tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91615372011-10-11T15:10:05.259-07:00Americans are talking about leaving the Blue States and heading North. It takes some getting used to. Here are some observations from an American who has been living in Canada since 1996.catesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866229084232691423noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161537.post-31528694653501873172011-10-06T17:44:00.000-07:002011-10-06T17:44:43.899-07:00

While my American friends are using their smartphones to deposit money in their Chase accounts without ever leaving their apartments, I have to deal with Canadian banks.  It takes some getting used to. Anything that isn’t simple means going into the bank and dealing with the tellers.  And of course, because everyone inside the bank has something complicated to do, it takes forever to get your

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It’s the end of April, and time for baseball.  At least for me it is.  But here in Canada, people are paying far more attention to hockey, as the Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway.  It takes some getting used to. When I was a little girl, I listened to the NY Rangers on the radio late at night. I'd never seen a hockey game, but I loved the rhythm of the game, and the French names of the players.

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Fill in the blank. Damn the __________________. torpedoes Americans Harper Government Canada’s navy wants to spend about $120 million to retrofit torpedoes they bought from the Americans in order to fire them from submarines they bought from the British, according to news reports. So Canada has four submarines.  One of them is “partially operational” and the other three are not at

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Canadian elections are confusing.  Elections here are different than back home.  In the United States, everyone knows when the next election will be.  Here, at the federal level, there’s no set date.  It takes some getting used to. Canadians seem so proud of their Parliamentary system.  (Proud in a Canadian way, that is.)  I haven’t quite figured it out.  If Democracy were a religion, an

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Yesterday it came to light that President Obama’s proposed budget includes an item which would charge Canadians a $5.50 "”inspection fee” when entering the United States by plane or boat.  This is the same fee that the US charges people from other countries, and from which Canada was exempted in 1997.  No fee will be assessed to the Canadians who stream over the border by car or bus to buy food,

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I think we finally wrestled all the technical issues to the ground.  Here’s our 14th Christmas Tree Cam. Watch live streaming video from christmastreecam at livestream.com You’ll mostly see the tree, sometimes Sandy Dog, and every so often Cate or Eric.  Merry Christmas!

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Former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien is quoted as having said, “Canada is like a big canoe…”.   Canadian Voyageurs, Walking a Canoe Up a Rapid - Currier & Ives, c1860 I have come to realize that in fact Canada is like a small town. Canadians make fun of Americans who say things like, “You’re from Canada!  Do you know my friend George?  He’s from Canada!”  Yet more than once I’ve sat in

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The Kelowna Falcons play ball here.  The team is part of the West Coast League.  Most of the players are American kids who play for NCAA schools during the school year.  Some of these kids go on to sign with MLB Teams. I love going to the Falcons home games.  It’s the only place I can hear the National Anthem in public.    This is minor league ball.  I refer not only to the standard

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Last Friday, someone held up the government liquor store by threatening the clerk with a screwdriver. Several years ago a series of holdups victimized clerks in convenience stores ("convenience" in the Canadian sense --- you can't get any beer there) and gas stations.  That perpetrator was also armed with a screwdriver. It didn't take me very long to figure out that if I was working nights

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Yesterday there were three ball games on TV, all of them divisional playoffs for major league teams trying to get to the World Series.  I watched the Cardinals - Dodgers matchup. In the US, the game was carried by TBS, but up here, Rogers Sportsnet takes the TBS coverage and drops in their own commercials and their own game updates.  So during the 7th inning stretch, they go to the studio for

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So I'm here in Canada on a Saturday night, watching a pre-season football game.  It's my beloved San Francisco 49ers playing at home.  They are playing the Oakland Raiders, and I am watching the game on KTLA - TV out of Los Angeles on our digital cable.  It takes some getting used to. I'm thinking, "Wow, this is kind of weird." And then, who should show up for the Raiders at quarterback but Jeff

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I was working my way through my first cup of coffee and my RSS feeds this morning when I came upon this article:And I thought to myself, "How did the Inuit manage to hold off Microsoft?"In fairness to me, I HAD just finished reading a curling feed that mentioned Paul Gross, and "Due South" is one of my favo(u)rite shows. But wow. "Inuit" instead of "Intuit" --- It takes some getting used to.

