Canada Day is fast approaching...Saturday, July 1st will be a big holiday across the country. IGotNewsForYou is doing its thing to promote Canada by offering a free mock newspaper for the occasion. Just click that link, fill out the form and send a funny mock newspaper to a Canuck. Cool, eh? (It's free for Independence Day too!) Canada is known for a few things: * Politeness (We are polite, although there's plenty of raunch, filth and nastiness here too. And Montreal was recently ranked in the bottom tier for politeness in a Reader's Digest study.) * Beer (We've even got a beer called "Gros Cochon" or "Fat Pig" in English, which should tell you something.) * Hockey (True, the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup, but how many of those guys were Canadian? Cam Ward, Rob Brind'Amour, Eric Staal...just to name a few.) We've also got a healthy and growing legion of quality entrepreneurs and budding businesses. So here's a couple things to promote the cause: 1. Rick Spence at Canadian Entrepreneur recently pointed me to an upcoming CBC show titled Dragon's Den which is a reality show for Canadian entrepreneurs. Make sure you visit the official CBC site as well. They're taking auditions as we speak to be on the show. It sounds cool and I'll definitely be watching. 2. Montreal will be host to the latest CaseCamp on July 4th at the Twist Image offices. What's CaseCamp? Good question. Their site says, "CaseCamp is a marketing unconference open to anyone. Presenters share case studies of their work, with the goal of creating a commons for discussion, learning and networking." I'm still shaking my buzzword-rich brain over "unconference", but oh well. As far as I can tell, it's going to be a fun and interesting event. So far 46 people are signed up, and there are 4 presentations. The topic, in general, is of course marketing (notice: I'm avoid any funky terms - Web 2.0, social media, etc. *shivers*) I haven't signed up for CaseCamp yet, but I hope to have the time to attend. To all the Canadians out there -- enjoy, celebrate (don't drink & drive please) and we'll see you soon. And to our neighbors to the South, we'll toast you on Independence Day too (at least I will). (Technorati Tags: free stuff, independence day, twist image, mitch joel, casecamp, canada day, dragon's den, cbc, rick spence)