The Canadian Press is reporting that a package of “historical documents on sports, music and politics” were “accidentally shredded” due to a mailroom mix-up at the Prime Minister’s Office nearly a year ago.  The CP obtained this scoop under the Access to Information Act, though it seems its sources could not reveal what the documents in question were.  Allow me to speculate:

• A full set of 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs hockey cards
• Wayne Gretzky’s contract with the L.A. Kings
• Original lyrics to Nickelback’s hit song “Photograph,” written on a piece of toilet paper
• Fragments of that City of Champions sign
• Urinal cake from Maple Leaf Gardens
• 1983 copy of Oui Magazine with Lee Aaron on the cover
• Preserved pieces of John A. MacDonald’s sideburns
• Life-sized cardboard cutout of Jacques Parizeau
• Celine Dion’s contract with Satan, signed in blood
• The Colonel’s secret recipe… to winning a majority government! (Hey, he was a Kentucky Governor, wasn’t he?)

 And to think, all these prized pieces of history were sent to the shredder by some underpaid intern!  Oh noes Canada!