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Upwards of 1,500 protesters from Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City, and Hamilton marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday to protest the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush will meet today with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Montebello, Quebec on the two-year-old Security and Prosperity Partnership. The agenda is to include emergency planning for an avian-flu pandemic, the recall of Chinese-made toys, and border security. Demonstrators denounced the summit as anti-democratic and warned the public that Canada's sovereignty is at stake, and anti-war activists chanted "George Bush shame on you/Daddy was a killer too." The otherwise peaceful protest ended with one arrest related to a spray painting incident.

Dollar rises to 29-year high. At 91.58 cents U.S., it hasn't been this high since 1978. Also hasn't been this high since 1978: Gene Simmons, who totally found himself some amazingly killer bud last week.

Damn it, Arcade Fire, why do you keep teasing us?

Nadine Giguere's bad luck with Tim Horton's devilishly addictive contest, which she commented on a couple of days ago, is enough to make front page news in today's Ottawa Citizen! Former TOist editor Joshua Errett, who's never far from our hearts, wrote the piece that's teased on the top right hand corner. The headline reads "2 Years of Rolling Up the Rim - And Nothing." Sadly it's not online.

Le TOist vous offre un petit update sur les relations entre les provinces canadiennes.