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An article on the CBC website informs us that Canada hired two public relations guys to represent Canada's interests to the United States."While this isn't the first time Canada has hired lobbyists to launch an American media campaign, it's the first time the government is being open and transparent about it, [PMO spokesperson, Kory] Teneycke said, though he refused to discuss how much the

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The local community internet site had this report today: This is the thing about Canada.  You just don't have people running around with handguns like at home, so now that times are really getting tough, we have people holding up Subways with a screwdriver.  It takes some getting used to. And no, we don't have an underground train here in Kelowna.  They mean the Subway sandwich shop. The

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There's some kind of rule here that allows Canadian television stations to take over an American TV station if they are broadcasting the same program.  So even though I tune the cable box to the Fox station out of Spokane, suddenly I am watching "24" on the Global channel, with ads for Tim Hortons.  It takes some getting used to.Last night, I wanted to watch "Life" on NBC.  But Global hijacked

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In Canada, people go out for "Chinese Smorg." It takes some getting used to.Finally, in Vancouver, I found Adobo Burrito, two blocks from the hotel. They have a big sandwich board outside that says "Mex Burrito." Everything is fresh, and you can see them cooking the chicken and "meat" on spits. I'll even forgive the kid who works there for asking me what kind of "wrap" I would like, that's how

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We are in Vancouver, BC live blogging the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The event goes for eight days, and we got here a day early just to make sure everything (high speed internet, press credentials, hotel room) was ready."It's good to be back in a real city," I told myself the first day as I walked to the nearest Starbucks.It's a city, for sure, with noise and traffic and places

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It seems that Canada is an attractive destination for former Guantanamo Bay detainees. According to this story:Many Guantanamo Bay detainees cleared of terrorist charges and slated for release have expressed a desire to live in Canada, and refugee organizations are calling for sponsors.Canadians think of themselves as tolerant, and they think Canada is racism-free, especially in contrast to the

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This policy is valid from 22 January 2009  This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact  cate.eales@gmail.com.  This blog does not accept any form of advertising, sponsorship, or paid insertions. We write for our own purposes. However, we may be influenced by our background, occupation, religion, political affiliation or experience.  

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Merry Christmas! Here's our 2008 Christmas Tree. I went out in a snow storm yesterday, December 13 to get it. Apparently it was 51 in San Francisco. Here in Kelowna it was -5 degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) when I went to get the tree. It takes some getting used to. You can see our tree live by clicking here. Please use the comments here as a guest book. Happy Christmas and best wishes

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Welcome, my fellow Americans. Canada is close, but it takes some getting used to. NSFW (Thank you Rachael Maddow for the link.) Meanwhile, Canadians are also holding a federal election. Not that Americans would notice. Not that Canadians would notice, if it wasn't for all the complaining that inevitably accompanies the announcement of a Federal election in Canada. Americans might want to

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I got tagged by Daryl Cognito, owner of The Best Podcast In Calgary.  Check out Atomic Suburbia, then hurry back here. Here are Six Random Things about me:  I am still shocked to find myself living in a country whose goals for the Olympics are to finish in the top sixteen.  It takes some getting used to. I graduated High School with Bob Costas. I don't follow either of Canada's official sports,

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You can go along here for days on end and not feel like you're living in a foreign country.  Then, something happens to remind you that you are.  Maybe someone says, "Civic elections aren't until November.  It's too early to announce whether the Mayor will run for reelection," and here it is July already.  Or, maybe you go to a minor league baseball game and they play both songs but you realize

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This is an old joke:A man watches a lobster fisher throw three lobsters into a bucket. Concerned, the man approaches the fisher and asks if he isn't worried that the lobsters will climb out because the bucket has no cover."No worries," replied the fisher. "These are Canadian lobsters. If one starts to climb out, the others will pull him back in."And that's how it is in Canada. In the US, we

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There are a lot of extra U's, and unexpected double consonants ("jewellery," for crying out loud) in Canadian English. And then, the really odd spelling of seemingly familiar things. I wonder if a Canadian spell checker is a spell chequer? It takes some getting used to.Many emails, both business and personal, go to Canadians. But I also correspond with friends and family who are Americans,

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Hello fellow AtomicSuburbia.com listeners. Like you, I'm enjoying Daryl's search for Canadian Identity. Unlike you, perhaps, I am not Canadian. Even though I live here now, it takes some getting used to. And like Daryl, I am searching for what it means to be Canadian.If you've stumbled in here without coming from the AtomicSurbia.com podcast, and you're in search of the essence of Canadian

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On the same day Howard Zinn of "The Progressive" exhorts Americans to "...renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blessed." an Ipsos Reid survey informs us that 39% of Canadians believe that Canadians should not be able to hold dual citizenship.Zinn confuses nationalism and

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Americans think health care in Canada is free. Some fear that. Some embrace that. But either way, that's what they think. The truth is health care is not free. You pay a premium and you get health care. If you don't make enough money to pay the premium, you still get health care. But it's not free. Your taxes pay for health care. You pay federal taxes, the Federal Government transfers

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I wrote some time ago about a trick I use to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. The weather forecasts here give the temperature in degrees Celsius, and it takes some getting used to. Here's the trick:28 Celsius = 82 Fahrenheit16 Celsius = 61 Fahrenheit 4 Celsius = 40 FahrenheitNow I know whether I need shorts or a winter coat. But I've been wondering if there is a name for a math palindrome.I've

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So. The United States now requires Canadians to present a valid passport when traveling to (or through) the United States by air. Next year, the requirement will extend to travel by land. Now there's a stupid idea! Require a passport from citizens of your largest trading partner! Way to Go!The requirement has been on the books for some time. Whether you think it's a stupid requirement or

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The Christmas tree is up, we have 800 brand new lights on it, and it's on the Internet. You can visit here.The last of the "out of town" packages and cards left today. We just need a little more snow on Christmas Eve to round out the experience.Merry Christmas!

