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Did You Use a Chase ATM Near Union Square in January or May?

Not a Chase ATM, though we'd probably avoid this one.​Two men have been arrested and face charges "including burglary, criminal possession of forgery devices, and larceny," reports the New York Times, for installing devices in card slots of 11 ATMs at four different Chase locations around Unio ... More >>

Canadian Sports Reporter Wins the Lottery On the Air

Canada. Is. Awesome. Watch the entirety of that clip and just see if you don't start grinning.

Why Is Canada's Food Network, Like, Way Better than Ours?

Better than America's?​Food Network Canada might sound like a joke -- remember the hubbub over horse meat on Top Chef Canada? -- but its shows might actually be better than the U.S. Food Network's. Why else would we be importing so many of them?

Quintron and Miss Pussycat Cancel Their Upcoming Tour, Including Brooklyn Show on May 28

We spoke with swampbuggy bad-ass Quintron very briefly on Monday afternoon, amid the throes of a pre-tour van emergency. But since then something else far more harrowing has developed, specifically an undisclosed "family emergency at home," which has sadly forced cartoon lady Miss Pussycat and her o ... More >>

Holy Grail+Cauldron+Wizardry

We spoke with swampbuggy bad-ass Quintron very briefly on Monday afternoon, amid the throes of a pre-tour van emergency. But since then something else far more harrowing has developed, specifically an undisclosed "family emergency at home," which has sadly forced cartoon lady Miss Pussycat and her o ... More >>

President Donald Trump In 2012

​Don't laugh. It could happen. After all California raisin, I mean California Reagan made it to the White House once, as I recall. And Trump tied for second place in a recent Wall Street Journal poll of Republican potentials, as Ms. Palin's jaw dropped to the lower tundra. That alone is pret ... More >>

Canada Moves Political Debate for Hockey Game; Confirms All Canadian Stereotypes

​A French-language party debate has been bumped up a day in Canada because it conflicts with a playoff hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. The Montreal Gazette reports that a television consortium agreed to move the event from Thursday to Wednesday after Bloc Québéc ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, And Nicki Minaj Are Invading Long Island In March

​If ever you wanted an excuse to truck out to Long Island's Nassau Coliseum, home to perennial NHL doormats the New York Islanders, this'd be it: Lil Wayne's I Am Music II tour, costarring Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Mixmaster Mike, and indomitable rapper accessory Travis Barker, is coming to town ... More >>

BLAME CANADA!

That’s what Brian Boitano would do

Amanda Cohen Enlightens Us on the Topic of Canadian Thanksgiving

​What can one say about Thanksgiving that hasn't been said already? Absolutely nothing. Which is why we find ourselves thinking about our friends to the north, who already celebrated Thanksgiving a month ago. Canadian Thanksgiving, like Canadian Nanaimo bars and Canadian curling, is a subject ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Burlesque Cocktail Hour; Cooking Canada Goose

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Drunken Dragon Nights Macao Trading Co. Monday, October 25 at 11 p.m. Calamity Chang and her sexy cohorts are back for another evening of burlesque cabaret, featuri ... More >>

K-OS+Shad

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Drunken Dragon Nights Macao Trading Co. Monday, October 25 at 11 p.m. Calamity Chang and her sexy cohorts are back for another evening of burlesque cabaret, featuri ... More >>

What Should Balding Men Do?

​Let's say a large amount of hair has fled from your skull like Democrats running to Canada and complete male pattern baldness seems as inevitable as using up the 401K in your thirties. Rubbing prescribed lotions into the scalp just isn't going to do anything except make your head look like a ... More >>

Justin Bieber

​Let's say a large amount of hair has fled from your skull like Democrats running to Canada and complete male pattern baldness seems as inevitable as using up the 401K in your thirties. Rubbing prescribed lotions into the scalp just isn't going to do anything except make your head look like a ... More >>

Plenty of Fish is Not Working, and People Are Freaking Out

​Do you know what Plenty of Fish is? It's a dating website based in Canada -- though it's kind of a big deal in Williamsburg, supposedly, probably because it's free -- and it's currently not working. What of the people whose matches have yet to be made?

Mike Bloomberg Issues Ultimatum: "It's Geese or Human Beings"

via New York Times​You've probably heard that a whole bunch of Canada geese were exterminated earlier this month, since they have an unfortunate tendency, when not minding their own business in Prospect Park, to occasionally fly into planes. Even poor Sticky, the goose shot with an arrow who w ... More >>

New York State Geese Are All Fucked

​You thought it was bad that 400 Canada geese in Prospect Park were killed? Now the state is planning to euthanize 170,000 of them. Run for your lives, geese! According to City Room, who got hold of a report by some government agencies, "The nearly 400 geese gassed to death this month after ... More >>

Canadiens, Pirates, Robin Hood: The Best News Trends Cycle Ever?

