Banff National Park has spent millions building animal overpasses. The Trans Canada highway can be a dangerous place for even the largest of wild Canadian animals.
In Banff, they’ve poured money into building overpasses that prevent road accidents and save the lives of thousands of animals and humans each year.
Now That's a Weird Law
While we're on the subject of Comic books, it is illegal in Canadian to have comics that depict criminal acts. Now, this may sound like some crazy plot, but it dates back to a forgotten stipulation in the Criminal Code of Canada dating back to the 1940s.
A "crime comic," in this case, according to the criminal code, is any magazine or periodical which depicts either the commission of a crime or the events connected with the commission of a crime, before or after."
Banned in Canada!
The supremely intolerant, attention-seeking group known as the Westboro Baptist Church and its members have been banned from entering Canada.
The notoriously homophobic group is known as America's most hated family for protesting funerals of fallen U.S. soldiers with picket signs to disseminate its belief that God hates gays. Well done, Canada!
Forget, Saskatchewan
If you were ever driving along Highway 13 in Saskatchewan, it would be easy to pass by this small village without much notice. With just one operating business, a church, and some abandoned buildings, the tiny, two-block settlement in Saskatchewan's south-eastern corner doesn't seem like much.
With miles of monochromatic farmland stretch in every direction, and the skeletons of maple, poplar, and ash trees standing guard along the town’s border. This may be why they named this little town, Forget. Now, what were we talking about?
When in Downtown Calgary
Downtown Calgary is arguably the densest downtown area of any city of its size in North America. You can walk 18 kilometers through downtown Calgary without going outside.
Their +15 walkway is 15 feet above the ground and was built to help pedestrians get around during the brutal winter temperatures. The +15 system is the largest of its kind in the world!