I have breaking news, everyone. The orangutan that got out of its enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week did not escape. It merely “accessed an area just outside of its habitat.” Phew! That was close! The oddest part about that sentence is that there were no quotes around it until I put them there, …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
How Did They Keep It To 20?
A little while back, we were out to dinner with some people and unfortunately the conversation somehow turned to Trump. “The nicest thing that I can say about Donald Trump is that he’s a complete buffoon,” I recall telling the group at one point. “It’s all down hill from there.” Things like this are why …
Audio Of CHML Signing Off
I’m a little surprised we got this given how abruptly things ended, but this is audio of the final newscasts and promos from the day CHML died, capped off by the pulling of the plug. I don’t know what happened at 10 o’clock. Was it technical problems or did we throw to the news while …
Let’s Have A Quick Pickle
I’m a big fan of pickles on burgers. Relish too, for that matter. But if you substitute those two things for lettuce and tomatoes (especially tomatoes), I 100% understand where these poor folks are coming from. And before anyone asks, yes, I’m fine with ketchup. Ketchup is different than tomatoes. Ditto tomato sauce. The problem …
A Chorus Of Boos For Corus, For Killing 900 CHML
Corus has laid off tons of people across the country and axed some pretty major things lately (Entertainment Tonight Canada and Big Brother Canada, for instance), but pulling the plug on CHML was one I wasn’t expecting when it happened out of the blue two weeks ago. The reasons for its demise should be all …
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Well Shoot
I like it when the master criminal stories are nice and simple. The victim was located on scene suffering from a gunshot wound and transported to the hospital where he later died. The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Gilbert Vermillion, was apprehended after falling out of his moving vehicle in an attempt to flee the scene, …
Lex Distress
If Lex Luger is telling the truth here and I have no reason yet to think he isn’t, my mind is blown. According to a story he told on a recent edition of his podcast, the WWF didn’t pay him anything for all the time he spent riding around on that damn bus before SummerSlam …
A Good Reminder To Be Nice To Ghosts
Dead man linked to 4 murders in northern Ontario last summer
Maybe Get Him Some Swimming Lessons?
One Quebec child in ER for near-drowning every day in summer, says study
If WWE Is Going To Do Multi-Day Big Shows, They Should Do It With The Right Ones
I don’t think we need the two night SummerSlam we’re getting in 2026. I say this as someone who, even after four years, still isn’t sure we need the two night Wrestlemanias we’re getting now. They exist purely to wring money out of the fans who watch and the cities that host them. I know …
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