Confused Canadian here - can a municipality actually pass a criminal law? Or are they just passing an ordinance instructing their police force to willfully misinterpret existing laws and waste resources on likely fruitless charges?

Yeah? That’s too bad. I was out of province for a while and had to get some stuff done not available at the school clinic. OHIP covers it all. Maybe he can get reimbursed if it hasn’t been too long?

What you have to do there is basically forward the bills to OHIP and they will pay them.

Real life woman with lots of real life woman friends here: never said it, never heard them say it. It’s always either underwear or the specific type (thong, boyshorts, etc). I think the only time it’s used is for granny-panties.

For whatever reason, I can go two packs back to back (i.e. skipping one period) but if I shoot for another I get crazy spotting and breakthrough bleeding.

I’m just trying to figure out how I get to “pick & choose” my “own female organs” and what exactly makes an organ “elective.”

I overheard my mother super earnestly explaining to her friend how much she loves the Sherlock star “Barnabus Cumberbund.” I died.

That’s a good point on the coaching. Guys who are “natural talents” at whatever sport they play are almost never as useful in coaching as the guys who have had to fight to get good and really learn/internalize the technical aspects of their sport.

Apparently they not only refused to bake a cake for the couple, but they also published the couple’s names, addresses etc online and encouraged people to harass them. Not to mention, the award may also include an order of costs.

Complain to EVERYONE who had anything to do with the presentation. Teacher, PTA, Principal, Superintendent, etc and maybe offer to give a presentation about how being respectable means being brave enough to not do things you don’t want to do, and not pressuring others to do things they don’t want to do?
On the other…

Go to the CPC and ask to talk to someone about this (it sounds like they’re pretty flustered by the calls, so people showing up should be effective) and call the school district/superintendent. Make it clear that this is your money paying for this nonsense, and you will and fellow modern people be voting accordingly…

I would add to that the fact that women tend to be socialized to believe that if someone doesn't want to be their friend/boyfriend/girlfriend it is because of a short coming on their own part, as opposed to men who seem to get the message that the problem is the world at large and the women in it not recognizing what…

Captain Tripps makes a good point. In addition, elephant hunting, even the killing of elderly or otherwise infertile animals, is something that hardly any conservation groups support and that even fewer biologists on the ground are okay with.

Elephants are incredibly social and emotional animals who (unlike a herd of…

A three year old whose whole family may never recover from the trauma :(

Ah, I presumed you meant we still let bieber into Canada (which is where I am). I was saying that of course he is allowed back into Canada, because he's Canadian.

Yeah, it's pretty common knowledge that if you have a criminal record you have to apply for permission to enter at a consulate or embassy before showing up. Why the hell wouldn't they have applied before booking the gigs?

... are you serious? He's a citizen. Barring his entry would be WILDLY unconstitutional.

Don't feel bad - it's really reasonable to assume that the people at the pet store know what the pets they sell need. Some people may be wilfully blind, but the vast majority just don't know and have gotten bad advice. Pretty much everyone who keeps fish is guilty of this initially (myself included) which is why we…

Fair enough! I think they have a better time in the stores, but as between a betta in a bowl and a goldfish in a bowl, I'd reckon the betta has a better shot. People at least seem to expect their bettas to survive beyond a week.

For real. I have my betta in a 6 gallon heated, filtered, planted tank. There's a bubble nest waiting for me every morning, and he swims around actively all day flashing his gorgeous fins. A couple of my friends have bettas and had never seen them nest before - they'd all believed the fish store guy and the myths and…