📬 Issue #1: The First Trot

A letter from the moose

Welcome in. Moose Mail launched this week: a little brown-paper-style read for your coffee, with jokes, trivia and good news. No politics and no doom. Day one brought more than 300 views and a great national argument about ketchup chips. You are early, and early is the best seat in the coffee shop.

From the feed this week

The ketchup chips verdict is still being counted (democracy is slow). A Hot Chocolate & Marshmallow bagel divided the nation. And we confirmed Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. A dock market indeed.

Catch up any time on the Fresh Posts page.

Trivia Corner

Q: What was driven at Craigellachie, BC on November 7, 1885?

A: The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The Laughing Loon

What do you call a moose with no name? Anony-moose.

And remember: you know you're Canadian when you measure distance in hours. "How far is it?" "About three coffees."

On the horizon

Remembrance Day, Wednesday Nov 11: poppies on, two minutes of silence, coast to coast. Then the season turns. Santa Claus parades are rolling out in towns and cities all over Ontario and across Canada through late November and December, so check your own main street's date. And the CPKC Holiday Train starts its cross-country run in late November, stopping in communities across Ontario and beyond, collecting for local food banks along the way. If it stops near you, bring a donation and a thermos.

See you Saturday

Thanks for reading Issue #1. If it made your coffee better, pass it to one Canadian who needs a lighter feed. The newsletter lands every Friday evening, and the feed runs daily.

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