While keeping an eye on the Canadian news, it’s hard to escape recent reports of unusual misbehavior, from white-collar crime to the surreal: Reuters reports that Canada’s post office and police are searching for a “rogue elf” delivering nasty letters to boys and girls in Ottawa. AP reports that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will curb their Taser use “in response to a watchdog agency report that officers were firing them too often.” The Globe and Mail has blanket coverage of the “disgraced tycoon” Conrad Black (pictured here), who has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years for “pocketing millions of dollars prosecutors said belonged to shareholders.” The Globe also recently ran a headline straight out of The Simpsons: “Atomic Energy of Canada head resigns in wake of isotope fiasco.” And a must-see public service announcement straight out of a David Cronenberg nightmare will have kids screaming at their TV sets. (And defying categorization is news that Celine Dion has taken her final bow in Las Vegas.)