Dave Kellam

Let the masses rejoice, as parliament has voted to strike down an act that would have seen dwarf-tossing banned in Ontario.

No more wee little kids this week, we’re doing computer camp with the older kids. It’s fun, half way through the day and i haven’t had to yell at anyone or tell them what to do fifteen kabillion times. I also have access to a computer the whole time, that’s always fun.

Apparently, the Canadian government has decided to become a drug dealer.

Meanwhile, a packet of 30 seeds from the federal government will cost $20 and dried pot will cost $5 a gram.

According to the RCMP, the street price of the drug varies from $10 to $25 a gram, Cripps-Prawak said.

“We did not try to be competitive with the black market,” she said. “What we did try to do is establish a price which is reasonable, based on costs associated with the production and implementation of the program.”

The marijuana will come from an underground lab in Flin Flon, Man., where the government is growing the plant for research into its medicinal use.

The ‘underground’ lab part makes it sound pretty shifty, but it’s the truth… the lab is in an abandoned mine. And, “We did not try to be competitive with the black market,” that’s pure gold.

Estonian wife carriers have won the international wife-carrying championship for the sixth year in a row. The grand prize is the woman’s weight in beer, approximately 45 litres of ale.