Minter Wonderland, farewell
The renowned 32-acre Minter Gardens, which opened near Chilliwack, B.C. 33 years ago, closed its gates forever yesterday.
“Roll” models?
A “Pediatrics” study criticizes pro athletes such as Serena Williams who are paid big fees to endorse junk food sending mixed messages to kids.
Cranberries for the turkeys on Capitol Hill!
Farmers tend a temporary tank of cranberries set up as a promotional stunt one block from the non-functioning U.S. Capitol
He shoots, he scores?
![Andy Warhol's portrait of hockey great Wayne Gretzky is expected to fetch over $200,000 at auction. [Next up, Gretzky's portrait of Warhol?]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/12102013.jpg)
Andy Warhol’s portrait of hockey great Wayne Gretzky is expected to fetch over $200,000 at auction. [Next up, Gretzky’s portrait of Warhol?]
The Mad Tea-Party
Michele Bachmann, Allen West, David Koch and Ted Cruz
Congratulations Alice Munro!
Canadian Author Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
Brazil is a tough nut to crack
![Brazil accuses Canada of spying on its mines and energy ministry. [Canada has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/09102013.jpg)
Brazil accuses Canada of spying on its mines and energy ministry. [Canada has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations]
Miss-communication
![Ethics advisor, Mary Dawson chastises Conservative MPs David Anderson and Jim Flaherty for interfering in the CRTC [Canadian Radio-TV and Telecommunications Commission] deliberations.](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/08102013.jpg)
Ethics advisor Mary Dawson chastises Conservative MPs David Anderson and Jim Flaherty for interfering in the CRTC [Canadian Radio-TV and Telecommunications Commission] deliberations.
“Putin on the fritz”
![Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin. [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/071020132.jpg)
Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin. [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]
The Wrath of Grapes
In a strange reversal, grapes crush a man in La Mancha. The worker reportedly fell into a holding bay just as 5 tons of wine-making grapes were being unloaded.
