I've never heard of a community piano but apparently there is one in the small town of Sussex, NB (pop 4000).

A nearby resident was so tired of disturbed sleep from passers by playing it in the middle of the night that he took a power drill to the lid to bolt it shut.

Good one in the Ottawa Citizen today (worth reading the full article).

Canadian Mint employee accused of smuggling $180K of gold in his rectum

Article says..."Lawrence, who has since been terminated, was an operator in the refinery section."

A but of a bummer, if the quote is taken to mean what it says....

At least they got to the bottom of it.

Somewhat predictable.

I liked the bit about finding a jar of vaseline in his locker. Who, normally, takes that sort of thing to work?

To silence the squeaky hinges?

Of course!

I should have thought of that before.

"The Squeaky Hinges"............

Possible new name for the Maple Leaf?

Not heard it called that before... I'll have to try that, I've been squeaking a lot recently.

Vaseline works as a decent lip balm for dry lips. It always seems popular in workplaces that work outside often and in dry environments inside.

But doesn't seem as if as this guy was using it for dry lips.

22 Minutes worked a gag about money laundering in last night.

If I recall, you are an American. I hope you are. Otherwise, you have developed a talent for Brit-style smutty innuendo.

Moncton nicer than Vancouver - official

(that's the heading I wanted to use for a new thread but I thought better of it )

Today's Moncton newspaper carries a story about a Syrian family. I remember reading the original report about how they were in Moncton but they had other family (including a brother) in Vancouver and went over to join them.

Apparently Moncton has received 77 Syrian refugee families (well done Moncton) and just five have moved on to other places, while two settled in other places have moved to Moncton.

Anyway, this family with all the advantages of other family in Vancouver after two months of being there have returned saying they prefer Moncton to raise their family and start new lives.

They felt safe and welcome here.

They are now trying to persuade the other family to move from Vancouver to join them.

Managing partner of Regina bar accused of smashing vehicle through nearby bank’s front door | Regina Leader-Post
Someone told me they went to Shannon's and ordered the corned beef and on arrival it turned out to be canned corned beef! May explain in part the midnight visit to the bank.

Took a little bit of digging (no pun intended) to find it on the OC website but it was worth reading I agree. Seems the mint is rather lax on security but the bit that jumped out to me was that as part of the investigation a member of the security staff conducted a test to see whether gold up the bum would set of the security scanners. By putting it up their own jacksie. Now there's dedication to your work.

They should make a movie about this. They could call it "Goldringer"

http://rochdaleherald.co.uk/2017/01/...-inauguration/