# The Canadope Café 2016: The North Awakens **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883 "2016-01-01T05:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/581 "2016-05-27T11:10:30Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > True, but flat is flat, which takes much of the fun out of winter. That and the weeks on end of -40c. I actually really enjoyed the time I lived in Winnipeg ('96 to '98 or so). ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/582 "2016-05-28T23:53:59Z")
The Piper Cub came back from buying cookies and lemonade from our local MLA’s kids, who were running a lemonade stand down the street. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/583 "2016-05-29T01:18:53Z")
You must be a good dad for him to want to come back. How old is he now? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/584 "2016-05-29T03:16:55Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I didn’t know you lived in Winnipeg. I may be one of the few people around that love Winnipeg. I lived there in 1999-2000 and I love everything about it except the winters and the mosquitos. I live in Edmonton now, but was in Winnipeg my whole life until 3 years ago. I miss it, not the -40, but I sure miss going to the beach! ---
**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:** [May 29, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/585 "2016-05-29T03:44:52Z")
I’ve only been through Winnipeg once, on business, about 3 or 4 years ago in the late summer and I loved what I saw of it. The down town Forks area reminded me of the market area in Ottawa. ---
**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 1, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/586 "2016-06-01T01:44:56Z")
The Viking longship Draken Harald Hårfagre is arriving in St. Anthony on Wed. 1 June at about noon. A most excellent invasion. [http://www.drakenexpeditionamerica.com/](http://www.drakenexpeditionamerica.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/587 "2016-06-01T14:31:46Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > The Viking longship Draken Harald Hårfagre is arriving in St. Anthony on Wed. 1 June at about noon. A most excellent invasion. [http://www.drakenexpeditionamerica.com/](http://www.drakenexpeditionamerica.com/) A video of the event: :D ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/588 "2016-06-02T02:09:26Z")
Ok at least I know some of the words Robert Plant was screeching after all these years. Pretty cool thing to do. Bet that was a cold, wavy and cold trip. Edit: wait they are leaving form here and going to Iceland? I just assumed it was crazy Scandinavians doing such a thing. Well still gonna be cold. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/589 "2016-06-02T04:07:18Z")
We had 300 South African Firefighters staying on the base yesterday. Everywhere they went, they ran and sang. It was awesome. We posted a video on the base Facebook, if you want to see: [South African Firefighters](https://www.facebook.com/418107668256957/videos/1044964288904622/) ---
**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 2, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/590 "2016-06-02T08:54:25Z")
Terrific! ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/591 "2016-06-02T09:28:40Z")
MPSIMS related to the previous HOC Beiber incident. So, I’m standing on this corner in [LKF](https://www.google.com.hk/maps/@22.2805277,114.1552551,3a,75y,328.59h,75.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6OtglEz65HWC0xE7N7_UTQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en), taking a break from work (and people watching - it is short short season here in HK, so worth taking the time:)). I notice an old lady walking down the middle of the street with her cane (no shorts, thank zeus!) when a big truck comes up behind her. Being Hong Kong where vehicles rationally have the right of way on roads, two girls walking down the sidewalk rush to her aid and try to take her arms to get her off the street before the truck make a puddle out of her. Brown could take lessons on how to deal with people trying to ‘assist’ him anywhere from woman. This 80year old, sub-5’ woman slowly walking with a cane shrugged the girls off like she was an NFL tackle. And the look she gave them!:mad: She proceeded at her own slow pace down the road, vehicles apparently be damned. The driver of the truck shrugs his shoulders at the two girls who at that point don’t know what to do. ---
**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 2, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/592 "2016-06-02T23:33:32Z")
Well, the PM’s Elbow has been cleared. parliamentary committee has closed the matter, in part because Brosseau indicated she thought it was best if they all just moved on. [Opposition drops inquiry to Justin Trudeau’s ‘elbowgate’ incident](http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-elbow-all-party-committee-1.3609147) Reading between the lines, I think they figured out that no-one would look good if they did anything more on this one. ---
**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 3, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/593 "2016-06-03T00:12:10Z")
[Meanwhile in Turkey’s Parliament . . . you’ll never guess what they were debating.](https://youtu.be/yrkJaPgoBrM) ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/594 "2016-06-04T20:02:42Z")
Two years ago today an idiot with a gun went off his nut and killed 3 RCMP officers. Today a monument to those officers was [unveiled](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-mounties-memorial-1.3615620). Today we remember, with thanks, their sacrifice. Resurgo. ---
**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 4, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/595 "2016-06-04T20:33:45Z")
Thank you for posting that link. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/596 "2016-06-05T06:09:28Z")
Sad to see the “Canada AM” show cancelled. I watched it for years, and it was a nice way to start the day. ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/597 "2016-06-05T16:41:01Z")
That makes me feel old, for I see Jeff Hutchinson is retiring, yet the last time I watched Canada AM he was the weather guy/host who was the most recently hired of the lot. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/598 "2016-06-05T20:03:46Z")
This show started a year before I was born. I grew up watching it because my dad insisted on having it on in the mornings. Canada AM and The National / Journal are the reasons I’m a news junkie today. My family only had peasant-vision. About 12 years ago Mrs. Zeke and I used to watch the show religiously because a) we were awake at that time and b) we only had peasant-vision. I haven’t watched the show in years (we don’t even have peasant-vision) but when I read of Jeff’s retirement and, shortly after, the end of the show I was saddened. ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/599 "2016-06-15T03:26:44Z")
On the [commute](https://1drv.ms/i/s!AlaTGPNbSLnyi5sW6scd6sGPVwZfnQ) out to and back from the satellite office: five moose, four bears, one skunk, one osprey, one wolf, and from the endangered species list, a telephone booth with a phone in it. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/600 "2016-06-15T04:09:28Z")
Is this what we can expect when Trudeau appoints elected officials to cabinet positions simply because of their gender? Did Justin not check out her credentials? [http://www.therebel.media/cold\_weather\_solar\_greenhouses\_in\_canada\_pranked\_again\_on\_twitter\_mckenna\_proves\_she\_s\_not\_the\_smartest\_monkey\_at\_the\_zoo](http://www.therebel.media/cold_weather_solar_greenhouses_in_canada_pranked_again_on_twitter_mckenna_proves_she_s_not_the_smartest_monkey_at_the_zoo) Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Just how dumb is she? And what else can she be fooled on, especially when it comes to climate change? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883.md?page=31)