The Onion Gets In Some Canadian Trouble
The Canadian press is going crazy over the complaints of an Ottawa fireman who woke up one day to find that his picture was used to accompany a piece in The Onion. So we figured we’d spread the good news stateside.
The article in question? Hero Firefighter Loses Lifelong Battle With Fire.
Except the fireman pictured, Capt. Rudy Lindia of Ottawa Fire Services, happened to work in a firehouse with a reader of The Onion. Lidia took the picture back in 2002 for a City of Ottawa photoshoot by local firm Hemera Technologies Inc.
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