I was born and raised in BC and love my stomping grounds but the amount of rain we have been getting lately is pathetic. It feels like there is a climate change going on but that is only my feeling and not really based on any fact I have read or heard. Just over the last few years the winters have been getting progressively worse even here in Vancouver. October was nice though with a few days of that beautiful sun that likes to shine over the dewy haze that sets over my area, one of my favorite times of years is early to mid october. Mid October got really cold this year and right now we are in the lows of 1 to 2 degrees and highs range up to about 8 on a sunny day.

What kind of work do you and your spouse do? Perhaps you should base your decision based off of that as I think schooling for your kids can be great in most areas of Canada. Definately anything East of Ontario is great with some great Universities, highschools, etc here in BC.

Vancouver has been dubbed Vansterdam and this continues to ring true. There are hot spots around town where choosing your pot is like choosing your POP in a vending machine. You can go to one place and choose from 5 - 15 different strains of herb. You want indica? They got indica. You want sativa? They got it. You want oil? hash? yada yada yada?? its not very hard to obtain it.

Toronto and Montreal follow Vancouver from what I have heard in pot friendliness. Toronto has lounge cafe's similar to those which are found in Vancouver. These cafe's rent out Volcano vaporizers, provide a laid back smoking environment where you can hit bong after bong without any real worry of problems.

You will run into some pricks out here who will call you in to 911 for smoking a little J while driving. I suppose it was the drivers fault in that situation but as some of you may agree, a seasoned pot smoker knows his limits, boundaries and tolerances. Needless to say, some douche decided to call the said driver in to 911 while following him around town to have him hit with a fine and a 24 hour probation.

The general rule of thumb is keep it discreet and you wont have any real problems.

Hope that helps