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McDonald’s clickbait stymied by expiration debate. Who knows what price might’ve ultimately been paid for the six-year-old cheeseburger and fries saved by Staffa, Ontario farmer Dave Alexander. Bidding was up to $150 when eBay yanked the offering, because of rules that prohibit sales of unpackaged or expired food—even though the McD’s items technically show no expiry date:
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Mustard colonels avoid the war on ketchup patriotism. Heinz Canada again had to defend its decision to stop using Leamington tomatoes, as Ottawa implemented a retaliatory tariff of 10 per cent. But mustard came off the tariff list at the last minute. It's a reprieve for Canadian farmers who send their seeds to the U.S. for processing.
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Two unexpected sightings of stuff from Mary Margaret O’Hara. Thirty years after its release, O’Hara’s only full-length album, Miss America, got reviewed by Pitchfork. It scored an 8.5. Her history on Queen West is still represented by the Rivoli sign, which she designed. It’s suddenly making news for entirely different reasons:
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The flag at the end of your life. Xavier Villeneuve, a 19-year-old currently attending college in the U.S., is on the front of the Wall Street Journal as part of a story about what’s now a 99-year wait list for a free flag from Parliament Hill. Some who already received their flags were surprised to learn that they're too big to fly at home. “If in 83 years I’m still alive,” says Villeneuve, “I’ll have figured it out by then.”
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