Canada rules: 23 strikes and you’re out

Canada rules: 23 strikes and you’re out

Really? His twenty-third drunk driving offense, and Terry Naugle is complaining about a 8 1/2 year sentence. His lawyer, Luke Craggs, thought the sentence was 3 1/2 years longer than Naugle should get, since the maximum sentence is 5 years. I’m pretty sure law makers...
Is Canadian beer stronger in Canada than in the USA?

Is Canadian beer stronger in Canada than in the USA?

When I first read the reader’s comment I thought, here we go again.  I’ve written about how Canadian beers are not stronger than American beers (when you compare the macro brews), but the reader’s claim was slightly different.  This claim is Canadian...
Canadian beer vs. American beer: The alcohol content battle

Canadian beer vs. American beer: The alcohol content battle

Where does this beer myth come from? American beer used to use alcohol by weight to denote the alcohol content in beer.  Some areas still use alcohol by weight, but there has been an effort to convert to alcohol by volume in the past decade.  Alcohol by volume is a...
Drunk Driver Delivery

Drunk Driver Delivery

A 28-year-old man in Wetaskiwin, Alberta (Canada eh?) was driving while drunk.  He did have enough sense about him to pull off the road, and turn off his car.  He then stumbled into a building displaying obvious signs of intoxication to the people inside. ...
Another beer heist, eh?

Another beer heist, eh?

Apparently Canadians have difficulties keeping their beer under wraps.  Thieves in Calgary stole a 16 meter trailer filled with beer.  The beer was valued at $100,000.  This is the second time we’ve reported a beer heist of this magnitude in Canada. A truck large...