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Montreal Designer Creates Sleek Sports Hijab as Clerics Declare Jihad on Sweaty Headdresses

Most people don’t know this, but Jacques Plante was the first goalie to ever wear the niqab.

Fast Food, Coffee to Escape New Blended Tax: Socialism Has Its Limits

I love Canadians.  “You can tax the hell out of my income, but don’t you dare touch my Tim Horton’s! (or Lott’ry Winnin’s!)”

How a Halloween Get-up Went Badly Wrong: Here’s a Hint - It Melded Elements of “Blackface” and “Cool Runnings”

The best part of this story is how caught off-guard the university students are by all of the uproar.  “We just wanted to faithfully recreate the characters from the Cool Runnings movie, and to do it justice we had to paint our faces black.”  Makes sense to me.

Adjust Your Doomsday Calendars: Celine Dion Not Pregnant

It’s almost as if a svengali-like 78 year old man were never meant to procreate with a 44-year old praying mantis.

Palin’s Book Tour Steers Clear of Major Cities; Focuses on Bumpkin Population

I certainly hope for the organizer’s sake that there’s a “book-on-tape” version available as well.

Missing Canadian Teenager Survives Three Days on Ice Floe; Reinforces Commonly Held Stereotypes About Canada

Another commonly held but misguided stereotype about Canadians?  That we like Wayne Gretzky.

Varitek Exercises Option, Will Stay with Red Sox; Red Sox: Hooray?

I’m amazed that the Red Sox are keeping him on, what with him hitting .187 and not even bothering to kneel behind home plate anymore.