While this Friday is the US's big holiday, our fair neighbors to the north, Canada, celebrate their national holiday—aptly called Canada Day—today. (That's Fête du Canada for all you French Canadians.) Just like universal healthcare, the legal drinking age, and Thanksgiving, the Canadians just have to do it before us. So, celebrate all things Canadian today—sing a few bars of "O Canada", add 'eh to the end of your sentences, crave a cup of Tim......

Seattlest was in Vancouver this weekend, and, on a whim, made our first foray into a Tim Hortons. We'd heard good things -- "the apex of Canadian cuisine," for example -- and as lifelong doughnut fans we were happy to test that claim. We bought a maple glazed ring and a chocolate longjohn and took them back to our room. The verdict: Canada, you're better than that. The doughnuts were fine, but they're nothing......