KEEP CANADA WEIRD - May 21st, 2023 - video rentals, a mass scratching, bear vs cyclist, and dumb Canadian criminals

Nighttime

Curiouscast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In tonight's episode your hosts; celebrate the tenacity of a Saskatchewan video rental store owner investigate a mass scratching in British Columbia hear the harrowing story of a bear vs a cyclist continue to cringe at dumb Canadian criminals Series Links: Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepcanadaweird Send a weird news tip: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Subscribe to the show: premium feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast apple podcasts: https://applepodcasts.com/nighttime Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello listeners, Jordan here. I just want to let you know that you can listen to nighttime early and add free on Amazon music
0:07.0	and include it with Prime.
0:14.0	You are listening to Keep Canada Weird, a weekly weird news roundup by the nighttime podcast.
0:21.0	Hello listeners and welcome back to the weekly Keep Canada Weird discussion series.
0:30.0	If you're new here, Keep Canada Weird is the venue in which my pal Aaron Airport and I seek out and explore the more offbeat Canadian news stories that caught our eye over the past week.
0:40.0	In tonight's episode, which we recorded on May 21st, 2023, Aaron and I celebrate the tenacity of a Saskatchewan video rental store owner.
0:49.0	We investigate a mass scratching in British Columbia. We hear the harrowing story of a bear versus a cyclist and we continue to cringe at dumb Canadian criminals.
1:00.0	So let's get into it.
1:06.0	How are you doing, handsome Aaron Airport?
1:08.0	Oh, I'm well. How are you today, Jordan? Good. That was just a slight switch on our intro. It's usually handsome Aaron Airport.
1:18.0	It is. It really threw me off. It did it. Good.
1:22.0	How have you been? I'd like to start over if that's okay. Can we start over?
1:26.0	Okay. Handsome Aaron Airport. It's Sunday night and we got a job to do.
1:31.0	How have you been? What's up? Good. Good. This is long weekend for us here in Canada, Nova Scotia.
1:39.0	Yeah. But do you know why? It's Victoria Day. What is that?
1:43.0	It's Victoria Day. That's related to the Queen, maybe. I don't know. Yeah. It's one of the... I just take the day. I don't ask questions. It is taken.
1:50.0	It's a pretty mysterious stat holiday, though. Everything is closed for Victoria Day. It's like, what's that? I have no idea.
1:57.0	Yeah. Was it the Queen? I think so. And what makes her special? That they maintain a holiday for her.
2:03.0	What else do you have to do to be special other than be the Queen, right?
2:06.0	That's a good point. We should honor every day of the year. But there's been so many queens that you should have half the year off at this point.
2:12.0	Maybe there's a specific reason. I'm sure we're going to get 10 voicemails about it next week, but...
2:17.0	Yeah. I don't know. Bring it. Who cares? Yeah. Maybe we'll learn something. Yeah. Who cares? Long weekend.
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