​If only every day's news could start out like this. Why is the universe obsessed right now with a misspelling of our neighbors to the north, swashbuckling scalawags, and the Prince of Nottingham Forest?

Tonight! The Thermals, Jakob Dylan & Three Legs (Featuring Neko Case), And Hosannas

Jason CrepsNeko Case: Totally excited to be one of Jakob Dylan's legs.​The Thermals' popularity is understandable: Despite their Portland origins, they transcended cultural boundaries and wrote Canada's quintessential punk-rock anthem, "Canada." Plus they're semi-responsible for getting Mary L ... More >>

Jason Collett+Zeus

Jason CrepsNeko Case: Totally excited to be one of Jakob Dylan's legs.​The Thermals' popularity is understandable: Despite their Portland origins, they transcended cultural boundaries and wrote Canada's quintessential punk-rock anthem, "Canada." Plus they're semi-responsible for getting Mary L ... More >>

Pat Kiernan, NY1 Morning Anchor, Talks Tim Horton's, Shreddies & Other Canadian Delicacies

The NY1 anchor is from Canada... and so is his breakfast.​Pat Kiernan is a familiar face to nearly every New Yorker with a television. He brings us not only our city's daily news, but also the occasional piquant observation during his "In the Papers" segment (an online version of which can be ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican! Canada Goosed

Questions from the Great White North

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Questions from the Great White North

Filling the Buffet on a Carnival Cruise

How much food do you need to stuff 3,000 people on a five-day cruise to Canada? If you headed over to the Carnival Triumph, currently docked in Manhattan on the Hudson, you could witness the loading of 160 tubs of vanilla ice cream, 16 cases of Lucky Charms, 1,000 pounds of boneless short ribs, and ... More >>

LaGuardia Geese Will Be Gassed, Shot, and Falconed in New Safety Program

Congratulations to the New York Post, which has received action on one of its crusades, an early call to get the LaGuardia Canadian geese that brought down Flight 1549. The cause was taken up by state senators including Hiram Monserrate, and the Post kept up the pressure till it bore fruit: now the ... More >>

Another Free iTunes Single of the Week: K'naan's "Bang Bang (feat. Adam Levine)"

James MinchinHere's your future Last week's prediction: From the UK? Sorry, but aesthetics matter, no matter where you are on the globe. No coincidence that the Somalia-born K'naan learned to speak English off the phonetics on Rakim and Nas albums; talent will travel, before during and after thing ... More >>

Oh, Canada. More Food Obamamania

A very earnest pastryMaybe you all have heard of the Canadian snack known as BeaverTails, but I had not before a press release from the Ottawa Tourism Board pinged into my inbox. Apparently, the BeaverTail is a fried whole wheat dough stretched into the shape of a beaver's tail ("one of Canada's na ... More >>

Voice Xmas Gifts 3: Nude Biathlete Calendar

A very earnest pastryMaybe you all have heard of the Canadian snack known as BeaverTails, but I had not before a press release from the Ottawa Tourism Board pinged into my inbox. Apparently, the BeaverTail is a fried whole wheat dough stretched into the shape of a beaver's tail ("one of Canada's na ... More >>

Print and the pauper

A very earnest pastryMaybe you all have heard of the Canadian snack known as BeaverTails, but I had not before a press release from the Ottawa Tourism Board pinged into my inbox. Apparently, the BeaverTail is a fried whole wheat dough stretched into the shape of a beaver's tail ("one of Canada's na ... More >>

The Little Red Truck

Where's Guffman when you really need him?

Why Don't Fashion People Look Better?

Where's Guffman when you really need him?

My Boyfriend's Kink Is Getting Fat. What Do I Do?

Where's Guffman when you really need him?

Pouting for Poutine at The Inn LW12

Does Canada really have its own cuisine?

Drilling in Alaska: The Big Picture

U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Warning: Mad Cow Crossing

U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Dear Bush Beat:
Depressed in Canada . . .

U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Sports

U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Uncle Sam's Crude Solution

Our Expensive, Deadly Role as Global Oil Police

Northern Closure

The U.S.-Canada 'Smart Borders' Accord Sells Refugees Down the River

A World Without Water

Advocates Warn of Thirst and Turmoil for a Parched Planet

Nation

Advocates Warn of Thirst and Turmoil for a Parched Planet

Me and Juli Ashton’s Ass

Advocates Warn of Thirst and Turmoil for a Parched Planet

SINCE CANADA CAME ALONG

Advocates Warn of Thirst and Turmoil for a Parched Planet

Watch Your Steps

Advocates Warn of Thirst and Turmoil for a Parched Planet

Justifying Our Love

The world is recognizing lesbian and gay relationships

Profit and Loss

Why the U.S. gets so little bang for its health care buck

Melancholy Machines

Why the U.S. gets so little bang for its health care buck