"Seriously, there is very little danger from black bears which are common in wooded areas east of the Rockies. I saw one last week walking the dog (here in rural eastern Ontario)." Guest/6:10. I think it's cool that in Canada the bears occasionally walk one's dog. Here in Alaska, bears and dogs have mostly adversarial relationships.

I know a number of Canadians, mostly from the Yukon Territory, mostly specifically from the Whitehorse area. There's a great deal of back and forthing between the YT and southeast Alaska. A couple of Juneau musican friends have pretty much settled across the border. Someone wrote a song where he said that he has discovered that Canadians are just like us- but without guns. Which tends to make them nicer. I'm sure there are exceptions. *G*