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You are listening to Keep Canada Weird, a weekly weird news roundup by the nighttime podcast.

Hello listeners, and welcome back to the weekly Keep Canada Weird discussion series.

If you're new here and keep Canada weird, my good pal handsome Aaron Airport and I seek out and explore some of the more offbeat Canadian stories from the past week.

In tonight's episode, which we recorded on the evening of September 8th, 2022, Aaron and I consider of a donkey as a good fit for mayor.

We give our opinion on Newfoundland's new sugary drink tax. We speculate on the motive behind the recent beating of a pharmacist in Ontario.

And we review a list of allegedly true Canadian stereotypes. So let's get into it.

Handsome Aaron Airport. It's the middle of the week. We're connected in a Zoom call and we're live on YouTube. That can only mean one thing.

It's time to keep Canada weird. How are you my friend? I'm good. How are you? I'm good. We're recording this on the 8th of September, which is a big day in the middle of a big week for me.

It's a big week because here in Nova Scotia, it's the first week of school, so that as a father of two sons, that means a lot of changes around my house.

A lot of packing lunches and carrying school bags and making sure water bottles are full.

For me, it only means very little except I have to kind of slow down in school zones.

Yeah, I don't like. Have you noticed any difference with the traffic? I've noticed it in Halifax.

So it's always like when I take the main street out of my town, I pass by several schools.

In the summertime, you just cruise right through, but one September kicks back in.

You're slowing down, you're stopping, you're screaming at the kids, you're telling them they're wasting their time going to school.

Throwing bottles at the crossing guards. Yeah, exactly.

So a big week because of school, but again, September 8th today is a big day as the...

I was going to say the nation, but it's not a Canadian thing. I guess the world is morning slash commenting on the passing of Queen Elizabeth.

Does the monarchy mean anything to you? Do you follow?

Yes, the monarchy means less to me than going back to school. That's to me.

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