON Alberta's vast oilsands operations could be vulnerable to terrorist attack, analysts said Tuesday, after more than 20 Greenpeace activists infiltrated Shell's Muskeg River Mine, prompting the company to shutter its 155,000-barrel-a-day operation for several hours.

Funeral for latest Canadian soldier slain in Afghanistan
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 10 hours 55 minutes ago
QUEBEC A funeral will be held Thursday for Cpl. Jonathan Couturier who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan last week.Couturier was promoted posthumously from the rank of private to corporal.

Venus may have been a water world, space congress told
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 40 days 21 hours 44 minutes ago
PARIS Venus is characterised today as the planet from hell yet may have been closer to a cherished idea that it was once Earth's twin, a conference heard on Wednesday.Data sent back by a European scoutship suggests that even though Venus' surface is super-heated and smothered by a lethal atmosphere, the planet may once have been lush with water.

Weather halts Tomahawk sour gas well drilling
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 15 hours 7 minutes ago
Mother Nature did what the residents of Tomahawk could not. She stopped the drilling of poisonous gas wells near the hamlet, 90 kilometres west of Edmonton.Highpine Energy has confirmed the last two wells it drilled near the community's elementary school were "unsuccessful" and there are no plans to drill more in the near future--even though there is another one approved and ready to go.

Recession was awful, but not the worst
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 18 hours 32 minutes ago
Even recessions can bring good news, it seems - at least if your definition of good is ``not as bad as we thought.''The recession now sputtering to an end in Canada turns out not to be the worst in postwar history, not even close. What's more, it shows no sign so far of being followed by an especially weak recovery, despite widespread concerns about this.

Declining top marks in English exams puzzles educators
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 12 hours 27 minutes ago
EDMONTON A shrinking proportion of Alberta students writing their Grade 12 English diploma exams are scoring top marks on the important test.Educators at the provincial and local levels are working to figure out why the trend is continuing.

Small is beautiful in Mexico
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 2 hours 30 minutes ago
Seven years ago, John Youden, a Canadian expat who publishes magazines in Puerto Vallarta, was travelling around Mexico with his French-born wife looking to stay in the kind of hotels he enjoyed in Europe: small, high-quality lodgings with character and charm. "I wasn't looking for a Small Luxury Hotel of the World, but I wanted personalized service -- mom 'n' pop owners who cared about their hotel."

Dare to be daring with bling
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 9 hours 28 minutes ago
Many women know how to cook a lobster. Many women know how to eat a lobster. But how many women know how to wear a lobster?"I put it on my shoulder," Mary Hinrichs says, pinning a lobster brooch to her blouse. The lobster is life-size, made from metal and ruby-coloured crystals. It weighs a pound and a quarter; if real, it would take fourteen minutes to boil. "I saw it and had to have it. I know I need something when it kicks me in the teeth."

Don't end a marriage for the sake of change
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 17 hours 10 minutes ago
I wonder if this happens to you, too: there's a word or expression you hardly ever hear or see -- and then, all at once there it is, over and over, so that you're forced to contemplate it.Three times within the past month, I've heard or read the same phrase -- a variation on "people do it every day." Each time, the context was the same: one person suggesting to another that to leave a marriage was something people did all the time.

Impact looks to clinch USL semifinal in Puerto Rico
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 3 hours 49 minutes ago
MONTREAL The Montreal Impact will do its best not to let the raucous Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium crowd affect its game plan when it faces the Puerto Rican Islanders on Sunday night in Game 2 of its United Soccer Leagues First Division semifinal series in San Juan.

Jay-Z
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 13 hours 29 minutes ago
With: N.E.R.D., Wale and J. Cole, Tuesday night at 8, Rexall Place, Tix: $39, $69, $99 and $149; four-pack $99; plus service charges; at Ticketmaster, 780-451-8000

Exploring Montreal with the GeoTourism MapGuide
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 41 days 6 hours 54 minutes ago
It's a sunny afternoon when my wife and I set out to become tourists in our own city. We've been Montrealers for years, but the most sightseeing we've done together has been in the chip aisle of a local dep while searching for Cool Ranch Doritos.