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PTBC J-Log

A conservative OPINION blog --with bite. OPINION by Joel Johannesen.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

CTV Newsnet declares: western Canada gets snow, so now they’re true “Canadians”

Written by Joel Johannesen on Sunday April 20 2008 at 10:50 AM

PTBCwares C2007  So-called “Canadians” who live out west and on the west coast weren’t real Canadians, and didn’t even know what it was “truly like to be Canadian”, until the declaration today from the Toronto HQ of the liberalvision CTV network, where they are of course real, true Canadians and uniquely know what it’s like to be Canadian.  image

It snowed in some places on the west coast in a freak spring cold snap this weekend, and the CTV Newsnet anchor informed Canadians (those are folks from Toronto, or anywhere in Ontario, and east of that) thus:

“Well just when many Canadians thought it was safe to put away the winter clothing, residents in western Canada got a chilly reminder of what it’s truly like to be Canadian.”

Well then. 

I had no idea. 



This, by the way, from the same news anchor, Jacqueline Milczarek, who back in February mangled the name of the famous (and treacherously snow-ridden all winter in several feet of snow) Coquihalla Highway, which runs through BC’s southwest snow and glacier-covered mountainous corner.  She went with “Co-coo-HALLA”—sounding it out slowly like a grade-schooler, as she read the apparently totally new and strange word off the teleprompter.

One PTBC reader, Jean B., wrote me and said in an email with the subject header “Gosh, now I am finding out what it is like to be a Canadian!”, that it’s as if we’re less Canadian because we aren’t blanketed in that strange, mysterious magical uniquely Canadian white stuff that so baffles us doofus non-Canadians here in the west. 

I hope the Canadians are going to send their national team over here to Vancouver and Whistler for the 2010 Winter Olympics! 

Go team!

Posted by Joel Johannesen on   Sun, April 20, 2008 at 10:50:00 AM
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  1. odie441's avatar odie441 says:

    Well, imagine….....all those years living in Western Canada and I was never really Canadian. I guess the last 8 years living in this cesspool called Ontario has made me more Canadian….I feel so dirty….so violated!

    Speaking of violated…CTV must feel the same way….talk about a Liberal media poll gone wrong…!
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate

    Posted by odie441  from  Ottawa area  on  Sun, April 20, 2008 at 2:21:26 PM
    — odie441's   s i g n a t u r e:

    I MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT!!

  2. DonnaH's avatar DonnaH says:

    I wonder how she’d mangle other BC places such as Quesnel, Ucluelet, Lilooet, Kitwanga, Squamish, Osoyoos & Nanaimo.

    Does she not know that in BC we put on our shorts when the temperature gets above 0, but still wear our hiking boots and parka.  I talking real Canadians!

    Posted by DonnaH  from  God's Country; Pr. George  on  Sun, April 20, 2008 at 3:15:31 PM
  3. GrantK1 says:

    This knuckledragger from just outside Calgary (that’s pronounced Calgree) just plowed 16” of snow off his driveway. Merry Non-denominational Holiday everyone.

    Posted by GrantK1  from   on  Sun, April 20, 2008 at 3:38:37 PM
  4. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    I hear they wear cowboy hats there.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  St.Catharines On  on  Sun, April 20, 2008 at 4:28:49 PM
  5. DonnaH's avatar DonnaH says:

    Didn’t Calgree get the memo on Global Warming?

    Posted by DonnaH  from  God's Country; Pr. George  on  Sun, April 20, 2008 at 6:02:56 PM
  6. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    These patronizing twits can`t even present a weather report without the mandatory all knowing , all seeing attitude. The sub plot might be ’ Enjoy it while you can because we`ve decreed that global warming is a fact and a ’ true Canadian ’ is a myth.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, April 20, 2008 at 11:26:19 PM
  7. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Gee I’m confused now..I’m in Manitoba,am I in or out of Canada??

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  SE Manitoba  on  Mon, April 21, 2008 at 7:13:12 AM
  8. Gorram's avatar Gorram says:

    Long ago, I began refering to the lands east of “the west” as “Canada”, since it’s clear the those who reside therein have never considered me and mine “Canadian”. Most especialy when the discussion is of “values”. Sammy, I lived in MB 3 years…and I don’t have the answer to your question! :)

    Cheers,  Gorram, living outside “Canada” just north of Calgary.

    http://www.cafepress.com/therightmessage

    Posted by Gorram  from   on  Mon, April 21, 2008 at 8:17:23 AM
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