Why Americans pretend to be Canadian
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FOR some Americans, to be mistaken for a Canadian is the ultimate humiliation, yet hundreds of US citizens travelling abroad have willingly acquired a disguise of a T-shirt with a Canadian flag.
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Despite boasts of Canada&#39;s superior healthcare system, heart attack patients might wish they were sick in the United States. That&#39;s because a new study suggests US patients fare much better than their northern neighbours.
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- An American T-shirt company wants to help US citizens relax on vacation -- by posing as Canadians. TshirtKing.
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Americans are boldly speaking their minds, even when others would prefer they didn't.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - For Americans, there  is no place quite like home. Europeans, however, always seem to  enjoy the challenge of foreign lands.
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A fundamental way in which Canada differs from almost all other countries is that the government here established itself before there were any people here.
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The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to take on what has become an increasingly common American characteristic: obesity.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 27--The stereotype of conservatives has them admiring a stand of old-growth trees, then waving in the backhoes and logging crews to turn the forest into cash.
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM - An American T-shirt company says its &quot;Go Canadian&quot; package is the perfect solution for US travellers weary of dealing with questions on politics while on vacation.
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Canada's stability, proximity and cultural similarity to the U.S. tend to attract higher-value, more sophisticated outsourcing work than countries like India.
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Not content to simply play hockey on frozen ponds or waltz along canals that have turned to ice, some Canadians prefer to amuse themselves with a more extreme form of outdoor skating.
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We love the romantic pretense of a homogenous, melting-pot America. It makes us feel good, gives us a sense of nobility and brings closure to our well-documented history of discriminating against one another.
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When it comes to getting flu shots for its citizens, the United States may someday soon look like a giant version of Canada, its national-health-plan neighbor to the north.
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It's not every day that pro-American sentiments are uttered with a French accent.
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It&#39;s beginning to look a lot like Canada as far as Americans&#39; opinions about health-care reform and their prescription shopping habits.
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Canadian actor Jim Carrey has become an US citizen although he will still retain his Canadian citizenship.
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Canadians remember two things about Ronald Reagan&#39;s trip to Quebec City in 1985: his rendition of &quot;When Irish Eyes Are Smiling&quot; with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and the announcement