The Canadian Town That Built A Landing Pad For UFOs (Cool Weird Awesome 312)
Today in 1967, the town of St. Paul, Alberta officially opened the world’s first UFO landing pad. So why is there a UFO landing pad in east central Alberta?
There’s A Hair Freezing Contest In The Yukon (Cool Weird Awesome 258)
This weekend voting gets underway for one of the most unusual contests you’ll find anywhere in the world: the Takhini Hot Springs Hair Freezing Contest.
Winnipeg, The Slurpee Capital Of Canada (Cool Weird Awesome 197)
As we get ready for the official start of winter, it's worth noting that some of us deal with this time of year in unusual ways. Like the people of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who spend their cold, cold winters drinking Slurpees. Plus: on this Star Wars premiere day, a visit to a German observatory painted to look like R2-D2.
When Canadians Snap
Most jokes about Canadians aren't actually jokes, they're just references to hockey, lumber and/or Rush with the word "eh" thrown in at the end.