Maybe the actual Florida of Canada is Dubai

You can ask the CPP’s former CEO

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OK, but what actually is the Florida of Canada?

huffp.stA Debate Is Raging Online About Which Province Is The ‘Florida’ Of CanadaAmerican Dr. Eric Fiegl-Ding called out B.C.’s COVID-19 rate. Canadians had a lot of questions.

“Florida of Canada” got trending on Twitter when a Harvard University epidemiologist expressed vindication about new masking rules at Quebec elementary schools. Eric Fiegl-Ding then noted he was watching the COVID-19 resurgence in B.C., where provincial health officer Bonnie Henry is being villainized by conspiracy theorists.

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The most expensive jab ever

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CPP Investments CEO Mark Machin resigns after travelling overseas for COVID-19 vaccine

ctvnews.caHead of Canada’s largest pension plan resigns after receiving COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai: memoThe chief executive of the fund that manages Canada Pension Plan investments has resigned after it was revealed that he decided to travel to the United Arab Emirates, where he arranged to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

An evening email from the head of the Canada Pension Plan about getting vaccinated during a “very personal” trip to Dubai turned into a morning resignation for Mark Machin, whose Toronto house was recently sold for $18 million. Canada can soon dream of catching up to U.A.E. speed, now that AstraZeneca has been approved.

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The new U.S. secretary of state is seeing the other side of the border closure. Antony Blinken said science will decide when traffic can freely flow again, during a CBC interview prior to his virtual visit to Ottawa. In the meantime, stories continue about confusion over who’s essential enough to cross, along with quarantine hotel debacles.

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A new record of ridiculousness

The cartoons of Toronto lawyer Caryma Sa’d are gaining more attention, as her panels posted to Instagram cover news like the city filing an injunction upon the builder of tiny wooden structures or dissonant messaging from the province. Inspiration comes easier for Sa’d when the jokes write themselves, based on what COVID-19 has done to news:

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For my latest newsletter: @CarymaRules, lawyer by day, prolific editorial cartoonist also by day, discusses the secret to her comic timing, her muse @fordnation and her next artistic venture. Read on. uncultured.substack.com/p/draw-and-ord… @uncultured_to

uncultured.substack.comDraw and orderToronto lawyer Caryma Sa’d confronts injustice, one comic panel at a time.

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Tory Lanez can no longer publicly comment on his alleged shooting of Meghan Thee Stallion. The injunction follows the Canadian rapper making an album on which he claimed innocence, with a video featuring Chair Girl. (It’s also unlikely Lanez will get more shout-outs on Norm Kelly’s revived Twitter hip-hop account.)

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Finally, dystopia in quarantine

The Handmaid’s Tale returned to shooting in Toronto and environs in September—after getting shut down in March—and production stretched into the winter. The challenge for producers was how to get all of the cast north of the border, given how some actors were filming parts between other jobs. The fourth-season trailer shows off the effort: