Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Mill Optical Illusion
The Shrinking Mill of Port Colborne, in Ontario, Canada, is an intriguing optical illusion that makes a giant grain elevator shrink the closer you get to it. Usually, things tend to appear smaller in the distance and grow in size the closer you get to them, but that rule does not apply to the grain […]
Art Teacher Stands Accused of Selling Students’ Painting On Personal Website
A Quebec art teacher is being accused of selling his high school students’ artworks on his website without their consent for personal profit. An art teacher at the Westwood Junior High School in Saint Lazare has landed in hot water with the parents of several of his students for allegedly selling their drawings and paintings […]
McDonald’s Restaurant in the “Middle of Nowhere” Sparks Conspiracy Theories
A McDonald’s restaurant that only opened a week ago has already gone viral on social media because of its unusual location – in rural Quebec, Canada, surrounded by farmland. McDonald’s is one of the world’s most recognizable brands, and one of the ways it built this reputation was by opening restaurants in busy areas that […]
Canada’s Feral ‘Super Pigs’ Are Virtually Impossible to Eradicate
Northern US states are preparing for an invasion of incredibly intelligent and highly adaptable ‘super pigs’ that threaten to spill over the border from Canada. Feral pigs have been the bane of North America’s flora and fauna for many years now, but a new breed of ‘super pigs’ is threatening to take the problems they […]
Man Uses Imposter Wife to Get Legal Marriage Annuled
A Canadian judge recently canceled a marriage annulment after discovering that the “wife” who testified during court proceedings had been an imposter. Warren and Gina Zant married in the tropical Cook Islands on Nov. 27, 1999, but split two decades later, filing a separation agreement that stated that the ex-wife would receive survivor benefits under […]
How a Routine Blood Donation Left a Young Woman Permanently Disabled
A 21-year-old woman has lost mobility in her right arm following a botched blood donation in which a nurse allegedly drew blood from one of her arteries instead of a vein. Gabriela Ekman, of Ontario, Canada, had just turned 17 when she decided to donate blood for the first time in her life. She hoped […]
$517,000 Rock, Paper, Scissors Debt Ruled Invalid by Canadian Court
Two Canadian men wagered a whopping $517,000 on three simple games of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Now a court ruled that the loser doesn’t have to pay up. It’s unclear how Edmund Mark Hooper and Michel Primeau ended up playing a simple hand game for over half a million dollars in January 2011, but what we […]
The 10-Year Court Battle of a Woman Fined for Not Holding Escalator Handrail
When riding an escalator, it’s recommended that you keep a tight grip on the handrail, just to be safe. But what if you choose to disregard that advice? Well, one Canadian woman has been fighting a 10-year-long court battle for her right to ride escalators hands-free. In 2009, Bela Kosoian was riding an escalator at a […]
Canadian Town Plagued by Unbearable Smell of 17-Year-Old Seafood Sauce
For the past 17 years, the people of St. Mary’s, a small town in Canada’s Newfoundland, have had to put up with the pungent smell of fermented seafood sauce at an abandoned nearby factory. In the summer, the stench gets so bad that some residents bar their homes and leave to stay with their relative, […]
Toronto Residents Put Neglected Pothole to Good Use, Turn It Into a Tomato Garden
After waiting for local authorities to fix a massive pothole for several months, residents of Poplar Plain Crescent, in Toronto, decided to make the best of it by transforming the hole into a community tomato garden. It’s unclear who came up with the idea of plating tomato seeds into the neglected pothole earlier this summer, but […]
Man Legally Changes Gender to Female for Cheaper Car Insurance
A Canadian man who claims he identifies as 100% male legally changed the gender on his identification documents to female in order to save over $1,000 on car insurance. The Alberta man, identified only as David to protect him against possible legal consequences, wanted to buy a brand new car and knew that his insurance […]
Jogger Accidentally Crosses Border into the US, Spends Two Weeks in Detention Center
A 19-year-old French woman visiting her mother in British Columbia, Canada, learned the hard way that going for a jog near the Canadian-US border is not a very good idea. Cedella Roman, who lives in France, was visiting her mother in North Delta, British Columbia, last month, when she decided to go for an evening […]
Canadian Man Named ‘Grabher’ Has ‘GRABHER’ License Plate Revoked for Being Offensive to Women
A Canadian man has been involved in a legal battle with the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation after having his vanity license plate revoked for featuring a “socially unacceptable slogan”. The problem is that that slogan is also the man’s family name. In December of 2016, Lorne Grabher, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was informed that his license […]
Toronto Family Sue Neighbors for Copying the Look of Their House
A family in Forest Hill, Toronto, has taken their neighbors to court for copying the design of their multi-million dollar house when renovating their property, thus decreasing the value of their own home. They are asking for $2.5 million in damages. It turns out you can’t just copy design elements of a house you like […]
Woman Loses Engagement Ring on Her Farm, Finds It 13 Years Later, Wrapped Around a Carrot
It was September of 2004, when Mary Grams, of Alberta, Canada, lost her diamond-encrusted engagement ring, while working on her family farm. She spent days looking for it, but to no avail. Last week, nearly 13 years later, her daughter in law plucked a weird-looking carrot from the garden, with a diamond ring tightly wrapped around it. “I […]