They're not even playing football today

It's not a holiday in Canada today, so let's look at some recent news from and about our True North Strong and Free.

• You can get there from here: Grand opening for new Maine-New Brunswick border 
• But, the CBC reports that you won't make as much money: Immigrants face wage gap in Canada

The average hourly wage of an immigrant worker in 2008 was $21.44, $2.28 less than the $23.72 Canadian-born employees earn. The gap exists regardless of when the immigrant landed, the study found, though immigrants who landed within the previous five years had the largest wage gap, earning $5.04 less than Canadian-born employees. The wage gap was also about $5 an hour when comparing immigrant and Canadian-born workers who both have university degrees.

• That might be due to the fact that some of their gold has gone missing: RCMP rule out theft for Mint's missing millions
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Police are ruling out theft for $15.3 million in gold missing from the Royal Canadian Mint, though the mint isn't yet ready to say what happened to the fortune or whether it has been recovered.
  
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  The mint is understandably relieved.
  
  "There's no theft," said Christine Aquino, mint spokeswoman. "It validates what the mint already knew, that we have extremely rigorous measures in place which makes us one of the most secure facilities in Canada."
  
  What happened to the more than half a metric ton of gold remains a state secret, at least for now.
  

  
  
  
  
• Meanwhile, our favorite non-dead-fish former-governor who can see both Russia and Canada from her house has a prescription for socialized medicine.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Palin Suggests Canada Should 'Reform' Health System To 'Let The Private Sector Take Over'
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• Cuz you don't want to try not to get H1N1 up there: Canada reports 'unusual number' of bad reactions to flu shots. Here's more on that from the Globe and Mail. 
• Finally, it's true, Canadians aren't playing football today. They've got their own thing going this weekend.
  
  CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League