Only In Canada

Every now and then I read a headline that could have only come from Canada. Two such headlines popped up within the last week.

Halifax bus driver suspended after beating toy seal with stick
This one doesn’t surprise me. I’ve lived in Halifax for almost two years now and the behavior of the local bus drivers is just unreal. They’ve been all over the news for causing accidents and all sorts of other shenanigans, but this one is by far the funniest. This particular driver drove past an anti-seal hunt protest, he stopped the bus, got out, and proceeded to beat a toy seal that was being used as a prop.

    “He exited the bus and went over to the area where the protesters were, and began beating on the stuffed animal seal that was on the ground there,” said Staff Sgt. Don Fox of the Halifax Regional Police.

    The driver used a stick to beat the stuffed toy.

    Fox said police officers removed the driver from the protest area and contacted his supervisors. The driver then got back on his bus and continued with his workday, according to police.

Only in Canada could a man charge a group of people wielding a stick, beat on their toys, and then be allowed by police to go back to his job as if nothing had ever happened.


Man who survived Niagara Falls jump in suicide bid is recovering
Only a Canadian could survive such a fall. Just three people have ever survived a trip over the 180 foot high falls without some sort of protective gear such as a barrel. As if the fall wasn’t bad enough, the temperatures are frigid, and the current below the falls is intense. The jumper was found swimming below the falls without an clothes, apparently they were torn off by the force of the water. And after more then 40 minute in the water, trying to avoid rescue, the man was pulled from the ice water and rushed to hospital. I wish this was somehow fishing related, but sadly it’s not.

    Witnesses said he climbed a fence, jumped into the icy Niagara River and was washed over Horseshoe Falls. Stunned tourists said the man went in with his clothes on but popped up naked – apparently the force of the water ripped off his clothes.

Niagara jumper

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March 17, 2009 by Clive Mathias

Filed Under: Accidents, Canada, Culture, News, Niagara River
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12 Comments on “Only In Canada...”

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  • avatar chris
    2 years, 11 months ago #

    Was the bus driver drunk? It is kinda funny, in a sick way.

    My dad told me a bunch of school bus drivers in Ottawa got caught drinking at 7 in the morning before heading out to pick up kids.

    And ya gotta love how crazy people in the news always get naked. Whether they are jumping over water falls, sitting down in a bar and yelling about the Nazis or just wrestling with the police!

  • avatar Woody
    2 years, 11 months ago #

    I’ve gotta agree with that, naked people on tv make me laugh, especially at some big footy match or something and you suddenly get someone run on the pitch naked, happy days!

  • avatar Paul
    2 years, 11 months ago #

    Go ahead, eat a seal, they’re part of the food chain anyway (just don’t ask me to eat seal penis …… I hear it sucks.)

  • avatar chris
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    An English man visiting Tokyo decided to strip down and jump in a moat one day. All over the news. The coppers chasing him all about. he scaled the moat wall and the fuzz were waiting for him at the top.
    What could you possibly be be thinking?!?! I mean really, even if you’re hammered!

  • avatar muskyman
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    I entered the Lakemaid contest but then I read that it is only for US citizens. Are they still allowing the posters to Canada?

  • avatar Woody
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    Hey Chris, are you from England at all, i never see words like yours on here being used so i reckon you must be from the same place as me?!

  • avatar Clive Mathias
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    muskyman – we should be getting a few poster for Fishing Fury readers – and we’ll ship them to Canada if you win!

  • avatar chris
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    No sir, Woody. All Canadian from the colony.

  • avatar chris
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    ha ha… actually I am a blend of: my pop’s side German/Frenchie/Canadian Native, then on my mums side, Welsh/Scotsman/Irish.

  • avatar Woody
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    That’s one hell of a mix you have there!…And after all that, you speak phrases that i’ve only ever heard of in England!

  • avatar chris
    2 years, 10 months ago #

    My girlfriends growing up always said I talked old man slang.

  • avatar Niagara Angler
    1 year, 9 months ago #

    I fish the niagara river all the time. It’s crazy how many people go over the falls every year, one of these days I’m going to snag a body and think it’s the fish of the life time.
    Check out my blog http://www.niagaraangler.blogspot.com

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