For all of you who thought Britney Spears was old news, think again. According to Yahoo’s top searches of 2006, we just could not get enough of her over the past 12 months.

She is the most search for term for the year. The rest of the top 10 reveal our obsession with celebrity, with Shakira, Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton all up there.

But over here in Canada, the nation is more obsessed with sports than celebs. Canadians have been busy typing “NHL” into Yahoo. But just behind hockey was football, hardly surprising in a year of World Cup fever.

The remarkable thing is that in the global top 10, there are no search terms of any importance. It is all celebrity fluff. But there were two weighty issues on the minds of Canadians – Revenue Canada and Environment Canada.

Seems like Canadians care more about taxes and the climate, than about Britney.