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Canada's Money May Be on the Verge of Becoming Digital with the 'MintChip' — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO]

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:55:30 +0000

Canada has been making some interesting changes to its currency from ditching its penny to pushing pretty, plastic pesos. The latest may become one of the coolest forms of cash on the continent. The Royal Canadian Mint announced the development of “MintChip,” a possible alternative to traditional, tangible money that’s totally digital. The new currency [...]

Canada Has Eliminated the Penny

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:00:49 +0000

Even stacked together in a jar, all those pennies you have are fairly worthless. However, they may soon become collectors’ items.

Canada, our neighbor to the North, has just eliminated the penny in their latest federal budget, following the example of nations like Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian national mint will stop producing the one-cent coin over the next six months, and businesses have been asked to return pennies to be melted down.

We thought it was a joke too, but apparently the Great White North is serious:

'HO' Canada! Ontario to Legalize Brothels And Pimping

Dean Of Country — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:59:26 +0000

There seems to be another kind of Ho in Canada and it doesn’t have a Tim in front of it… but it will sure have plenty of Johns! Msnbc.com reports that: “The top court in Canada’s Ontario province on Monday legalized pimping and brothels in an attempt to make prostitution less dangerous for those employed [...]

How Much Do Americans Love Canada?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:00:21 +0000

According to a new Gallup poll, United States citizens truly love our neighbors to the north — in fact, in the company’s annual favorability ratings, 96 percent of Americans said they have a generally favorable view of Canada, while only three percent view it unfavorably.

Ontario vs Buffalo – Where Would You Rather Be? [POLL]

Pete Colosimo — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:00:34 +0000

Whether fairly or unfairly, Buffalo has often been compared to its northern neighbor, Canada. Due to its close proximity to the border, it's easy to find similarities between the two cultures. While it would be difficult to write less than a book's worth comparing the entire country of Canada to a small pocket of the U.S., I thi

Are the Bills Still Playing in Toronto?

Jillian Benedict — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:00:50 +0000

Let me start off by saying I have nothing against the city of Toronto. Nothing. It’s actually a great city with so much to offer. But I really can’t stand that the Bills have to play games up there.

I guess what irritates

Shia LaBeouf Beaten By Shirtless Man Outside Bar in Canada [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:30:48 +0000

Shia LaBeouf was involved in a fight outside of the Cinema Public House in Vancouver, Canada, marking the latest in a growing list of alcohol-related incidents for the 25-year-old ‘Transformers’ star. According to an eyewitness, LaBeouf began scuffling with another inebriated patron inside of the bar after that man had “said something stupid” to the actor. Security tossed [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Canada, This Is What I Am Thankful For

Dean Of Country — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:26:19 +0000

Today is Columbus Day in the United States and Thanksgiving in Canada. Seeing as I do not have off from work for either I decided to scrap my post on the misconceptions about Columbus and decided to post this blog for our neighbors to the North. Oh, Canada here are my TOP 10 things that [...]

NHL Player Spots Bono Hitchhiking!

Jack FM Staff — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:30:56 +0000

Edmonton Oilers' center Gilbert Brule could have sworn he saw U2 frontman Bono hitchhiking on the side of a Canadian road Tuesday.

Kelsey Nichols, his girlfriend and the driver of the car that had allegedly just whizzed past the rock icon, had her

ESPN Writer Wants to Trade Buffalo to Canada

Joe Russo — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:16:36 +0000

An ESPN writer is offering Buffalo, Detroit, 50 percent of Montana, and 3 first round draft choices for Vancouver and Steve Nash. Thanks to the recent Canadian takeover at the World Juniors, he argues that we are almost Canadian anyway with our love of hockey, Tim Hortons and the Canadian Ballet. Bill Simmons, aka The Sports Guy, is the [...]

Top 10 Reasons The US Is Still Better Than Canada

Joe Russo — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:09:36 +0000

Because we're still bitter about the loss to Team Canada at the World Juniors, here's 10 reasons why the US is still better than Canada. Unfortunately, when we converted it to the metric system we could only come up with 7.