Canadian Prime Minister Harper, off on another photo-op-rich tour of the far north, stated in a speech: “The North is a great treasure-house and its resources must be, er, utilized.”
Some metro-Vancouver cities are considering banning “In Memorium” park benches after citizens complained that the proliferation of these memorials created a “cemetery-like” environment in parks.
Statistics Canada has admitted that its July Jobs report contained major errors. The survey showed a mere 200 jobs were created rather than the 20,000 predicted.
The CBC is looking for pet cats with “adventurous and unusual characters”,[which would be everyone’s pet cat!], to star in its Feline Documentary: “The Lion in Your Living-room”.
A Calgary radio station , using the slogan “Now Twice the Music!”, has cut all the pop hits it plays in half in order to cater to listeners’ decreasing attention spans.