Oh, Canada!

Two pieces of news from my home and native land:

The Globe and Mail reporting that the Canadian government has fallen tonight in a non-confidence vote in parliament. The vote had been expected since a report was released several weeks ago detailing alleged corruption on behalf of the Liberal party in the late 1990s. The non-confidence vote means the prime minister will tomorrow ask the governor general to dissolve parliament and an election campaign will ensue with Canadians casting votes on January 23. It's the first Canadian election campaign to run through the Christmas holidays since Joe Clark's Conservatives beat Pierre Trudeau's Liberals in 1980.

And, on a lighter note, the Edmonton Eskimos win the Grey Cup, beating the Montreal Alouettes in double overtime, 38-35.