Thanks-for-the-mental-image Dept: Peace Arch News, B.C. A naked man seen walking along a busy freeway just north of the Canadian border near Vancouver, British Columbia, got dressed just before police arrived to question him. The 27-year-old Hispanic man, who did not speak English, told police through a translator he didn't know he was in Canada and was just walking to Alaska. Canadian border officials had no record of him entering the country.
Cold-Case Dept: The Daily News, Longview, Wash. Twenty years after someone stole a handgun in Cordova, it turned up in a car during a traffic stop in Longview, Wash., this week. The driver said he had no idea of the gun's history when he bought it. Cordova police have been notified.
Know-your-meats-Canadian-style Dept: National Post, Canada French adventurers seeking to sail the mostly ice-free Northwest Passage last summer got grief from the locals. They and French members of two other Arctic treks this decade have come down with trichinosis -- caused by a parasitic worm -- after eating undercooked bear meat -- polar, grizzly and black.
URGENT CALL TO REPENTANCE: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord. And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee. For the Kingdom is the Lord’s and He rules among the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28)
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Oh the irony! I would assume that the bear meat eating folks were out to prove how warm the polar regions have become and were, therefore, enviroweenies. One wonders where they got the bear meat, heh?
And what was that dude doing walking naked in December in BC? Okay, it's a little warmer near the coast than inland, but still.... And walking to Alaska in December? Naked? Dude is either crazy, on drugs, or pne serious zen buddhist Incan monk.
Or maybe he has watched too many Most Dangerous Catch episodes, wants a job on a crab boat, and thought this was a good way to get acclimated to the expected working environment.
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