“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
When asked about record-high child-poverty rates in B.C. and what his government could do about it, Canadian Industry Minister James Moore,[Scrooge], replied: “Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? Is that always the government’s job to be there to serve people their breakfast?”
The Evolution of the Canadian Stamp
![From the "Penny Black" to the "Dollar Dreadful". [Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra announces the price of stamps will rise from 85¢ to 1$]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19122013.jpg)
From the “Penny Black” to the “Dollar Dreadful”. [Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra announces the price of stamps will rise from 85¢ to 1$]
Going Postal?
Now that Canada Post is stopping home mail delivery, Seniors and the disabled will have to walk to “super-mailboxes” to collect their mail. Canada Post CEO commented that seniors have told him that they want more exercise!
Bah Hum-Bus! The Santa Suit Clause
After a huge public outcry, Coast Mountain Bus Co backs down on their decision to forbid a bus-driver from wearing Santa Suit
Tim Hortons: Extracting the jelly from the doughnuts
A Tim Hortons franchise in Fernie B.C. has been accused of demanding cash repayment of overtime wages from its temporary foreign employees.
Going Viral?
The requirement that people wear medical masks while visiting senior centres, care homes and hospitals during flu season has had the unintended consequence of impeding Christmas concert offerings!
Smart-phones for Seniors
!["I don't know how to turn the damn thing on, but its good for a mug-shot" [Vancouver police are collecting used cell-phones, set up to dial 911, and giving them to vulnerable Seniors]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/02122013.jpg)
“I don’t know how to turn the damn thing on, but its good for a mug-shot” [Vancouver police are collecting used cell-phones, set up to dial 911, and giving them to vulnerable Seniors]
Revealing the secrets of the “Sunshine Breakfast”
A Canadian naval engineer has been accused of sending classified information to China on Canadian shipbuilding and marine strategy.
Pole-cats?
![Bite TV holds auditions for a new reality show, "Battle Cats" in which cats, ["cathletes"] will compete in pole-dancing ,wall-climbing, balance beam and laser ring. [The winner receives a "cat-ass-trophy"]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/26112013.jpg)
Bite TV holds auditions for a new reality show, “Battle Cats” in which cats, [“cathletes”] will compete in pole-dancing ,wall-climbing, balance beam and laser ring. [The winner receives a “cat-ass-trophy”]
Seal-skin Fascinators?
The Vancouver Aquarium released 5 rescued harbour seals back into the ocean and plans to monitor them using satellite transmitters attached to the pups’ heads.
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