When Crowdsourcing Fails: Cambrian House Headed to the Deadpool. calgary based startup seems to be done.

City Cafe in Kitchener, ON doesn’t have a cash register. another example of simply trusting people to pay and focus on what actually creates value.

CBC News report about Canadians buying foreclosed property in the US. I can understand the appeal of buying a home for half price, but do you really want to live in a neighborhood riddled with foreclosure? And I guess this is big, bhen I was in Vegas I even saw signs that said “#1 real estate agent for Canadians”.

Global Housing Bust. so when’s the other shoe gonna drop in canada?

Updated info on fixed versus variable rate mortgages in Canada. in short, most people save money with variable.

Weakerthans acoustic performance at KEXP. i listened to this while i drove up to vancouver for thanksgiving which is funny as kevin cole mentions how the new album is “great for driving”. the interview about 11 minutes into the set is quite good too.

Sixteen ways to beat the taxman. you can always count on the national post for stuff like this.

Health Canada bisphenol A announcement imminent. time to get rid of your nalgene bottle.

Blank. American Apparel-esque clothing company producing cotton clothes in quebec.

Michael Geist - CRTC To Face Net Neutrality Issue as CAIP Demands Bell Cease and Desist Its Throttling Practices. hopefully this works and it seems simple enough. why doesn’t government work like that here?

NDP MP Pat Martin put forward a private members bill to stop making Canadian pennies. we waste $130M a year making pennies.

The Canadian Press: RBC thinks loonie is headed below 90 cents US, BMO disagrees. this is the first i’ve heard of this.

Canada’s visible minorities top five million “Almost half, 46.9 per cent, of Toronto’s population is made up of visible minorities. Conversely, for the entire Atlantic region, it’s only 2.6 per cent.” some crazy numbers in the report.

Wiretap | CBC Radio. very random show that juan introduced me to. find past episodes on the unofficialpodcast or on tuesday’s at 8pm on npr in seattle.

The Tracey Fragments - Trailer. new Ellen Page film. directed by Bruce McDonald. Score by Broken Social Scene. very canadian.

Newfoundland snow. holy crap. via ram.

Bell irks ISPs with new throttling policy. man does canadian telco suck ass. via josh.

globesports.com: CFL set to confirm return to Ottawa. hahahahahahahaha. it’s like 2002 all over again, only now they’re using a condemned stadium.

reportonbusiness.com: REITs can offer solid foundation. some things to look for in REITs.

Deutsche Telekom bringing T-Mobile to Canada in 2009? | The Boy Genius Report. tmobile has been killing me on roaming charges but i’ve always been overly impressed with their customer service.