Month: June 2013

For months, the town of Gordon, Alberta had planned a fantastic Canada Day weekend, the highlight of which would be fireworks. But at a town meeting on June 30, Mayor Clayton Dirge announced: “It seems Ernton Derwillk has bought all the fireworks from here to Red Deer, and he won’t share.” From the gallery, widower … Read more

The year was 2098, and Canadian hockey’s wettest of all dreams was coming true; the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Charlottetown Maple Leafs and the Nunuavut Canadiens. Every match went into overtime. CBC had reacquired the rights to the “Hockey Night in Canada” theme.  The jarred brains of Ron MacLean and … Read more

Even Grant was surprised at how hard he’d just vomited. He’d hit the bottle hard for the last couple days, celebrating his divorce. A new lease on life! Ding, dong, the witch is gone! What had started as a few drinks with a few remaining friends had escalated into an all-night bender of truly bacchian … Read more