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3 Amazing Order of Canada Recipients You Haven’t Heard Of

On Monday, the Governor General announced which notable canucks would be appointed to the Order of Canada. The list was 86-Canadians long, and honoured many brilliant, progressive citizens of our great nation (...

Canadians Are Sexy And They Know It, Apparently

As on every Canada Day, a major pollster has come out asking Canadians to self-report on how they feel about themselves, their country, and their compatriots. This year it's Ipsos Reid, and just like the sun...

John Baird’s Secret Obsession: Cats

In support of the endlessly fascinating phenomenon where Canadian summer politics have a larger entertainment factor than ever before, a story of startling breadth and incomprehensible banality has flooded the ...

Canada Day: Let’s Do Better

Today, Canada Day, our country turns 147 years old. How old are you, 21? Wow, you can drink in the United States. You should be proud of your age-related accomplishment, but not as proud as you ought to be of o...

By-Election Results: More of the Same in Scarborough, Fort McMurray, and Macleod

We've gotten the preliminary results from today's by-elections, and they were a doozy. So startled were we at the results, we had to consult a dictionary to help properly interpret them. in·er·tia (iˈnərSHə): ...

Canada Day: Some Foreign Diplomats Aren’t Invited

Vlad Putin is a big stinking meany head. He's a big bully and we don't want to hang out with him. Such is the rhetoric coming out of Ottawa these days. If you weren't yet convinced of just how crass our poli...

RCMP Apologizes to Montreal Italians for Project Clemenza

The RCMP has recently apologized for naming it’s latest Quebec mafia crack-down 'Project Clemenza' after members of the Italian-Canadian community accused it of perpetrating negative Italian stereotypes. The pr...

Tim Hortons CEO Talks Tough on Temporary Foreign Workers

There is nothing that is more unmistakably Canadian than the coffee and doughnuts from Tim Hortons. It is a brand which has been fundamentally hardwired into the Canadian lifestyle, beginning with the onset of ...

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre Gets TV Show

Just like the fireside chats with FDR, Denis Coderre, Montreal's first elected mayor in three mayors (see: corruption) is getting his very own show. Well, not exactlyBrew Review Crew Tent...

Waterfront Toronto Spends Nearly $1 Million on Umbrellas And Rocks

Waterfront Toronto, an organization formed in the early 2000s by three levels of government, received harsh criticism after word of outrageous spending broke out. What constitutes "outrageous"? Sugar Beach, a p...