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Resignation is the last card played

Senator Irving Gerstein, Mayor Rob Ford: both refuse to resign.

Senator Irving Gerstein, Mayor Rob Ford: both refuse to resign.

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]

“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.

A Canadian naval engineer has been accused of sending classified information to China on Canadian shipbuilding and marine strategy.

Love of Money: Tax Fraud Games

Jim Love, Canadian Mint Chairman and advisor to the Federal Finance Department and to former Prime Minister Arthur Meighan, helped several wealthy Canadians transfer 8 million dollars to off-shore accounts in a tax-avoidance scheme

Jim Love, Canadian Mint Chairman and advisor to the Federal Finance Department and to former Prime Minister Arthur Meighan, helped several wealthy Canadians transfer 8 million dollars to off-shore accounts in a tax-avoidance scheme

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"]

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.

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.

“Weasel Words!”

Opposition Tom Mulclair's response to Prime Minister Harper's evasive answers in Question Period regarding the "robocall" scandal when thousand s of voters received calls directing them the the wrong polling stations. [Weasels everywhere protest the insult]

Opposition Leader Mulcair’s response to Prime Minister Harper’s evasive answers in Question Period regarding the “robocall” scandal in which thousands of voters received calls directing them to the wrong polling stations.
[Weasels everywhere protest the insult]

Rudolph the black-nosed Reindeer: “Leave it in the ground!”

Thousands gather in Canada-wide protests against Alberta Oilsands and the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal.

Thousands gather in Canada-wide protests against Alberta Oilsands and the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal.

Don’t “Reign” on our parade!

The Toronto Santa Clause Parade requests that controversial alcoholic, drug-taking, profanity-spewing Mayor Rob Ford NOT march in the parade this year.

The Toronto Santa Claus Parade requests that controversial alcoholic, drug-taking, profanity-spewing Mayor Rob Ford NOT march in the parade this year.

Menace sans frontières

The devastating global super-bug, C. difficile, may have originated in Quebec, Canada. [And  Canada is very sorry!]

The devastating global super-bug, C. difficile, may have originated in Quebec, Canada. [And Canada is very sorry!]