By Mark Leiren-Young Did McDonald’s have to tell us what they put in their special sauce? Couldn’t they have just said, “May contain nuts, chlorine and anything else that may set off your allergies” and keep us guessing? Unless someone posted the recipe on Wikileaks, did they have to tell us about the pickle relish? […]
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Chip bandits and Nic Cage: Canada’s very viral week
It’s been a very good week for Canadian students on the internet. Or perhaps a very bad one. First, York University student Vanessa Hojda went viral after she accidentally attached a picture of actor Nicolas Cage to a job application, rather than her resumé. It wasn’t so much the fact that she made a mistake […]
Humane Society ad ropes Calgary Stampede
A BoB short A new ad released by the Vancouver Humane Society compares calf-roping at the Calgary Stampede to abusing a baby. The ad, published in a Calgary newspaper, shows a surprised looking infant next to a calf with the caption “Just 3 months old — Would you abuse a baby to entertain a crowd?” […]
Body of missing Nunavut mayor found
A BoB short: The body of Jamesie Kootoo, the mayor of Kimmirut, Nunavut, has been found 50 kms outside his community. Kootoo, 67, had been missing since Nov. 26th after he left on a caribou hunt and never returned. The town launched an intensive air and ground search shortly after the mayor’s disappearance. Local volunteers, […]
Edmonton prof schools Omar Khadr
A BoB short Former child soldier Omar Khadr has been receiving more than a lesson in international politics while jailed at Guantanamo Prison, awaiting his return to Canada. He has also been studying a curriculum devised by 15 Edmonton academics, led by King’s University College English professor Arlette Zinck. Now 25, Khadr receives lessons in […]
Bear cub returned to wild amid protests
A BoB short: Makoon, a five month old bear cub has been released into the wild despite critics’ fears that he will not survive. The cub was rescued in March by a Manitoba family who kept him in their house until the young bruin was seized by conservation officers. He was rehabilitated by staff at […]
Teacher fired for showing class grisly video
A BoB short: A high school teacher at Montreal’s Cavelier-de LaSalle High School has been fired for showing the video “1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick” to his grade 10 history class. The grisly video, which is available online, is believed to show alleged killer Luka Rocco Magnotta butchering Concordia University student Jun Lin. Students report that […]
“Frankenfish” caught; Burnaby residents stop shouting “AIEEE!”
A BoB short: BC’s monster fish has been caught and killed. Dubbed “Frankenfish,” the two foot long snakehead was first spotted on May 13th in a Burnaby pond. An invasive species native to China, the fish is a so-called “top-level predator” with the hellish potential to destroy entire ecosystems. In 2004, a lake in Maryland […]
Bill 13 and the victory of the bullied children
By Montreal Simon It seems like it took forever. But tonight bullied children in Ontario are finally a little bit safer. And gay kids have the right to call themselves gay, and form Gay-Straight Alliances. No matter what some Catholic School Boards have to say, or what grotesque homophobes like Charles McVety spew out of every […]
Dad arrested for kid’s drawing gets apology
A BoB short: Police in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario have apologized to a man they believed to be dangerous after his daughter drew a picture of him shooting a gun at bad guys. In February, Jessie Sansone, 26, was arrested at his four-year-old daughter Nevaeh’s school for possession of a firearm. A teacher believed there might be […]
