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    This Week in Canadian Internet Drama: The Beefs, Bans, and One Very Suspicious Apology

    The TikToker who deleted twice. The Kick streamer who didn’t last 24 hours. The two YouTubers who apologised in suspiciously identical videos.

    Part of: Internet Drama, Explained

    By The Daily Stash Editors · Editorial teamLast verified May 7, 20266 min read
    This Week in Canadian Internet Drama: The Beefs, Bans, and One Very Suspicious Apology — Weekly Roundup feature on The Daily Stash

    If you blinked between Monday and Friday, you missed the apology, the un-apology, and the goose-on-a-train moment that briefly broke a corner of Canadian Twitter. Bookmark this — we redo it every week.

    A Toronto-based TikTok creator posted, deleted, re-posted, and then privately apologised for a video about “how to spot a Canadian on a Spirit flight.” The replies are now their own ecosystem.

    A Kick streamer who moved from Montreal to Miami last summer staged what was supposed to be a 24-hour return-to-Canada stream. It lasted four hours. The reasons given have not held up.

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    On the wholesome side: a Vancouver baker’s viral video about correctly pronouncing “poutine” to American tourists has crossed nine million views. Her sourdough orders are reportedly booked into August.

    A long-running Canadian YouTuber feud quietly ended this week when both parties posted nearly identical apology videos within four hours of each other. Nobody believes the timing was a coincidence.

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    And the post that broke a corner of Reddit: a Halifax teacher’s thread about a class assignment gone gently wrong, which somehow became a national debate about handwriting, of all things.

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    Sources

    1. Statistics Canada
    2. CBC News
    3. The Canadian Encyclopedia

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