Canadian content (also called The MAPL System) is a social program introduced by the Canadian Government in the 1970′s in an attempt to reduce the number of Canadian musicians and other artsy-fartsy creative types receiving Unemployment Insurance payments, Welfare, and other forms of social assistance. Prehistory In the beginning (well… before now), there was Paul [...]

We were able to discover additional dangers to U.S. citizens, primarily the illegal importation of “dangerous and untaxed” products. ~ James Fernando San Diego, USA — Authorities reported today the discovery of a five-foot-wide underground tunnel that they believe to be the work of traffickers operating along the U.S.-Mexican border. In addition to providing adequate [...]

…it’s surprising we haven’t seen this type of perversion by a government agency before. ~ Greenpeace LONDON, England — Onlookers were puzzled Friday when a whale swam up the River Thames, eventually running aground near Parliament. Experts on the scene identified it as a Northern bottlenose. “Frankly, I can’t fathom how it survived long enough to [...]

Flin Flon, Manitoba-Saskatchewan (pop. 7242) is a Canadian agrarian community on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. It is located at 54°46′N 101°51′W. History The City of Flin Flon was founded in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Midland, Texas based company for the production of medicinal marijuana. The site of the [...]