# The Canadoper Café 2024 is now open! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432 "2024-01-01T03:30:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/201 "2024-05-11T21:00:20Z")
Yes, I note the National (Com)post has a front page article espousing the “best” of Rex Murphy, in which he shows his total lack of scientific knowledge in a quest to personally insult the 2012 Canadian Parliamentarian of the year. Well done NP! This is truly Rex’s best work, showing his ignorance, lack of humility and eagerness to attack others with his massive and obtuse verbiage. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/202 "2024-05-13T04:49:19Z")
Looks like the Toronto tow truck wars are still in full swing. > **[Tow truck fire in East York was arson: Toronto police - Toronto | Globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/news/10490971/toronto-police-investigating-tow-truck-arson-shootings/)** > > Toronto police are investigating an arson involving a tow truck fire early Sunday. The fire follows two separate shooting incidents Saturday involving tow trucks. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/203 "2024-05-13T18:23:48Z")
Hoping many of you have had a chance to see the northern lights in the last few days. Here’s a song my friend Mip wrote about them - [https://youtu.be/4rLSbqpn4eM?si=Nt\_3MvQlrH-HZIzm](https://youtu.be/4rLSbqpn4eM?si=Nt_3MvQlrH-HZIzm) . (She grew up in Smithers, BC, so the northern lights really ‘some old friend’ to her!) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/204 "2024-05-13T18:41:00Z")
I’ve seen the lights before. But cloudy here on the best viewing days, though a few here saw them. However, I did see red. > **[Three firms tied to ArriveCan app got $1-billion in federal contracts, Ottawa...](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2c74378c75ce69f3bd05148883e9aa787edbcaa15de44e8517335ccc76bfb73e/CTZLGS3UQNGOXMCWVNIQW32QZA/)** > > Over the past 13 years, now-suspended firms involved in developing the app received hundreds of federal contracts that have a combined value of more than $1-billion ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/205 "2024-05-13T19:14:59Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hoping many of you have had a chance to see the northern lights in the last few days. Didn’t see anything here in Toronto ☹ ---
**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:** [May 20, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/206 "2024-05-20T18:01:36Z")
Happy May 2-4, everybody! Anyone up to anything special? I borrowed a friend’s vacuum, and I’m doing that kind of once-a-year, move all the furniture, clean everything kind of weekend. That, and Hobbit homework, practising, and maybe reading if I get enough done before I totally collapse. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/207 "2024-05-21T07:32:33Z")
One of Canada’s most notorious serial killers, Robert Pickton, has taken a broken broomstick to the head and is in critical condition: > **[B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton savagely attacked in prison, clinging to life](https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/bc-serial-killer-robert-pickton-savagely-attacked-in-prison)** > > Pickton was speared in the head with a broken broom-like handle, a source told Postmedia ---
**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:** [May 22, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/208 "2024-05-22T09:20:08Z")
Le Ministre, would you have any interest in running short fiction contests again? Just reviewing a few of my past entries. I doubt I ever would have written them without a contest to shoot for. I know, it was bragging rights only, but they were fun. Might you resurrect them? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/209 "2024-05-31T23:54:44Z")
As the Insane Clown Posse said, _you fall asleep and wake up dead_ _with a broken broom sticking out your forehead_ > **[Serial killer Robert Pickton dead | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/serial-killer-robert-pickton-dead-1.7221260)** > > The 74-year-old was in hospital after being the target of what Correctional Service Canada called a “major assault” on May 19 at the maximum security Port-Cartier Institution, about 480 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/210 "2024-06-01T01:46:53Z")
People who are sent to prison, shouldn’t be killed there. That being said, I will not lose any sleep over Pickton tonight. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/211 "2024-06-01T02:01:24Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > One of Canada’s most notorious serial killers, Robert Pickton, has taken a broken broomstick to the head and is in critical condition: > **[Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is...](https://apnews.com/article/pickton-dead-canada-serial-killer-pig-farm-f2f2c3545ac0bea23a38cc690cf1c796)** > > Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison. > The remains or DNA of 33 women were found on the farm. Pickton once bragged to an undercover police officer that he killed a total of 49 women. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/212 "2024-06-02T19:02:24Z")
Although the Edmonton Oilers have never been my team, it has been too long since any Canadien team has brought the Stanley Statue home. Here’s hoping they win their division and go on to declaw the Panthers. Go Canada! 🇨🇦 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/213 "2024-06-03T01:59:45Z")
My nephew worships McDavid, and I want that kid to be happy, so I guess I’ll at least not obstruct the bandwagon. ---
**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 5, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/214 "2024-06-05T01:26:22Z")
Interesting news item; > **[Ceremonial headdress to be returned to Siksika Nation after 100 years in...](https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/ceremonial-headdress-to-be-returned-to-siksika-nation-after-100-years-in-british-museum-1.6913375)** > > A ceremonial headdress that has been held by a museum in England for more than 100 years is set to be returned to an Alberta First Nation. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/215 "2024-06-06T15:55:09Z")
C’mon Oilers! In other news, mildly saddened to hear Toronto’s Phoenix Club is no more. Decades ago, that place attracted big alternative bands, and I had a lot of fun times there. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/216 "2024-06-07T18:39:13Z")
Water restrictions in Calgary. The Bearspaw feeder main, 2m in diameter at points and 12kms long sprung a leak on Wednesday night, and they still haven’t determined where the break is. Stage 4 water restrictions, absolutely no exterior watering, and we are supposed to avoid showers, baths, washing dishes, laundry, etc. so that there is enough water available for fire suppression. Second day of sponge bathing and man, do I want a shower. To think just a few decades ago showers were not common and a once a week bath on Saturday night was the thing. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/217 "2024-06-10T19:55:53Z")
Saint Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto was completely destroyed by fire early Sunday. “The St. Anne’s website said the church in 1923 commissioned founding Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald to oversee designs depicting the life of Christ on the building’s interior. MacDonald then signed on nine other artists, including Franklin Carmichael and Frederick Varley.” It was also a fantastic venue for sacred and classical music concerts - the dome gave it an acoustic that was absolutely unique. Toronto is in mourning for an incredible landmark today. > **[Fire tears through historic church in Toronto's west end, destroying Group of...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-fire-church-dufferin-dundas-street-west-1.7229569)** > > A historic church in Toronto's west end has been "completely destroyed," along with the artifacts it housed, says the city's fire chief, as firefighters remained on scene overnight Sunday to monitor the situation. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/218 "2024-06-20T21:35:51Z")
I’ve just learned of the passing of Donald Sutherland at the age of 88. An underrecognized Canadian icon, an outstanding actor, and a great gentleman. > **[Donald Sutherland, illustrious Canadian actor, dead at 88 | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/donald-sutherland-dead-obit-1.7241232)** > > Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose career spanned more than seven decades, has died at the age of 88. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/219 "2024-06-21T15:26:59Z")
Another great actor gone. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432/220 "2024-06-22T02:19:37Z")
> **[Ontario Science Centre to close immediately as province points to roof...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-science-centre-closing-roof-1.7242810)** > > The Ontario Science Centre is shutting down immediately as an engineering report commissioned by the province shows the roof could collapse — but while it could be fixed at a cost, the province is choosing to shutter the location indefinitely. It’s strange, isn’t it: lots of hundred year old buildings last fine if properly maintained, but so many buildings built in the 1960s seem to fall apart so easily. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2024-is-now-open/995432.md?page=12)