The old political punchline about moving to Canada if an election goes the wrong way is more than a joke to some -- and a lot harder to pull off than most people suspect.

One of Canada's best-known companies also looks more and more like one of the world's shakiest. Today in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM puts on a brave face for shareholders at its annual meeting -- maybe a little tricky when its share price is down 95 percent from its peak.

Iceland is looking to possibly adopt the Canadian currency. How would that work, and might that affect either country's economies?

Canadians don't even bother to pick pennies up off the street anymore.