KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 197 - 2026/01/16 - WestJet's fat shamers, Taco Bell in NL, and the WORST 911 calls of 2025

The Canadian Gothic

Curiouscast

Society & Culture, True Crime, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Taco Bell’s continued Newfoundland invasion Being fat-shamed by WestJet The WORST 911 calls of 2025 Two kids in court over a dinosaur Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiangothic.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepcanadaweird Provide feedback and comments on the episode: thecanadiangothic.com/contact Subscribe to the show: thecanadiangothic.com/subscribe Contact: Website: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCanadianGothic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecanadiangothic/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/thecanadiangothic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3	It's been more than two weeks since Taco Bell opened its doors and the excitement and lineups continue.
0:44.3	And then with his hand he gestured like a large stomach. And then he reached in,
0:50.3	tap me on my stomach himself, he said, and that's the result.
1:01.0	Sorry, so you're calling 911 because you wanted to take a parking spot, but somebody else took your parking spot. But then you saw that this person wasn't going into Starbucks.
1:03.0	They were actually using that parking spot to go into Fraser Mart.
1:06.0	You are listening to Keep Canada Weird.
1:10.0	At Samaran Airport, we're back for episode 100. You are listening to Keep Canada Weird.
1:18.5	Hey, Samaritan Airport. We're back for episode 197 of Keep Canada Weird, a weekly series in which you and I celebrate the unique, offbeat, and the unusual Canadian stories from the past week.
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