This is Edville is small-town Canadian satire in the tradition of Stephen Leacock. Written by the rough-hewn staffers at the world-famous Edville Gazette, the book features bite-sized canards and commentaries that address the most pressing questions of our times—like whether Canada is fertile ground for the EV revolution (it isn't) or European-styled nudism (it most certainly is). You'll find incisive analysis of the key issues facing Canadians—including emotional-support chickens, unclaimed lottery prizes, yard-sale aesthetics, Speedos on men over sixty, boob asymmetry, and the etiquette of closing the cottage. You'll discover how to thwart bear attacks using statues of disgraced prime ministers, and you'll get the inside scoop on why garbage tags have become Canada's new reserve currency.

From the Editors' Introduction

When people talk about This is Edville as an obvious contender for the Pulitzer, no doubt it's because of our in-depth reporting on wild pigs, high finance, local politics, automotive design, and inter-generational dialogue. But we've never shied away from the tough political stories either. When Prime Minister Sorry-About-The-Face-Painting talks about diversity, we listen closely. When the Minister of Finance claims to know something about compound interest or even basic math, we're there. And when our national press corps lectures Canadians about how irredeemably small-minded and selfish we all are, we pay attention.