| Everything is labeled in English and French. |
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| Everything is measured in metric. (No, the temperature does not drop fifty degrees when you cross the border.) |
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| Milk comes in plastic bags as well as in cartons and jugs. |
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| There's hockey gear everywhere. A guy can get onto a bus wearing goalie pads, a helmet -- everything but the skates -- and nobody gives him a second look. |
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| Restaurants serve vinegar with French fries. |
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| There are $1 and $2 coins. The paper currency is in different colors, and it's pretty. |
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| The Trans-Canada Highway -- Canada's analogue to the US Interstates -- is two lanes wide for most of its length. (There are great big huge wide highways around the major cities. The 401 north of Toronto is twelve lanes wide in places.) |
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| There is still the occasional musical variety show on network TV, and such a show that was on until recently was hosted by a very, very large woman. |
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| The most famous evening news anchor is bald and doesn't wear a toupee. |