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  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    (I can't remember if I did this one already or not.) In 1902 the Yukon prohibited the driving of dogs through the streets of any town or village faster than ...

    Feb 22, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    A British Columbia bylaw includes pit bull terriers in the definition of a vicious dog, no matter what the temper of the individual dog. One pid bull owner challenges the ...

    Feb 21, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    Uncontrolled animals are not allowed on highways in the Yukon. Allow your pet within 30 metres of the centre of the highway, out of your control, and the fine is ...

    Feb 20, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    Public shows where animals perform tricks to entertain people are illegal in Oak Bay (a district in Victoria, B.C.) unless the animals are horses, dogs or ponies. This means that ...

    Feb 19, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    At least we don't get as many homicides as the U.S. OOOOOH! Somebody stop me! Street hockey is a violation in Mount Royal and in Montreal, Quebec.

    Feb 15, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    It used to be an offence to let your gate swing open across any sidewalk in Calgary.

    Feb 14, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    It is against the law to drive and aircraft along a highway in Ontario, unless it complies with all the rules of the Highway Traffic Act.

    Feb 13, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Crazy Questions

    What are you talking about? The world is flat! When the Empire blew up Alderran with the Death Star, did they have proof the people of the planet had weapons ...

    Feb 12, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    It used to be illegal for men to refuse to work, without pay, on local highways, as "statutory labor," a standard part of life in most places in Canada in ...

    Feb 12, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    Interesting... It is illegal to release ten or more ballons inflated with lighter-than-air gases within a twenty-four-hour period in any City of Toronto park. People over 16 years of age ...

    Feb 11, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    Cattle, sheep, pigs or poultry could be driven through the streets of Edmonton, but bulls, stallions, boars, rams and he-goats had to be roped or bridled and held by someone.

    Feb 8, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    It is unlawful to drive a dog ot dog team on a sidewalk of a settlement in the Northwest Territories.

    Feb 7, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    You may not cut down more than one tree a year that's over 8 inches (20 centimetres) in width in your own yard, without a permit, in Vancouver. Sizable trees ...

    Feb 6, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    It's forbidden to bring a bicycle or an animal onto Toronto streetcars, buses or subways during morning and evening rush hours on weekdays, or at any other time that the ...

    Feb 5, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: You Can't Do That in Canada!

    It is illegal to smoke in a federal workplace. Smoke and you face a fine of $50. But there's another catch: If your bosses "fail to ensure persons do not ...

    Feb 4, 2008


The grand in the hotel rings with broken tunes; the guests frown; the concierge winces. But the blue-hatted boy is happy and braver than they.
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