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Airline Food Gets Even Worse After Needle Found in Sandwich on Air Canada Flight

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:00:15 +0000

Airplane food isn’t exactly cuisine reserved for the discerning palette, but it gets the job done. However, you might want to think twice before noshing on plane food and not because of nutritional concerns. For the second time this summer, it’s become dangerous. A passenger on an Air Canada flight bound for Toronto from Victoria [...]

Canada Has Eliminated the Penny

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:49 +0000

Even stacked together in a jar, all those pennies you have are fairly worthless. However, they may soon become collectors’ items.

Canada, our neighbor to the North, has just eliminated the penny in their latest federal budget, following the example of nations like Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian national mint will stop producing the one-cent coin over the next six months, and businesses have been asked to return pennies to be melted down.

We thought it was a joke too, but apparently the Great White North is serious:

How Much Do Americans Love Canada?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:04:21 +0000

According to a new Gallup poll, United States citizens truly love our neighbors to the north — in fact, in the company’s annual favorability ratings, 96 percent of Americans said they have a generally favorable view of Canada, while only three percent view it unfavorably.

If You Live in Canada or Mexico You Will Have to Pay $5.50 to Enter the U.S.

Lori Crofford — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:28:13 +0000

According to the new Federal Budget our friends to the North and South of us will have to pay a fee of $5.50 each time the enter the U.S. According to FoxNewsInsider.com The new federal budget proposes to charge $5.50 for entry to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, which would net the government up [...]