The haunting call of the loon is a common sound around lakes in Canada and this government sponsored Public Service Announcement (PSA) was heard just as often coming from Canadian TV sets all across the country in the 1970′s and 80′s. The Hinterland Who’s Who Loons video is probably the best remembered in the series of short films, but they also made clips for beavers, bears, moose, geese and more.

Up here in the Great White North, the loon is an icon, and is even on our $1 coin, which is aptly called the loonie. They look like gold pieces but are still only worth a dollar (even less south of the border! lol). Oh well, let’s just forget about the economy for now and just enjoy this video from a time back when a buck would actually buy something…

It’s July 1st and that means it’s party time for all Canadians! This is the Canuck holiday where we all drag out the barbeques and a case of beer to hang out with friends all day. We even have a parade and fireworks too!

Well, I gotta run and join in the fun. Have a good one, everyone!!

Sure, we talk different, but we do NOT say “a-BOOT”!! Well, at least not all of us, anyway. We spell it flavour, not flavor. We have neighbours, not neighbors. And we cash our cheques (instead of checks) to buy more booze. Molsons, of course.

We are proud of our Canadian bands and music. We don’t have any prefab, wind blown, pansy ass little boy bands. We play REAL music, dammit! We’ve got The Hip and Stompin’ Tom! American Woman is OUR song, written by a Canuck!! So there!!!

My aim is to turn this blog into a showcase for canuck stuff, cool Canadian bands and as much about our culture that I can post before needing another shot of KD. Speaking of which, I have a pot of it cooking on the stove right now…gotta run!!