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Sugar'n spice

Environmentally responsible, culturally aware and very PC - there's a lot that's nice about Canada.
 

Hongcouver - Canada's Asianised City

Vancouver

With little fuss, Vancouver's population has acquired a huge Asian component as a result of Canada's liberal business migration policy.

Quebeckers Think Dentist Trips Hurt Less Than Self-extraction

Vancouver

Arrival at Vancouver's stunning international airport is a lesson in Canada's cultural quirkiness.

Canada's Tarnished City Applies Some Polish

Vancouver

Vancouver's sharemarket has been called the scam capital of the world. Eric Ellis took an insider's tour, and found out what officials are doing to change its image.

Rear Window

Vancouver

The British Columbian chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous is taking a closer interest than most Vancouverites in APEC, and not because of the carousing.

Vancouver Dances To A Hong Kong Beat

Vancouver

Any China trader who's spent more than a few days confined to a bad hotel doing business in a scruffy provincial Chinese city has probably already experienced Vancouver's great contribution to Asia-Pacific economic co-operation.

Hollywood, Fidel And Other Borderline Cases

Seattle

Bill Clinton and Canada's Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, could do worse than call in the famous marriage counsellor Dr Ruth Westheimer.