Senator and MP Expense Claims 2012

The recent Senate expense scandal has raised many eyebrows on what Senators and Members of Parliament have been claiming for reimbursement. Above is a breakdown of what MPs and Senators have been…

Montreal Biosphere sold to become oil sands interpretation centre

MONTREAL- Montreal’s famed Biosphere Environment Museum has been sold by the federal government to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to make way for a new oil sands education centre…

Kevin O’Leary completes hostile takeover of children’s lemonade stand

TORONTO – Sources inside O’Leary Funds say that their CEO has successfully gained controlling ownership of Timothy and Caroline Gowan’s lemonade stand in Toronto’s west end. “Now that we control …

Blackberry execs consider taking out the battery and putting it back in

WATERLOO – With market share rapidly diminishing and the latest Blackberry 10 phones not performing as expected, Blackberry President and CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the company was c…

Putin petitions IOC to have rainbow colours removed from Olympic symbol

MOSCOW – Following the passage of a controversial anti-gay bill in Russia, President Vladimir Putin is now attempting to remove all rainbow colours from the Olympic symbol in preparation fo…

Leonard Cohen set to record cover version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah

MONTREAL – Leonard Cohen announced today his intention to add his name to the already impressive list of artists who have recorded their take on Leonard Cohen’s seminal 1984 religious…

After giving up mining asbestos, town takes up tobacco farming

Asbestos, PQ – After years of mining asbestos, the small town that bears its name will close its last mine and take up growing tobacco instead. The town had received intense national and internat…

Researchers discover remote Amazonian tribe that still uses Palm Pilots

BRAZIL-COLOMBIAN BORDER – A group of anthropologists has returned from the Amazon rainforest with the shocking news that they have discovered a previously unknown tribe that uses Palm Pilot…

Ezra Levant upset government will not subsidize his rants against government subsidies

TORONTO – Sun News media commentator and conservative activist Ezra Levant is disappointed that his regular editorials against government funding various programs and services will not be s…

Skipping vinyl record becomes accidental dubstep hit

MONTREAL – Electromania at Club Soda has produced the latest number one hit single courtesy of a skipping vinyl record. DJ Dangerzone was mixing last week when ‘Vox Humana’ by Kenny Loggins…