Angel >> McCain Foods, purveyors of the finest frozen french fries made exclusively from genetically-pure potatoesThere's no shortage of reasons to hate McCain: they own half of New Brunswick (Irving Oil owns the other half), they make gooey, prefab foods of questionable nutritional value, their television commercials are ultra-annoying, etc. But give them credit for this: beginning January 1, 2000, they will no longer use genetically-modified potatoes for their fries. The ban will remain in place, so they say, until the world is convinced that such products are not harmful.

Insect >> F. Gagne, the demon-spawn green onion zealot in St-Michel "F. Gagne" is the moniker that appears on every parking ticket in this north-end neighbourhood. And Gagne, whomever he or she is, has taken a particular dislike to cars that are parked in driveways and whose bumpers protrude ever so slightly into the sidewalk area. Since August, one resident has received 15 tickets for this infraction; another has received 10. Both residents have been parking their cars in their respective driveways for years; prior to August, no tickets were ever issued. Both residents intend to contest their tickets in court.