Our roundup of stories not important enough to merit their own post:
> CROSBY CROSBY HOCKEY HOCKEY SWITZERLAND GOAL WIN SHOOTOUT CANADA CROSBY CROSBY 87 CROSBY. This is what most Canadians are currently discussing – most of them very drunk – so we’ll stick with that theme for every other bullet point.
> Both are also carbon-based, [...]
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First, for those of you who aren’t big hockey fans (e.g. Un-Canadian traitors) let’s try to explain the essence of Georges Laraque using a single video:
Georges Laraque is a man born with such God-given badassery that he says “Good luck, man” before casually deciding to enter into a bare-knuckle face-punching contest with a loose acquaintance.
He’s [...]
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It’s time for part 2 of our series, Better Know a Fringe Political Party Recognized By Elections Canada! Today, we look at the Marijuana Party of Canada – the fightin’ potheads!
HISTORY
To Wikipedia!
“The party was founded by Marc-Boris St-Maurice, an activist and member of the punk group GrimSkunk. After a 1991 arrest for possession of marijuana, [...]
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Here’s how easy it would be to win this contest, or at least aim for #3, so you can get that SWEET, SWEET COAL to burn. It’ll come in handy when your suburban McMansion gets foreclosed on, and you’ll need something to burn to keep warm on the streets this winter!
Two main themes emerged in [...]
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The Liberal Party, in a long and painful struggle to seem hip and cool, has launched a Photoshop challenge! I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Staffer 1: Alright, we need something fun, something fresh, something to get people involved! Web 2.0! Social networking! New media! Rap music! Buzzword! Buzzword!
Staffer 2: What’s that thing Rick [...]
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Welcome to our new series, Better Know a Fringe Political Party Recognized By Elections Canada! Today in part 1 of our 15-part series, we look at the People’s Political Power Party of Canada – the fightin’ PPP’s!
Before we go to their website, let’s take a look at Wikipedia for a fair-and-balanced assessment of just what [...]
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Alright, we’ve had a nice enough break to collect our thoughts, let’s keep tackling this dumb thing we already started and keep exploring Canada’s Guide To Being A Good Little Canadian!
Page 21:
WHOA WHOA WHOA, who decided this crap? I can think of SOMEONE BETTER.
Overall Note:
So far in this pamphlet, there’s been at least 7 apologies [...]
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The Government’s updated their new immigrant guide! The new guide, called Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship (you mean there are RESPONSIBILITIES? Eff this, let’s just go to the States!) is meant to be the handy-dandy, one-stop-shopping guide to everything a new immigrant needs to know about Canada, in a mere 50-odd page [...]
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