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Canada May Become First Country To Classify BPA Toxic
Canada is about to become the first country to declare bisphenol-a (BPA)—used in baby bottles, drink containers, and as a liner in cans—a toxic chemical, reports the New York Times. An anonymous source has said that the work by Canada's chemical review program to list BPA as a toxic chemical "was complete and was recently endorsed by a panel of outside scientists." The announcement is expected any time between today and the end of May. More »
scams
Watch Out For Scammers Pretending To Be Your Credit Card Company's Fraud Department
This should have been one of the first things your parents told you about avoiding scams, but in case they were busy watching TV or something — here you go: More »
hotels
North Vancouver Comfort Inn's "100% Satisfaction Guarantee" Is More Like 10-15%
A man wrote in to travel writer Christopher Elliott to complain about the awful experience he and his wife had with Comfort Inn & Suites in North Vancouver, British Columbia. When they checked in, they were surprised with a "free upgrade," but found the room was unclean and lacked linens. They asked to be given the room they initially reserved, then discovered the water was lukewarm during their entire visit, and the coffee machine was broken. The hotel's ice machine was also broken. Richard said in each case he complained to the front desk but only got an apology—and when he contacted Choice Hotels to complain, they told him he should have brought the issues to the attention of the hotel, and consequently they would not honor their 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. More »
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Torontoist reader Charles claims to have received a used tube of Vaseline with his bagged slice of vegetarian pizza. He wrote:
This Pizza Pizza Slice Came With A Free Tube Of Vaseline
Torontoist reader Charles claims to have received a used tube of Vaseline with his bagged slice of vegetarian pizza. He wrote:Yes, this is how the slice came: a used and soiled "Convenience Size" bottle of Vaseline moisturizer, as found in a Pizza Pizza, bagged slice of pizza; purchased in-store at 8:30PM (EST) 23 February 2008, Yonge St near Bloor St (Toronto, Canada).More »
drunks on a plane
Drunk Passenger Gets Jail Time, Has To Reimburse American Airlines $7,757
The first sign that Russell Petrie was too drunk to fly was probably when he boarded the plane and yelled "let's party and have some drinks!" More »
bad ideas
Coffee Shop Installs Fake Security Camera In Bathroom
A coffee shop in Montreal has removed a "dud" security camera from its bathroom after news of it hit the local papers. Corporate headquarters asked the franchise owner to take it down, and apologized/avoided blame in a press release that said they were "not consulted in advance." The franchise owner had installed it as a sort of junkie scarecrow, to frighten away heroin users who were leaving dirty needles in the bathroom stall. More »
mysteries of canada
Canadian No Longer Has To Pay More For AppleCare
Zachariah no longer has to wonder about why AppleCare costs more in Canada ($199) than in the US ($169), he found a deal at L.A. Computer Company where he could get it for $119. They emailed him the agreement number, he registered the number online at Apple, and received his official AppleCare Protection Plan Certificate in the mail. So what's the solution to the mystery of why there was a pricing disparity even though there's parity between the dollar and the loony? We don't know for sure, but we're placing our money on that the prices were figured out when the dollar was worth more and they just haven't been readjusted since.
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advertising
These three hilariously morbid print ads are for Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, by Canadian ad agency ACLC. Although they're a couple of years old now, it's probably the first (and only) time we've ever seen irreverence brought to the eternally grim concept of funeral pre-planning—we're not sure any American corporation would have the cojones to try a similar tack.
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Great Ad Campaign For... A Cemetery?
These three hilariously morbid print ads are for Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, by Canadian ad agency ACLC. Although they're a couple of years old now, it's probably the first (and only) time we've ever seen irreverence brought to the eternally grim concept of funeral pre-planning—we're not sure any American corporation would have the cojones to try a similar tack.More »
videos
Dairy Queen Owner Exclaims "Good God Almighty, Where's My Manager?" After Workers Moon Drive-Thru Window
Hey St. John's Dairy Queen workers, you forgot to make your Facebook group private. Now your hilarious little videos of each other mooning the drive-thru and waging indoor snowball fights are all over Canadian television. They just don't understand your jokes about "using meat the next day that wasn't kept overnight in the cooler." Neither do the health inspectors. More »
contracts
Potential Solution To Rogers Wireless SMS Fee Hike
A reader tells us that on March 4, 2008, Rogers Wireless will increase the price of international text messaging to 25 cents per message, which he thinks might be another "get-out-of-contract-free" opportunity similar to what Verizon opened itself up to when it hiked its fees this month. However, according to the portion of the contract Andrew sent us, and based on what a commenter wrote on a previous post, we think what might happen instead is Rogers Wireless will simply let you continue under the terms of your old contract if you call up and insist. It's worth a shot—post how it turns out if you try it. More »
mysteries of canada
Canadians Wonder Why They Have To Pay More For AppleCare
We all know that Canadians have to pay more for books, but why do they have to pay more for AppleCare? More »
fraud
Future Shop Sends You Two Blocks Of Wood Instead Of A Router
Happy New Year, Canada! Here's a special treat for our neighbors to the north: More »
funerals
Canadian Funeral Home Owner Busted For Cremains Fraud
The former owner of a funeral home in Princeton, British Columbia, has been charged with fraud for handing out random urns of ashes to his customers. The funeral home had been shut down in 2005 for operating without a license, but since it's rather difficult to spot the "wrong" ashes by sight, the problem wasn't discovered until another funeral home began to sort through the leftover inventory and found over 50 urns that had been labeled unclaimed. More »
success stories
Steve Jobs Rescues Your MacBook From Pittsburgh
Steve Job's email address has the power to fetch your MacBook from Pittsburgh and send it to Canada. Reader Janelle writes:My brother directed me to your site after I had a rather crappy time with the Apple Care people over the phone. Long story short, I sent my MacBook in to get fixed while I was at school in Pittsburgh and contacted them to have it redirected to my home in Canada once it was all done. Lo and behold, it got sent back to Pittsburgh even though I gave them plenty of information on how to contact me and strict instructions that it shouldn't go back.More »
shopping
Dollar Parity Results In Piles Of Clothes Discarded By Canadian Shoppers
Canadians are heading to the U.S. to do their shopping—and are leaving their old clothes behind in order to avoid paying a duty when they cross back into Canada. More »
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Four Months Later, The Fridge You Paid Sears To Remove Is Still Sitting There
As with many of the real life stories on your site, ours is filled with astonishment, confusion and anger. It began in August of this year and continues until today. I write to you mainly so that other avid readers of your site may consider whether or not they should ever make a major purchase from Sears, and of course with the small hope that of the two or three staff at Sears who care about customer service would respond and end this saga for us.More »
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