Earlier this month, the Calgary City Council voted 10 to 5 in favor of lifting a decades-old ban on backyard skate ramps, earning praise from both skate and boarding advocates across the city. The mood on the ground, however, was unclear until CTV sent reporter Jamie Mauracher to interview an area teen.

In this golden age of Obama giving nary a fuck about anything at all, the president took some time out of his playdate with Smallville understudy Justin Trudeau to give his new standup routine a spin. The highlight of which was, of course, poking fun at a birther movement that (finally) had nothing to do with him.

Via Copyranter, the tale of University of Calgary Hayley Wade, whose innovative campaign for Vice President of Student Life used this poster ("Great dick bro!") above urinals in the men's bathrooms on campus. She won. Mitt Romney, take note. [Copyranter]

Every year the Economist Intelligence Unit looks at all the cities in the world and ranks their livability based on stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Which city came out on top?

Grad student John Boldt had his laptop (which held his thesis) stolen. But he backed everything up, so no big deal, right? Well: His backup hard drive was stolen too, and now he may have to drop out.