Andrew Coyne had a piece in The National Post yesterday about how the poverty line is at its lowest number since the peeps at Stats Can have been keeping track of such things. The number, as of 2011, is 8.8 per cent. In ’65, the first year the numbers were
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The World Famous Dan Shields: 6266…Canadian Icon Turns 73 Today
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6265…Don’t Bark At Police
Antonio Morrison got arrested for doing so on the weekend.Who is Antonio Morrison? Glad you asked. Mr. Morrison is a student athlete with the University of Florida Gators football team. Think Gatorade, Tim Tebow and Ottawa’s own Jesse Palmer and you have the picture. The Orlando Sentinel relays the info that
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6263…Tim Horton’s Ix Nay The Gays
Well at least the gay papers that one could cruise online whilst having a double double. Read about it in the Sun yesterday. It is said that DailyXtra.com, an online news service targeting homosexuals, has been blocked. No comment from Timmy’s. Great comment from Starbucks who said that you can
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6262…Dean Del Mastro Is A Bad Boy
Allegedly. I missed this; happened last month. CBC ran with the story that “Frank Hall, whom Del Mastro contracted to do voter outreach and identification during the 2008 federal election campaign, said Del Mastro used his parliamentary privilege in the House of Commons last week to attack Hall’s credibility.”The member
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6261…And You Thought Rob Ford Was Bad
Hey ain’t got nothin’ on the current mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner. This guy is such a dog that dogs are upset with him. NPR and KPBS tell all that hizzoner is a sexual predator. “At a press conference on Monday, attorneys Marco Gonzalez, Cory Briggs and former council
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6260…Boys In Skirts
Great Britain is going thru a heat wave. A heat wave in Great Britain btw means the temp is close to 20. The management at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff, Wales, told the boys there that they canna wear shorts. The Mirror reports that 17 grade 10 students at Gareth
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6259…Justin Trudeau Has A Plan
From my real world and Facebook friend Shane Mackenzie. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6258…Forget About The Senate
Global reports that the NHL is going to send players to the 2014 Olympics. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6257…Vive La Belle Province
Not the resto; the actual province. I am sure that someway, somehow, Pauline Marois and the Parti Quebecois will blame this on the English but… Here is the story, direct from the Sun papers via Fark. MONTREAL – Quebec’s education ministry admits it gave out 130,000 high school diplomas with
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6256…Next For Ottawa: Locusts
Yer capital is going thru a nasty heat wave. Today there is a tornado warning. One would presume that locusts are next. Personally I blame Mike Duffy. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6255…3 Storey Tall Mike Duffy In Ottawa
The Canadian Taxpayers Association, a group who unofficially shill for the Stephen Harpers, unveiled a 3 storey tall Senator Mike Duffy, Kanata-Prince Edward Island, earlier today in your capital. The Ottawa Citizen reports that “The Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveiled its new mascot Thursday in a call for a referendum on
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6254…Tronna Cop Bakes Cookies In Squad Car
Bit of a heat wave happening in the Centre of the Universe. How hot is it? So hot that The National Post says that Detective Jeff Bangild of the Toronto Police Service decided to bake some poppin’ fresh Pillsbury choc chip cookies in his squad car. Took 12 hours but
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6253…Violin Appreciation Day
It was on this day in the year 64 that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. You could look it up. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6252…Arrest Bonus Of 250 K
Wow being a disgraced pol really pays off. Take the case of Montreal’s ex mayor Michael Applebaum. You may recall that Mr. Applebaum was interim mayor of Canada’s coolest city for about a minute before the spoilsports that enforce the law charged him with 14 counts of having his hand
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6251…Cat Killing Quebec Mayor
I say this frequently. La Belle is the place where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis. For example, this weekend Stephane Gendron, the mayor of Huntington, a small town on the Quebec/New England border, went on his Radio-X show to proclaim that he is a hat hater. “Stray cats
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6249…Canada Is Full
No more immigrants. That is the David Suziki point of view as revealed to the French page turner L’Express. I just flew from Ottawa to Edmonton. Mr. Suziki is wrong. Canada is empty. Real empty. A suggestion. Next time you fly across Our Home And Native Land skip the movie
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6248…The Golden Age Of TV Continues
Season debut of Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo tommorrow on TLC. Quality TV on your flat screen, smart phone or lap top. Tomorrow turned out to be as promised. Wunnerful. WFDS
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