Quebec held its provincial elections yesterday. Parti Quebecois took a plurality of seats (54 out of 125), while the Liberals (aka conservatives) took 50, and the Coalition Avenir Québec 19. Two seats were won by Quebec Solidare, a more radical left wing party ( Read more... )

You probably didn't know it, but on Tuesday the Province of Quebec is holding parliamentary elections. At stake, potentially, is whether Quebec remains part of Canada or becomes independent. Kind of important, unless you're the Main Stream US Media ( Read more... )

The Canadian porn actor Luka Magnotta, who's suspected of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student and mailing his body parts to Canada's top political parties, was reading about himself on the Internet when he was arrested Monday at a cafe in Berlin, Germany.

CBS News

Americans are feeling more favorably toward... Canada (96%)

That's a record high according to Gallup

Americans consume 33 pounds of cheese per person per year. Presumably that includes the cheese on pizza, so that doesn't seem surprising. But Frenchmen consume 52 pounds of cheese per capita per year, yet I they've made pizza illegal. Australians and Canadians consume much less cheese than Americans.

via Yglesias

In British Columbia,Canada rates for health insurance:

Effective January 1, 2011, monthly rates are $60.50 for one person, $109.00 for a family of two and $121.00 for a family of three or more.

Not to mention the subsidies for those making less than $30,000 / yr.

In Canada. (Today is election day in a) Denver, b) three Wisconsin State Assembly districts -- just in case you need to know ( Read more... )

In Canada.

Some Canadians are more fortunate than others. Some Canadians have the option to vote for a Member of Parliament who belongs to one of the ( Read more... )

In Canada. Leave it to Canadians to vote on a Monday, as opposed to red-white-and-blue real Americans who vote on the Biblically specified Tuesday, or heathens, some of which vote on (gasp) weekends ( Read more... )

"There are over twice as many people in FarmVille as there are in Canada."

DKos essay on multiplayer games, etc

I have yet to hear described to me an online multiplayer game that doesn't sound stupid.
But I'm likely missing something key.