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A nakedly Canadian fur protest from Morrissey

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A nakedly Canadian fur protest from Morrissey

Mozzer dreams of donning a Goose

Apr 12, 2019
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Morrissey asks fans to petition Canada Goose to stop selling fur products expi.co/01nCip
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As he prepares to tour across Canada after nearly two decades of boycotting us as a statement against the seal hunt, Steven Patrick Morrissey has teamed with PETA to circulate a petition with the goal of getting Canada Goose to make a coat he’d wear.


The Queen might as well be dead now

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The new licence plate design released by Ontario’s government today relegates the image of the Crown to second place behind the Trillium, and effectively will make it invisible because of the widespread use of licence plate frames which will cover it.
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2:28 AM ∙ Apr 12, 2019
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Monarchists were affronted by their cause being put in the corner—the crowning complaint over this unusual obsession.


You can drink more than chocolate milk in the morning. Doug Ford definitely won’t, but the premier’s populist budget includes a move to let bars serve alcohol at 9 a.m. The budget would also expand online gambling and allow municipalities to legalize drinking in parks. Naturally, these things are being criticized as distractions from service cuts.


Street preacher set to get new neighbour

The Competition Bureau announced its investigation into Bell Canada’s telecom marketing practices on the same day that Bell’s main rival announced this new lease:

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Massive Rogers flagship taking over former Forever 21 location at Yonge-Dundas Square
dailyhive.comMassive Rogers flagship taking over former Forever 21 location at Yonge-Dundas SquareA massive, multi-floor Rogers retail flagship will move into Forever 21′s former home at Yonge-Dundas, according to the telecom giant.
12:36 PM ∙ Apr 12, 2019
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Terry Hargreaves dead at 82. The first parliamentary bureau chief for CBC Radio later wrote about Canadian politics for Maclean’s. After retirement, he lived in Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan as the spouse of diplomat Anna Biolik. Hargreaves also made a CBC Television documentary about the 1966 opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway.


Finally, paws upholding the laws

Jeb Lund, a writer on American politics, has just eclipsed 12:36 on Substack’s most popular free newsletter list, thanks to his thorough analysis of this Toronto-produced cartoon:

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It's time to rethink the Paw Patrol's role as a government contractor.
jeb.substack.comThe Paw Patrol Is a Threat to DemocracyThere is no reason to think about the Paw Patrol if you are over six years old. Maybe eight at the outside. Paw Patrol is a cartoon about a boy who leads a team of technologically advanced talking dogs on various rescue missions around Adventure Bay, an extremely clean town filled with and led by ha…
1:09 PM ∙ Apr 11, 2019
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