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Crime Solved – Maple Syrup Safe [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:26:12 +0000

Fire up the griddle! Much of a huge cache of maple syrup snatched from a Quebec storage facility has been recovered, police say.Three people have been arrested and five others are being sought in connection with the theft from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec Provincial Police said in a statement Tuesday. The theft occurred between [...]

Canada Has Eliminated the Penny

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:00:49 +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:

How Much Do Americans Love Canada?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:00:21 +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.