# The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014 "2012-01-01T03:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 85
**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:** [September 15, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1682 "2012-09-15T22:00:55Z")
One of each. He can eat the one he likes best, and give the other to a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1683 "2012-09-15T22:20:27Z")
I just wanted to comment on the passing of Peter Lougheed. He was a great leader for Alberta, literally the right man at the right time. He stood up to Trudeau on the insane NEP. He was a driving force behind unifying Canada with a new constitution. He was a true statesman and I feel that Canada would have been better off if Lougheed had run for Prime Minister. A wide range of people from all over the political spectrum admired his integrity. Start naming roads and schools after him, he deserves it. Rest In Peace Mr. Lougheed. You will be fondly remembered by Albertans and deeply missed by your friends. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1684 "2012-09-16T00:01:37Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > And those are not sled dogs in the background. Jesus, I didn’t even notice them the first time around! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1685 "2012-09-16T00:16:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Jesus, I didn’t even notice them the first time around! How could you miss those eyes. I got the sense that this lonely muskox was not long for this world. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1686 "2012-09-16T07:31:31Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Luckily, no one ever wants to go to Winnipeg! I don’t care what anyone says. I have lived in 5 cities and two towns in 4 provinces, and I love Winnipeg. Not a fan of the Winters, or anytime mosquitos are out, but the other two weeks are lovely. I kid, I kid. The people are friendly and I find it very livable. If I moved back toward central canada again I would probably move to Winnipeg before Thunder Bay, except of course if I was moving back to be close to my parents. But the plan is for them to move out to BC where both their children are before they need care. Best perk of my former job at Canadian Blood Services was the occasional trips to Winnipeg! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1687 "2012-09-16T16:02:07Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > **Schrödinger’s TimBit** > > Took the Piper Cub to a swimming lesson today. He had a good time and was really well-behaved, so as a treat I took him to a Timmy’s drive-through. All the way over, he was debating what to get - two chocolate TimBits, his fave (Mrs Piper has commented that he likes chocolate more than most girls), or the recently discovered Roughriders Doughnut (i.e. a vanilla doughnut with white and green sprinkles). He kept changing his mind, TimBits one moment, Riders doughnut the next. > > Finally, we got to the order intercom and I said “What’s it to be, Cub?” > > No reply; turned back and he’s fast asleep, exhausted from the swimming. > > So I went ahead and bought something for when he wakes up. What will he find when he looks in the Timmies bag, O Dopers? You bought him a Riders doughnut, because you are cruel that way. Actually, I think you got him the doughnut and a single chocolate Timbit, though you will insist on having a bit of the doughnut because you got more than he would otherwise have been allowed to have. Off to the Als’ game… kill the doughnutty Riders! 🆒 ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1688 "2012-09-17T01:14:08Z")
I bought one of these today - [Coffin Crisp!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/69436374@N08/7982778019/lightbox/) There were also Scaeros (Aero bar), Scairties (Smarties) and Kit Kats (with a black cat on the label) available. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1689 "2012-09-17T01:43:15Z")
Alouettes beat the Riders on a perfect sunny day. Then my friends and I wandered past tam-tams and volleyball and had poutine at La Banquise and I had a nice nap and am now watching NFL on the TV. It was a good 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:** [September 17, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1690 "2012-09-17T09:31:26Z")
Lacrosse has come to Thunder Bay as healing medicine for youth convicts. [Lacrosse played for healing at youth detention centre | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/09/14/tby-lacrosse-in-jail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1691 "2012-09-17T09:46:04Z")
Thanks for the link Muffin. I like news from home, and I don’t always see as much as I would like. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1692 "2012-09-17T15:09:13Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Lacrosse has come to Thunder Bay as healing medicine for youth convicts. [Lacrosse played for healing at youth detention centre | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/09/14/tby-lacrosse-in-jail.html) Ah, lacrosse. Is there nothing you can’t do? 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1693 "2012-09-17T16:28:03Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Alouettes beat the Riders on a perfect sunny day. Then my friends and I wandered past tam-tams and volleyball and had poutine at La Banquise and I had a nice nap and am now watching NFL on the TV. It was a good day 🙂 I forgot my own CFL story from yesterday - just for the heck of it I tried to name all eight CFL teams, and it turns out I know about six of the eight. I’m not much of a football fan. 🙂 (I could name eight NFL teams, though - I thought that was very impressive! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1694 "2012-09-17T17:55:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I forgot my own CFL story from yesterday - just for the heck of it I tried to name all eight CFL teams, and it turns out I know about six of the eight. I’m not much of a football fan. 🙂 > > (I could name eight NFL teams, though - I thought that was very impressive! 😃 ) For a non-football fan, I was very impressed with how many she got! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1695 "2012-09-17T18:38:30Z")
Any thoughts on American company **Lowe’s** apparently [giving up](http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/09/17/rona-lowes-takeover-bid-dropped.html) its takeover attempt on Canadian company **Rona**? > [@](#): > > Although it is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the United States, after Home Depot, Lowe’s has a relatively small presence in Canada. > > Rona has by far the largest number of company and affiliate-owned home-improvement locations in Canada under its banner, with Home Depot a distant second. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1696 "2012-09-17T20:08:05Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Any thoughts on American company **Lowe’s** apparently [giving up](http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/09/17/rona-lowes-takeover-bid-dropped.html) its takeover attempt on Canadian company **Rona**? I’d say this is excellent news. Canada needs less foreign ownership, not more. Screw Lowe’s! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1697 "2012-09-17T20:18:38Z")
Lowe’s sucks! I went to Rona today and saw a notice on the door about how they’re the CANADIAN hardware store with CANADIAN ownership and buying CANADIAN is good for CANADIANS! Subtle. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1698 "2012-09-17T20:46:21Z")
The Rona nearest me is atrocious. We’ll drive an extra 20 minutes out of the way to go to the Home Despot. Sure, it’s cool that they are Canadian…but not once have they EVER had the item we needed in stock, the store is dark and cavelike, and I kept expecting the staff manning the tills to lurch off groaning “nnnrrrrrr…brrrraaaaiiiinnnnnsssss” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1699 "2012-09-17T22:11:03Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Lacrosse has come to Thunder Bay as healing medicine for youth convicts. [Lacrosse played for healing at youth detention centre | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2012/09/14/tby-lacrosse-in-jail.html) That’s very cool. I used to think that team sports generally sucked (being a geek through high school) but over time I have come to see the merits more and more (obnoxious parents in the stands notwithstanding). hmm, I always thought Rona was a Quebec company, not Canadian…😉 \ Seriously, I think it was probably a good thing. It gets progressively harder to buy local. I used to drop a fair bit of money at MEC but that has decreased significantly over time, especially on outerwear, since they can’t find Canadian mfrs anymore. Also, Winnipeg rocks. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1700 "2012-09-17T22:35:18Z")
In Québec, it’s a Québecois company 😉 I’m indifferent to RONA, Home-Depot, Reno-Déco and Canadian Tire…depends what I need and whatever’s closest. My expectations aren’t all that high anyways. That might change if/when we own a house and I actually have major things to do. We are looking to buy - possibly soonish. I also need a new car - mine is making weird grinding noises when I turn the wheels, and today there was an ad for a tow truck on my car…I think the universe is trying to tell me something. I don’t know what, though - 16+ years and 326000km…it’s still a baby! ☹ I’m overly attached to that POS. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1701 "2012-09-17T23:20:50Z")
Rona apparently uses a lot of Canadian suppliers, which Lowe’s does not, and probably never will. I’m for keeping jobs in Canada where practical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014.md?page=86)