# Canadope Café 2018: Chatting Around the Campfire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666 "2018-01-01T01:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/201 "2018-08-07T08:23:52Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What did everyone else do for August long weekend? Nothing special here, really. A Blue Jays game at the local sports bar, a trip to the local racebook to bet horse racing (I didn’t win), and once again, putting off the yardwork that needs doing. All in all, a nice, relaxing weekend. Though that yardwork will need doing. But maybe not this weekend. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/202 "2018-08-07T10:08:31Z")
Yearly camping event with long-time friends. Great long weekend. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/203 "2018-08-07T11:17:20Z")
Day one: five wheel rollerblading and biking. Day two: erecting scaffolding and chalet painting. Day 3: taking folks from NZ hiking and paddling on Superior. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/204 "2018-08-07T17:51:15Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > … putting off the yardwork that needs doing. Oops - I forgot to mention - I did that too! It’s exhausting, that mental strain. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 7, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/205 "2018-08-07T20:19:04Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yearly camping event… I wish I could have said “yearly holiday Monday golf game,” but this was the first year my friends and I didn’t. My usual golf buddies were unavailable, and I didn’t feel like playing by myself. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/206 "2018-08-08T07:47:37Z")
Curious about something, and maybe our Cana-Dopers can help. Does anybody not in Toronto ever look at the Toronto Star online? On occasion, I’ll check the Toronto Star for Toronto news (as many of you know, Toronto is my hometown, and it’s nice to know what’s been happening there). So imagine my surprise recently when I Googled “thestar.ca,” clicked the first link presented like I always have, and got: “The Star: Calgary,” with all kinds of Calgary news items. No big deal, and I can follow a link to the Toronto news site. But it got me wondering–would **Gorsnak** and **Northern Piper** get “The Star: Saskatchewan”? Would **Muffin** get “The Star: Thunder Bay”? Would **Leaffan** get “The Star: Ottawa”? Could you folks try it and see what you get? And anybody in any other province, could you give it a try too? Like I said, I’m curious. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/207 "2018-08-08T12:33:28Z")
When I go to The Star’s options page I see the following cities Toronto Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Halifax No Ottawa (not too strange really) and no Montreal which is. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/208 "2018-08-08T12:50:52Z")
Nope - when I look at it i always get Toronto news. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/209 "2018-08-08T14:13:22Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Nope - when I look at it i always get Toronto news. It’s a Toronto paper. Does Ontario exist outside of the GTA? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/210 "2018-08-08T14:22:26Z")
I typed in “the star.ca” and got Toronto. I’m on my phone and my GPS location is no secret though. Occasionally I do read The Star, mostly for Leafs news during the hockey season, but I’ll browse around. It’s certainly a Liberal-friendly paper. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! I like varying editorial slants on stories and opinions. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/211 "2018-08-09T03:09:46Z")
Thanks, folks. Interesting results. I guess the Star’s server is seeing my IP address in Alberta, and deciding that I want to see Calgary news. Like I said, it’s no biggie to click through to Toronto news, so I guess I’ll do that. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![popomomo\_cocoyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@popomomo\_cocoyoyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/popomomo_cocoyoyo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/212 "2018-08-09T20:08:02Z")
The “Star” in Vancouver is a commuter paper officialy called StarMetro, I think. It’s a rebrand of the old daily paper Metro. You can read the short history on wikipedia: [StarMetro (newspaper) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarMetro_(newspaper)) Some time in the 2000s we got two free dailys pop up simultaneously in Vancouver: 24 hours and Metro, 24 Hours was full of disturbingly biased editorials, Metro was/is actually pretty nice, no editorials and the news articles were well balanced and ranged from local to international. I used to read the Metro all the time at the coffee shop. When it got rebranded they changed the look a bit - I think they’re using smaller fonts and less line spacing, presumably to fit more adverts - so I don’t read it as often. Anyways, thestar.ca redirects me to the Vancouver section of [thestar.com](http://thestar.com), same for metronews.ca. The boxes on the streets still display the URL for metronews.ca. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/213 "2018-08-09T23:59:51Z")
TBay gets Toronto news from the Toronto Star. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/214 "2018-08-11T04:14:35Z")
The Rogers Cup tennis tournament is going on in my backyard. I’m not used to seeing so many people at my usually quiet little metro (subway) station in the evening. Though still nowhere near as crowded as things get on a typical weekday rush hour. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/215 "2018-08-13T01:18:00Z")
First time for me: +40 C, yesterday here in Saskatchewan. I’ve had -40 before, but I don’t think I’ve ever had +40. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/216 "2018-08-13T01:41:09Z")
That is positively un-Canadian. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/217 "2018-08-13T01:49:30Z")
I don’t care. I’m loving this weather guys. Last summer was a bummer. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/218 "2018-08-13T01:59:12Z")
We het +40C here this past Friday. It set a record for the hottest day ever recorded in this city. I’ve encountered +40C once before, but it years ago, and it was in Toronto. I haven’t experienced it since, until this past Friday. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/219 "2018-08-13T03:37:52Z")
Have any of you ever been asked to serve for jury duty? I haven’t, and just today I learned of a friend of mine who was asked to complete a questionnaire. This is only the second person I’ve known who MAY be selected for jury duty. Maybe I’m hanging with the wrong crowd? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/220 "2018-08-13T04:03:56Z")
I served on a coroner’s jury back in 1989, in Toronto. Not sure how I was selected for a _coroner’s_ jury (I did receive what I guess was the typical questionnaire a few weeks before I got a call asking me to show up), but it was a fascinating experience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666.md?page=12)