# The Canadope Café, 2014 Edition: In 3-D! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612 "2014-01-01T05:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/741 "2014-03-26T11:35:16Z")
I’m hoping everyone in the Maritimes is stocked up and prepared - today’s storm is [predicted to be very nasty indeed.](http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/developing-storm-canada/) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/742 "2014-03-26T14:23:04Z")
Not good. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/743 "2014-03-26T16:02:24Z")
In case anyone wonders next curling season why I won’t be mentioning my [niece](http://www.tsn.ca/curling/story/?id=447313) anymore. > [@](#): > > Longtime second [name removed at request of OP] is leaving the Homan team next month after deciding to move to Sweden to be with her boyfriend. A bit of a shocker. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/744 "2014-03-26T16:52:49Z")
SWMBO and I actually sat outside and had a few beverages with a clear patio and above zero temps two weeks ago; I saw people riding motorcycles, and bicycles! Apparently it was all a dream though because it was -18 when I (that being my wife) decided we were having BBQ pork ribs the other day. #_^$@_ Winter! Sorry I meant to say, I love living in Alberia! Don’t know how that other thing slipped out… ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/745 "2014-03-26T17:27:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I’m hoping everyone in the Maritimes is stocked up and prepared - today’s storm is [predicted to be very nasty indeed.](http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/developing-storm-canada/) With another 30 cm or so coming on Sunday. Yay. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/746 "2014-03-26T18:24:03Z")
My Nana is supposed to fly into Halifax on Sunday after spending some time in Florida. ☹ Hope it won’t cause too much trouble with her travel plans. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/747 "2014-03-26T18:41:17Z")
[Live webcam view from the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel to Georges Island, Port Authority, Seaport Farmers Market, Pier 21-22 and McNabs Island:](http://www1.novascotiawebcams.com/halifax/pier-21.html) [http://www1.novascotiawebcams.com/halifax/pier-21.html](http://www1.novascotiawebcams.com/halifax/pier-21.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/748 "2014-03-26T19:35:34Z")
Well, we’re not getting any kind of massive storm here, but I’m still going to bitch about the cold and the snow today, and the snow covering the ice on the sidewalks so I can’t see it and take my life in my hands when I went walking\*. Wah. \*I may be exaggerating a bit - I could have fallen and broken something, though. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/749 "2014-03-26T19:44:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In case anyone wonders next curling season why I won’t be mentioning my [niece](http://www.tsn.ca/curling/story/?id=447313) anymore. > > \ > > A bit of a shocker. It looked like her replacement was a shock to the Sweeting team as well. Then there’s a bit of drama with the Martin/Koe bunch. I know spring tends to be a re-organizing time but normally the teams wait until late April/May before announcing changes/shake-ups. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/750 "2014-03-26T21:57:44Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > . . . I’m still going to bitch about the cold and the snow today. . . . Me too. Bitch bitch bitch complain bitch bitch bitch. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/751 "2014-03-26T22:29:52Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > … I’m still going to bitch about the cold and the snow today… Go right ahead, because if you didn’t I would. What’s discouraging, I think, is that the days are all the same: every day, it seems to be minus-5 or so, and the sky is cloudy and grey. The only thing that changes is the snow–sometimes is snows, sometimes it doesn’t. There is no indication that the weather will be anything but the way it is today, yesterday, and presumably tomorrow. I need a vacation somewhere warm. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/752 "2014-03-27T03:03:38Z")
I keep singing in my head - _This is the winter that doesn’t end Yes, it goes on and on my friend Some people started slashing their wrists, Because they lost their will to live…_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/753 "2014-03-27T03:25:24Z")
And now for something completely different - [this report says that Fort Chipewyan has slightly higher rates of three kinds of cancer,](http://globalnews.ca/news/1227635/alberta-report-finds-fort-chipewyan-has-higher-rates-of-three-kinds-of-cancer/) but the cancers in Fort Chipeweyan are not related to the proximity of the oil sands. > [@](#): > > James Talbot, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, said at a press conference that the government found little evidence that environmental conditions played a factor. > > “There isn’t much evidence for lung cancer and for cervical cancer to have an environmental cause at all,” he said. “The American Cancer Society lists 12 causes that are known with good evidence to be risk factors for bile duct cancer. None of those are chemicals that would be found in the environment. > > “There isn’t strong evidence for an association between any of these cancers and environmental exposure.” > The majority of cervical cancers are related to human papilloma virus exposure, says a press release from Alberta Health Services, and most lung cancers are related to smoking. Just wanted to share that information, even though some people (Neil Young, James Cameron) are determined that oil sands are teh evilllll. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/754 "2014-03-27T12:06:50Z")
Reporters from the Weather Network get blown over during Nova Scotia on-camera segment - [video link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=saZnpFBVW_U&app=desktop). Yeah, I don’t think I’d want to be facing into that wind, either. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/755 "2014-03-27T14:10:57Z")
I would really like for it to stop snowing now. Thank you. Also - would anyone like to buy some Girl Guide cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/756 "2014-03-27T14:45:51Z")
Girl Guide cookies? Are they made with real Girl Guides? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/757 "2014-03-27T15:30:51Z")
It’s -10 here now. It will be +9 tomorrow. I don’t think it’s been that warm since the second week of November. It will be paradise. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/758 "2014-03-27T16:03:20Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Reporters from the Weather Network get blown over during Nova Scotia on-camera segment - [video link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=saZnpFBVW_U&app=desktop). Yeah, I don’t think I’d want to be facing into that wind, either. The wind was so strong they had to use a wired microphone. The wireless signal was being blown away. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/759 "2014-03-27T16:07:08Z")
US Coast Guard has a couple of small ice breakers working on TBay harbour today, and they will have a larger one at work here tomorrow. They formed a convoy to cut a lane from the Soo to Duluth, and are now opening up TBay. Of course we’re welcoming them with a snowstorm. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/760 "2014-03-27T16:41:40Z")
Looks like the Ring of Fire is moving forward, in that the Province of Ontario and several Matawa First Nations are now playing ball and agree on knocking a road up from Nakina. There will be tens of billions created from this project, but more importantly, it should help connect the various First Nations to the outside world (presently they only have ice roads in the winter) while at the same time create job opportunities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612.md?page=39)