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Flying Hearts International Dating Service: Halifax

Czech Republic Dept: Q104-FM is promising to send the contest winner to the Czech Republic to date a bevy of Czech beauties in a joint promotion with Flying Hearts International Dating Service that had the predictable result of sparking commentary about the crassness of the campaign, according to The Chronicle Herald. Contests of this nature are very troubling, said Rene Ross, executive director of the Stepping Stone organization in Halifax that provides support for sex trade workers and the Halifax rock radio station that gave us dancing fat guys and a contest in which listeners ate toenails for an opportunity to win prizes has reached a new level of outrageousness with a sexually charged mail-order bride contest, critics said Wednesday. Some of the criticism was serious and focused on socio-economic and cultural circumstances in the Czech Republic that might compel women to participate in such an initiative. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.