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4:25 PM ∙ Jan 28, 2020
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Peter MacKay has applied to march in the Toronto Pride parade on June 28, whether or not they’ll welcome a Conservative leader anointed in the city a day before—a job that McKay hopes to score. Erin O’Toole said he’s happy to do the same, but won’t endorse any parade that won’t let uniformed police march, per the recent trend in Toronto.


The most Dadaist political job

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The minister of middle class prosperity says 'Canada has no official statistical measure' of the middle class
ctvnews.caMiddle class prosperity minister says Canada can’t measure who is in the middle classCanada has no official way of measuring who is and isn’t a member of the middle class, Minister of Middle Class Prosperity Mona Fortier said Monday.
7:18 PM ∙ Jan 28, 2020
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The title bestowed upon Ottawa MP Mona Fortier was criticized as a Liberal cabinet branding exercise, but the news media still took the bait. Fortier telling CTV’s Power Play that Canada actually has no definition of who qualifies to be ministered by the minister of middle class prosperity has now eclipsed debating the cost of artisanal doughnuts.


Tim Hortons gives up on plant-based patties. Beyond Meat burgers were removed from the Tims menu after a summer-long run, but kept meatless breakfast sandwiches in B.C. and Ontario around until now. And yet, KFC has gotten bullish on Beyond Meat chicken, while Denny’s will give those Beyond Burgers away for free on Friday.


A real mugshot to remember

Ed Belfour was playing for the Dallas Stars in March 2000 when he offered cops an Austin Powers–inspired “one billion dollars” if they didn’t arrest him in connection with a hotel room scuffle. While he played in Toronto and elsewhere after that, Belfour recently launched a career in the spirits business, but scored the wrong kind of publicity for it:

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Former Dallas Stars goaltender Ed Belfour was arrested early Tuesday morning after police found him "under the influence of alcohol" on a hotel floor "clutching a curtain rod that had been ripped out of the dry wall above a window next to him.”
cbsloc.alArrested Again: Police Find Former Dallas Stars Goaltender Ed Belfour ‘Clutching Curtain Rod, Under Influence’Former Dallas Stars goaltender Ed Belfour was arrested early Tuesday morning after police found him on a hotel floor “clutching a curtain rod that had been ripped out of the dry wall above a window next to him.”
7:19 PM ∙ Jan 28, 2020
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“A YouTuber Admitted To Faking His Girlfriend’s Death To Promote Their Joint Channel.” Jason Ethier, who accrued 5.4 million subscribers for a string of stunts and the occasional arrest, admitted to the lie, while claiming that Alexia Marano filed a report about it to Toronto Police. She’s now speaking out about the unsuccessful hoax.


Finally, a story of opposites

Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story was initially backed with $132,725 in crowdfunding, not long before its Canadian creator John Kricfalusi was the subject of a BuzzFeed investigation into his past “underage sexual abuse.” Kricfalusi then issued a statement acknowledging it. The twist was shoehorned into the final product:

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'Happy Happy Joy Joy — The Ren & Stimpy Story': Film Review | Sundance 2020
hollywoodreporter.com‘Happy Happy Joy Joy — the Ren & Stimpy Story’: Film Review | Sundance 2020Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood’s documentary covers the rise and fall of ‘The Ren & Stimpy Show’ and of creator John Kricfalusi.
11:56 PM ∙ Jan 24, 2020
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