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This is Cooking the News, a daily column that pairs food with the news.

This is Cooking the News, a daily column that pairs food with the news.

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Today’s post was inspired by my conversation with a barista as she rang in my grande non-fat vanilla latte. I’d dug out a Starbucks gift card and handed it over in hopes there was still some cash on it and that got us chatting about found money—you know, when you find an old gift card in your underwear drawer that you haven’t cashed in yet.

In honour of Canada Day tomorrow, isn’t it only fitting that I put together a post on what makes me happy about Canada? Here’s what makes me happy about being Canadian: