It's not often you see two guys you know on the front page of the newspaper. Apparently, Michael Walchuk is fighting tomorrow, and he's got a shot at becoming Waterloo Region's first Canadian pro boxing title holder since Fitz Vanderpool...
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RIP Corey. Died from an apparent drug overdose. Wait, did I get that right? There. Much better. Ah, I kid. Comedy: it's tragedy plus time. It sounds like he was having a tough time with drugs for a while now....
Classic Frantics - Last Will and Temperment YouTube - The Frantics - Last Will and Temperment...
The anniversary of the Andrea Doria Gordon Lightfoot Edmund Fitzgerald disaster. Here's what everyone else is showing today:...
Watch out, or he'll put an indestructible bullet through your indestructible skull. Man was this film crappy. YouTube - I'm Canadian...
A cool list of films that were filmed in Toronto (though taking place in many different cities, from San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, to Los Angeles and New York). Included is one of my favourite holiday movies, A Christmas Story: When...
Woooo Canada. Take that, Ireland! The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan. The United States ranks 13th, down one spot from last year. Norway is best...
Ruh-roh! Looks like kudzu has finally come to Canada. How bad is it? You can actually watch it grow: The patch of kudzu vine was found on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie in Leamington, Ont., a farming community about 30...
A cute video from the late 1980s about this revolution called "Internet". Seems like parody today, but I guess this is what it was like back then. YouTube - The Amazing Internet...
Oh, shucks. Stop already. Zakaria: The Canadian Solution | Newsweek Voices - Fareed Zakaria | Newsweek.com Guess which country, alone in the industrialized world, has not faced a single bank failure, calls for bailouts or government intervention in the financial...
I always felt a little more belonging up here. Now, if it were only a little warmer. Almost a quarter of Canadians don't believe in any god, new poll says Fewer than three-quarters of Canadians believe in a god, suggests...
Sounds like interesting research. A psychology prof. at Queen’s University, Kingston shows porn to men and women and guages their reactions to find out what they like. Except, this is no ordinary porn... Meredith Chivers is a creator of bonobo...
Wolf Koenig's 1962 short cinema vérité film about Paul Anka....
Another funny remix of "Downfall (Der Untergang)". This time, it's Stephen Harper. YouTube - The Harper Dictatorship...
Strong words from Diane Francis. Canada's conservatives: study in stupid - Diane Francis What is wrong with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his henchmen? I know Stephen and like him even though he has always been too doctrinaire and cold-blooded...
Interesting set of options for Harper, with pros and cons. I give you #1 and #10. globeandmail.com: Andrew Steele - Harper's Options 1. Preemptively Remove Michaëlle Jean This is the true nuclear option for Harper: a preemptive strike against Jean...
An obviously right-wing troll who knows nothing about Canadian legislature gets their comeuppance when they posted the following editorialized entry on the current political situation. Canada the victim of power-grabbing politicians. | MetaFilter Canada the victim of power-grabbing politicians. December...
Hah. Totally called this one. Hawking's coming to Waterloo. Stephen Hawking coming to Waterloo, Ont.’s Perimeter Institute Professor Stephen Hawking has been appointed a distinguished research chair at Waterloo, Ont.'s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. "The appointment marks a new...
Good god, Harper's gone and appointed a chiropractor (Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear) as the new Minister of Science and Technology. Oh yeah, he's also an acupuncturist. Luckily, the Liberals have appointed an astronaut as their Science and Technology critic. TheRecord.com...
A very Seinfeld-esque concept: hold an election about nothing, for no reason. A 300 Million Dollar Election About Nothing, Held for No Reason | robhyndman.com An election about nothing, held in a hurry to avoid the effect of a worsening...
Oh great, so it's a Canadian term. I guess that makes about as much sense as anything. COED Magazine - Origins Of The Cougar A little trivia for you: The origins of the term “cougar” dates back to the 1980’s...
I am not the only one upset with the voting fiasco last night. Not only did less than 60% of Canadians show up to vote, but a newbie CRAP candidate beat out our riding's incumbent by a mere 73 votes...
This is long overdue. I've walked the Golden Gate bridge and it's a sublime and fantastic architectural masterpiece, overwhelming in its sheer scope. It's no wonder suicides are drawn to this nexus like flies to the bug zapper. Sorry, tried...
I'd just like to point out that Andrew Telegdi, Liberal MP, Kitchener-Waterloo, is not on this list yet, whereas Cindy Jacobsen, New Democrat candidate, Kitchener-Waterloo, is. Mr. Telegdi, get your ass in gear! Michael Geist - The Copyright Candidates...
Here's a cool website that shows up-to-date polls in your riding with suggestions on how to vote strategically. Vote For Environment / Voter Pour l'Environnement...
Cool. Let's not mess this up. Canadian banks are where I keep all my stuff. So which country has the soundest banking system? - Financial Week Canada has the world’s soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia,...
Many of you will think Dan Aykroyd's lost his mind with the new viral video about "Crystal Head" vodka. Some are probably even thinking that it's a really clever Ghostbusters 3 teaser. Canadians know full well that Aykroyd: a) lost...
Sounds like a lot of Canadians don't like being cold-called. Glitches mark launch of 'do-not-call' registry Consumers eager to add their phone numbers to the newly launched national Do Not Call list to block telemarketers ran into trouble on Tuesday...
Oh come on. You know that's what they intended C-484 to be. As election speculation hits fever pitch, the Harper government has cut loose a contentious private member's bill that would have made it a crime to take the life...
I never thought I'd be pleased about Can-con, but here's one notable exception. This could be a big break for fledgling Canadian pornographers. Canadian porn channel may benefit society Alberta-based Real Productions Inc. has won CRTC approval to launch Northern...
Soon, my precious ... soon we will be rid of them. The National Do Not Call List (DNCL) Should Be Launched By September 30, 2008 The National Do Not Call List (DNCL) Should Be Launched By September 30, 2008 On...
At least according to bill C-61. Yes, he's adorable, but that won't get him anywhere with the Canadian government. SFFaudio - Blog Archive - WALL-E, a Bill C-61 copyright criminal. Here's the evidence: 1. WALL-E records audio from his favorite...
False.... Good Snopes.com article on the history of the Canadian flag. snopes.com: Canada's Maple Leaf Flag Many of these flags bore Union Jacks and fleur-de-lys. Quite a few featured a beaver, including one wearing a Mountie hat; another one showed...
We came that close to putting a beaver on the flag, people (pinches fingers together). Choosing Canada's Flag - The Archivist - Publications - Library and Archives Canada On December 15, 1964, after a prolonged and bitter debate lasting thirty-three...
Dr. Henry Morgentaler is finally among those named to the Order of Canada. Much to the chagrin of right-wing and anti-abortion groups. Now 85, Morgentaler, a Polish Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Montreal after the war, opened his first abortion...
... or for regular people using glamour shots, or for people with webcams. More like it's for people with seriously damaged egos. They have a height and weight listing for user profiles, but which are only ranges of heights and...
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