Massive Teddy Gram

Check out Canadians and their weird holiday traditions – including throwing $20,000+ stuffed animals onto the ice in aid of children's charities (the toys go to kids as does some money from on-site teddy bear stands). Awwww.

Wikileaks Cables Reveal That Canada Is Boring | The Atlantic Wire

Yawn. tell us something we don't know, right? According to this piece on The Atlantic Wire U.S. diplomats have little to do but kvetch about the portrayal of Americans on lame Canadian TV shows.

This quote from the comments section is pretty funny, though.

The last time I was in Canada, I turned on the news and caught the crawl mid-sentence at the bottom of the screen:

"...after having its head trapped in a jar for two weeks, apparently freed itself."

Turns out it was a bear! Anyway, exciting things DO happen in Canada.