Monday digest

- Hot on the heels of the over-the-top "North Country", Charlize Theron has said that she's not going to get married to her long time boyfriend (whose name escapes me) until gay marriage is legal in the United States. No doubt the justices on the Supreme Court are waiting for their next cue from our girl before handing down any landmark decisions.

- Nicole Turmel, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, is warning the Conservatives to get ready for civil service labour unrest: "When you look around, whether it's the water you drink, the beaches you swim at, the meat on your table, they are all done by public servants and if we don't, we'll have another Walkerton or another aboriginal community without good water."

Um, speaking of Walkerton, I seem to recall that the alcoholic, drinking-on-the-job-and-falsifying-records-dating-back-to-1980 Koebel brothers were employed by the public sector. And aren't the deplorable conditions found at reserves like Kasechewan under the responsibility and administration of the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs?

- A "day without gringos"? That's a little extreme.