Now that the Supreme Court has ruled there's no expectation of privacy in trash put by the curb, people who aren't police officers are going to have to come up with innovative ways of protecting their privacy.
I like the way Ann Bruno does it in this attempted ambush interview. (via @CraigSilverman)
STM ticket parody from Stony Curtis
Some bitter yet somewhat funny notes edited onto STM's single-use fare cards, from blogger Stony Curtis.
UPDATE: Some thoughts (and a blank template) from that same blogger.
From two expat Vancouverites, Adrian Underhill and my friend Kai Nagata, comes Montreal Postcard, a rhythmical expression of all that is sweet about living in this fine city (though no mention of poutine, bagels or smoked meat Club Super Sexe).
Thankfully, most of the print media people I know aren't quite this antiquated. Though some of them come close.
My favourite new Quebec show, Les Appendices, announced they're returning for a second season. This after the network had undergone an extended period of reflection on the status of the show. Sweet.
If you don't know what it's about, you can see their first episode on their website for the next week and catch up.
Loto-Québec, which runs ads in the daily newspapers with the previous night's lotto results, pulled a fast one on everybody by printing tonight's results instead of last night's. In the ads, Loto-Québec announced the change saying it wanted to be more forward-thinking about its announcements and stop reporting "yesterday's news."
The ads ask that readers not look at the results until after the draw this evening.
Le Devoir in reverse type
An April Fool's Day prank I'm sure, Le Devoir this morning printed its front page backwards for home delivery editions. A note on Page 2 explains the reverse, wishing readers a "Joyeux poisson d'avril". Interestingly, all the news printed on the front page is real, but needs to be held up to a mirror to read properly.
UPDATE: According to my source at the paper, the front page on the newsstand wasn't reversed because that would have messed up the bar code and caused chaos for retailers. Newsstand editions instead come with a complimentary copy of the People's Weekly World.
Bernard Derome, the former anchor of Radio-Canada's Le Téléjournal, and the most respected television journalist among french Canadians, announced this morning on CKOI that he will be joining Sébastien Trudel and Marc-Antoine Audette to become the third wheel of notorious Montreal pranksters les Justiciers Masqués (you know, the guys who prank-called Sarah Palin?). Trudel said on the radio this morning that he looks forward to gaining access to Derome's Rolodex of contacts, and hopes Derome will help the group mature and expand into more serious commentary. Derome, meanwhile, said he wanted to have a bit more fun in retirement and not take himself too seriously. He also wanted to improve his acting skills.
Derome's first prank aired this morning. It features him having an increasingly uncomfortable interview with U.S. treasury secretary Timothy Geithner about the U.S. economy, bank bailouts and ... well, I don't want to spoil the ending. It's worth a listen when it's posted online.
Claiming that Mayor Gérald Tremblay is "in bed with the snow-removal industry", city opposition leader Benoit Labonté issued a press release this morning saying that, if elected mayor in November, he would reduce the length of Montreal's winter season by at least a month, a move that could save the city millions of dollars every year in snow-plowing costs.
Labonté, who was coy to reporters about whether his first name has an accent on it (he says he's in a period of reflection about it, but that many unnamed local business and cultural leaders have urged him to adopt the circumflex), said the month deleted from winter would be added to early summer, when the temperature is at its best and "all the sweet ladies are wearing almost nothing."
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Oh Snap! Epic pwnage
I laughed at least three or four times watching this. It is most excellent.
You know, the parts that aren't gay.
(via Chaos Theory)
See also: The Internet Stars are Viral, another Billy Joel parody.