Canada
Why Canada is becoming the startup capital
Posted by staff / September 24, 2013Tony Wanless has written about Canada’s start-up trajectory in an article that provides some insight in to why some start-ups are heading north. Is Canada becoming the perfect North American launch location for a new technology business? Recent trends make it appear so. Dozens of new tech companies have launched in, or moved to Canada, …
Read MoreCanada: pot nation? Marijuana stats from our neighbor
Posted by staff / September 1, 2013As [politician] Justin Trudeau’s admission of marijuana use becomes the latest news item to catalyze a national debate on the drug, the Post looks at the status of pot in Canada — its history of use in the country, production, trafficking and what Canadians want to do about it. For more, see here: National Post. …
Read MoreWhere the stars stay when they film in Vancouver, Canada
Posted by staff / August 5, 2013Hollywood often makes at least part of their films in Hollywood North, a.k.a. “Canada”. This weekend’s Vancouver Sun shows us some of the homes the stars choose to rent while on location in Vancouver – including one spectacular home that rents for $50k a month and that has been home to Matt Damon, for example. …
Read More7 things you can’t say in Canada
Posted by staff / August 1, 2013Margaret Wente is what Canadians call “a controversial author”. She tells it how she sees it. Reader’s Digest has put together a list of things that Wente says you cannot say in Canada and as a Canadian, they really are pretty funny. Well, not all of them… Here are a few: Margaret Atwood Writes Some …
Read MoreMom, son, charged with DUI, separately, on same day
Posted by staff / March 26, 2013From the (Bad) Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree Files: In a city near Toronto, Canada, a 27-year old man was pulled over by police for speeding. Then he failed a roadside breathalyzer test. Next he was charged with impaired driving. Then his mom comes to the police station to pick him up. She …
Read MoreSocial Farting – Oh! Canada! [video]
Posted by staff / March 21, 2013I took this video seriously, believing it is about farting until the end because I actually know some social farters. They believe that holding in toxic gases causes illness. So here from Canada, a commercial, equating Social Farting with … You’ll just have to watch, like I did, to find out, eh? More stories about …
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