Despite some rough moments in 2014, Canada is still the best country to call home. Danny Sinopoli is feeling the true patriot love
Western living
For a geography buff, this B.C.-shaped wood cutting board by Leah McIntyre of Love My Local in Vancouver is too hard to resist. Province cutting board (nine others are also available), $69 through www.lovemylocal.ca.
A step forward
Recently, I toured Manitobah Mukluks’s HQ in Winnipeg, where the Métis-owned company (and fastest-growing footwear brand in Canada) is doing three things: making moccasins sexy, keeping aboriginal craftsmanship alive and reinvesting in its community. Unisex Scout Moccasin, $129 through www.manitobah.ca.
Home and away
Want to support Canada’s tourism industry? Think staycation. Toronto’s Shangri-La hotel recently teamed up with Lululemon to produce an exclusive yoga video for guests to enjoy via TV or iPad in their suites. Rooms from $355 a night (www.shangri-la.com).
City view
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray John Tory my soul to keep. Here’s to a more restful 2015 for Hogtown and all the Great White North. Toronto pillow by Emanuelle Dion and Isabelle Bergeron of Foutu Tissu, $50 through www.etsy.com.
Get your man
I had one of Kikkerland’s solar waving Queens, but Her Majesty fell off my nightstand and broke. The company’s waving Mountie – a portion of each sale goes to the RCM P Foundation to help fund community programs – will make a handsome replacement. Kikkerland Solar Waving Mountie, $24.95 at stores across Canada, including Rolo in Toronto (www.kikkerland.com).
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