Angel >> Western hosers saving our cultural heritage, eh? Two friends from western Canada have started an online petition to save the financially troubled Home Brew, the much-anticipated sequel to the classic Strange Brew, featuring boozy brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie. Given the dreadful state of Canadian cinema, wouldn't it be nice to see a movie made in the Great White North that audiences are supposed to be laugh at? Sign on at http://www.members.theglobe.com/savebrew.

Insect >> More American buy-outs of Canadian industries Even our biker gangs aren't safe from U.S. cultural imperialism. Last Saturday, the Gazette ran a massive article warning that the Texas-based Bandidos motorcycle club was about to bequeath "hang-around" status on the Rock Machine, only a step away from full membership. Sure, the Rock Machine are a bunch of depraved, violent drug-dealing psychopaths, but dammit, they're ours! Is nothing sacred?