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PS-eh? The Craziest Canadian Public Service Announcements

Robyn Caplan · 03/04/10 12:45PM

Like all youths in my country, I sat in my family's homestead watching in rapt attention, internalizing the Canadian values transmitted through these messages. These crazy PS-ehs are remembered fondly and have become Canadian memes threaded through our personal history.

Stephen Colbert Kicks Canada When It's Down

Matt Cherette · 02/26/10 12:39AM

Tonight marked the end of Stephen Colbert's epic coverage of the Vancouver Olympics, and he went out with a Canada-bashing bang. What do you do when the host country disappoints? You mock the HELL out of it, naturally. Video inside.

Mike Milbury Calls Russian Olympic Hockey Team "Eurotrash"

Matt Cherette · 02/24/10 10:52PM

Let the countdown to Olympic sportscaster Mike Milbury's inevitable suspension begin! After tonight's quarterfinal hockey game between Canada and Russia, Milbury had some choice words for the Russian athletes, saying that they "came with their Eurotrash game." Video inside.

Everyone Cares About Hockey All of a Sudden

Adrian Chen · 02/21/10 09:25PM

We just finished the last quarter (or whatever it's called) of the USA/Canada hockey game. We won! But all anyone could talk about was how pissed they were that the game was shown on MSNBC and not NBC. So what?

Teachable Moments From America's Best Dance Crew: Canadians Can Move!

Mike Byhoff · 02/05/10 03:01PM

America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC is you're not lame) held it's Northeast regionals last night. And it was the danciest, crewiest, northeastiest hour of television evarrrr. But is it possible a gaggle of Canadians can win an American dance competition?

Comments of the Day — Every Species of Feces

Richard Lawson · 01/28/10 04:43PM

Every day you Facetwitter comments on our blog page! All day! Some of them are bad, some of them are good, and others are Best. So let's look now at today's two best completely-arbitrarily-picked comments. One's about cleaning! Sort of.

90% of U.S. Currency Laced With Cocaine

The Cajun Boy · 08/17/09 04:30AM

Americans love their cocaine! And apparently these same cocaine-loving Americans' preferred method of snow ingestion is to snort it through rolled up cash bills, as a new analysis of currency in 18 U.S. cities shows.