# CanadaDope 2017: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial - "... and loving it!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045 "2017-01-01T14:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/281 "2017-06-11T02:34:50Z")
However, they do now have perogies! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/282 "2017-06-24T23:58:27Z")
“Still Standing” with Jonny Harris. Do you fellow Canucks watch this? It’s extremely entertaining. You learn about other Canadian communities, and have a few laughs at the same time. I really like it. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/283 "2017-06-25T00:18:49Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > We are frugal Prairie folk, not used to Ontario sporting event prices. Hey, it costs a lot to conscientiously and consistently [duck having to win the Cup for half a century](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs) despite being [the most valuable team in the league](https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlm45kdmi/1-toronto-maple-leafs/#222566576037). That says a lot about its fans, too. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/284 "2017-06-25T00:49:05Z")
Links take to some hockey team in southern Ontario? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/285 "2017-06-25T01:21:25Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Links take to some hockey team in southern Ontario? Yeh, where the fans trow so much money at them that they’re trying to add another team in the same city, rather than use the money to increase the odds of winning the Cup. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/286 "2017-06-25T01:33:49Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Yeh, where the fans trow so much money at them that they’re trying to add another team in the same city, rather than use the money to increase the odds of winning the Cup. No offence **Muffin** , but obviously you haven’t been following the rebuilding effort that the Leafs are finally undertaking. They finally have very competent people in the front office and are building organically through the draft. They’re in a very envious position right now with a lot of young talent on the team and more coming up through the minors. If you’ve followed them for as long as I have you’d know exactly why it all went off the rails, and why they finally decided to get the train back on the tracks. It would make for a good discussion over few beers. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/287 "2017-06-25T03:40:22Z")
You’re correct – I have not been following the Leaf’s rebuilding. (I’m into sports, but not watching sports, and I don’t have a memory for names or statistics, so I’m a failure as a sports-fan.) Once Ballard took control of the Leafs and chased the good players away, I lost interest. That, and I owe my life to the Habs (I would not have been conceived were it not for the Habs). I gather that the Leafs are getting to the top by diving to the bottom – when they tank, they have better odds at higher draft picks, and when they trade high paid performers off the can pick up lesser paid up-and-comers and avoid hitting the cap. A lot of this gambit would turn on their scouts (I believe they had a house-cleaning a few years ago), and I don’t have a clue as to how good their scouts are and if their coach is able to put the package together, so I don’t even try to guess as to how well they can be expected to perform. Some of my Toronto friends are a bit off the deep end when it comes to cheering for the Leafs (one renovated his basement to turn it into a Leafs’ shrine, and another used to rent ice in the Gardens each year for his little kid team to play on), so I enjoy teasing them about their team’s spectacular lack of success. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/288 "2017-06-25T11:25:20Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “Still Standing” with Jonny Harris. > > Do you fellow Canucks watch this? It’s extremely entertaining. You learn about other Canadian communities, and have a few laughs at the same time. > > I really like it. Me too! I think is an awesome concept, and he’s brilliant at it! I especially like that it shines a light on struggling communities, but also shows the actual steps they’re pursuing to move forward. That’s got to be inspiring to other small communities who share the struggle. Both in a practical and motivational sense, I should think. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/289 "2017-06-28T03:40:11Z")
An interesting talk given last fall by Gwynne Dyer looking at terrorism, Trump, job loss due to AI/technology, and guaranteed income. [Gwynne Dyer at the University of Regina - YouTube](https://youtu.be/qbcZBnG1smY) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/290 "2017-06-29T02:14:03Z")
Did anyone watch the Real Housewives of Toronto? (or Vancouver for that matter?) Recommended viewing? ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/291 "2017-06-29T03:08:01Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Did anyone watch the Real Housewives of Toronto? (or Vancouver for that matter?) Recommended viewing? Real+Housewives+Recommended viewing=\ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/292 "2017-07-02T09:20:58Z")
Canada Day, and this thread isn’t even posted to? Gosh, what have we become? My Canada Day: I was at the local ballpark, where I helped the local pro wrestling promotion provide the “halftime entertainment,” between games of a double-header. No, I don’t wrestle, but I can do ring announcing just as well as Michael Buffer (IMHO, anyway. 🙂 ) Our local baseball team won both games of the doubleheader, and the wrestlers had a great time before a welcoming crowd. It was a great way to celebrate Canada’s 150th! How did you spend your Canada Day? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/293 "2017-07-02T11:17:43Z")
Quietly with my hubby, he golfed, I gardened, made some lovely Thai food for dinner. Watched the storm from our enclosed porch snuggled up with the dogs. Welcomed our new neighbours for whom it was move in day! It was quiet and homey and lovely. We’re having friends over for a big rib dinner tomorrow (holiday Monday!), which will be less quiet I’m certain! ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/294 "2017-07-02T13:09:30Z")
Spent the day with Bono. What a crowd. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/295 "2017-07-02T13:17:28Z")
It was rainy here, and some events got cancelled or postponed because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/296 "2017-07-02T15:04:00Z")
With friends in Kanata. We were supposed to go to the free concert and fireworks in Kanata, but the weather was ridiculously terrible. So we ate, drank, listened to music and played “Cards Against Humanity.” Seems like it always rains on Canada Day now. It would have been nice if we caught a break this year’s, but no. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/297 "2017-07-02T18:22:16Z")
I went on a local history tour. Visited the Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre, Batoche National Historic Site, and the Fish Creek National Historic Site (all related to the Rebellion of 1885). Mid-way through I received notification that some extended family and friends were meeting at my parent’s farm for a firepit supper and festivities. The farm, as it happens, lies between the Fish Creek site and Saskatoon, so it was right on my route. Supper was followed by the launching of a bunch of model rockets which my nephew and a friend had dug out of storage where they’d been sitting for 10 years. Apparently Estes model rocket engines store well, as there wasn’t a single misfire. All in all a very pleasant day. ---
**Author:** ![KatieCats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@KatieCats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatieCats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/298 "2017-07-02T21:01:21Z")
Farmer’s market in the morning, at friends place for the rest of the day, followed by fireworks in Wascana Park very late last night. It was a beautiful day; sunny, not too hot, and no mosquitoes! Now if only the Riders had won… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/299 "2017-07-12T01:45:13Z")
[Oxford approves of our civil service.](https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/international-civil-service-effectiveness-index)#1 in the world. Does that mean we can have a spanking? (The only thing we are average on is tax administration. Could be a lot worse.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/300 "2017-07-14T05:32:41Z")
I see where Julie Payette has been tabbed as our next Governor-General. I rather like the idea. She seems to be competent and capable, and I was pleased to see the appointment. How about you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=16)