fun facts
Microsoft’s fonts catch a fraudster in Canada.
Document forgers be forewarned: pay attention to font selection, or else. | learn more
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big ideas
Why recycling doesn’t work.
This article is Canada-focused, but I would guess that the content applies to the US as well. “Ontario is the only province from which detailed financials are available. In 2016, blue-box collection cost municipalities a total of $347 million, and […]
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Canadian zoo faces charges after taking bear out for ice cream.
“Discovery Wildlife Park in Alberta faces two charges for failing to notify officials the bear was leaving the zoo.” YES, there is a video of this bear eating ice cream. | learn more
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Have you ever heard of a telephone party line?
I first heard of party lines from a customer in rural Canada who said, “when you call me back, it’ll ring for a while before I answer because it’s a party line.” I had no idea what he was talking […]
retail therapy
The last days of Target Canada.
“Target pulled the plug on its massive Canadian expansion less than two years after opening. This is the incredible untold story of how it all went wrong.” | learn more
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Canada might run out of pot.
Prime minister Justin Trudeau is legalizing recreational marijuana. This isn’t necessarily easy, because there’s not enough legal pot to go around. His current challenge: getting through a supply crunch to beat down the black market. | learn more
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Canada is still weird.
“Postal deliveries have been suspended in part of a Canadian city after a well-known crow called Canuck attacked a mailman.” | learn more