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Boing Boing has a post about Rick Mercer’s “Talking To Americans” joke. Living in Canada, I often have the opportunity to see Rick Mercer's comedy. And I often pass it up.Mercer can be funny and insightful, but the "Talking To Americans" bit, once just a segment on a half-hour program, then a series of one-hour specials, is nothing but the same joke over and over again. Americans are

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“Canadian Blood for Canadians”Hey, how about that for a slogan to promote International Blood Donor Day?The local head of Canadian Blood Services appeared on local radio station CKOV yesterday to encourage people to give blood. Canadian Blood for Canadians? Hey, what about us?Here’s my email to John Michaels, the talk show host:Hi John,If you're going to make an effort to encourage people to

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The Poddog Show podcast is worth a listen. Daryl N Cognito hosts the podcast from Calgary, with his faithful canine companion, Kuma, co-hosting. Daryl talks about life and politics in Calgary, Alberta. Kuma recently interviewed "The Queen of Disobedience" at a local bark park.You don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast. If you have one, or if you have another kind of mp3 player, you can

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Well, it seems that the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team beat home team Italy by the score of 16-0 yesterday. I saw the first few minutes. Canada scored five quick, unanswered goals. I went out. I ran errands. I came back later and saw the replay of the last period. It was 11-0 when the announcers started explaining how it’s not Canada’s fault that the score is lopsided. It’s not Canada’s

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Merry Christmas!All the talk of election campaigns during Christmas has not stopped us from observing our holiday tradition of putting as many lights as humanly possible on our Christmas tree, and making it available for viewing over the net.The perpetual cloudiness, the below-freezing temperatures, the snow --- it takes some getting used to. But the Christmas Tree is always stunning, and this

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I’ve been here almost ten years now, and I am just now starting to figure out elections in this country. It takes some getting used to.First of all, you don’t vote here for Prime Minister like you would in the United States for President. No. The parties elect a leader, and then voters vote for the party whose leader they think can best lead. Or if they are mad at the party in power, they

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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même choseBob Dylan played Kelowna this summer. It was the only concert at the local converted hockey arena that I’ve even wanted to attend. $65.50 Canadian, in line with his intention of selling $50 tickets.The local "arts critic" wrote that she was boycotting the concert because Bob Dylan didn’t make tickets available to the press. Free tickets I suppose she

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Got yours yet?The thinkbluedems.com website says: Think Blue bands are a reminder that elections matter every day, and a symbol of the importance of electing candidates who support democratic values.There are more than 100,000 Think Blue bands on the wrists of people in all 50 states and more than 10 countries around the world. Click here to learn how you can join the ranks of Think Blue

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Canadian identity is defined in part by beer, as is America's idea of Canadian identity.Americans cling to the belief that Canadian beer is stronger than American beer. It's not. That is a myth. It's all in how alcohol content is measured.Two major beer companies each control about 45% of the beer market in Canada. One is Molson, which is in the process of "merging" with Adolph Coors. The

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I don’t ski. I hate being cold, and as far as I’m concerned snow is an annoyance.That was fine when I lived in the Bay Area. I used to take Christmas Eve bike rides and golf on New Year’s Day. That doesn’t work here. I needed something to do once it got too cold for bikes besides cycling sessions in the gym getting ready for Spring, and thinking about California.So, curling. Yes, you need

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President George W. Bush was in Canada yesterday and today on a State Visit. The coverage of this on CNN and the other American networks took up... not very much time. The coverage of the "anti-American feelings" on the part of Canadians took up a lot more time.All the media on both sides of the longest undefended border billed this visit as "an attempt to mend fences." CNN's Wolf Blitzer and

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Canada uses the metric system of measurement. That means when your American friends ask you, "What does gas cost there?" you first have to convert litres to gallons, and then convert Canadian dollars to American dollars. I ride a bike, and now I can finally think in terms of kilometres rather than miles. When my mother came to visit, I ordered 200 grams of turkey from the deli counter, and I

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Winter is coming again, and that means I'll have more time to devote to trying to figure out what things make Canada so…well, so Canadian. This project has kept me busy since I've been spending so much time up here. But the real interesting thing about that is that this keeps Canadians busy much of the time, too. They take a great deal of pride (well, as much pride as Canadians take in

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As Americans ready themselves for a day of Thanksgiving, Canadians find themselves preparing for Christmas. Thanksgiving here was in October, even before Halloween. It takes some getting used to. Canadian Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Pilgrims. Here is the story: Martin Frobisher and crew first celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving in the eastern Arctic in 1578. Frobisher was driving his boat

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