Seems like a lot of countries are and/or have been going this way. The English pound is a coin and when I was there last summer they came out with a 2 pound coin remarkably similar to out toonie and have plans for a 5 pound coin. (For anyone confused, that's not the weight of the coin ;-)

>Hi Christopher,
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>You may be lucky on one front - there is a new dollar coin to be released in the US which will be colored similar to our (Canadian) dollar coin. At least that's what it looked like on TV. If memory is correct it will feature the (native) Indian lady who helped and impressed Lewis & Clark so much (won't dare try to spell her name).
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>As to the Wings, it was someone else's turn I guess. I had the feeling that NHL was bending over backwards to get the Leafs as far as they did get (watch the fur fly now).
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>Cheers,
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>Jim N
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>>>I think that Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax and Toronto could all be hosts (and that is my preferred order) and I would give Vancouver the edge simply because it is so close to MS HQ.
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>>I would agree that it would indeed be kinda nice to have one in Canada, even though I've never been to a Devcon (I have been to many other trade shows). While the only major canadian city I've been to is Toronto (went there on my first honeymoon which was over canadian Independence Day -- saw the fireworks and everything :> ). Toronto or Vancouver would be excellent choices for a conference in August -- MUCH better than Hotlanta (which I've been to in August). You gotta wonder what goes through peoples' minds to put a conference in the South in August when there are so many nice cities to the north that time of year.
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>>(and realizing this is totally off-topic, I wish the US would learn a little from Canadian money. I love the idea of a dollar coin that doesn't look like a quarter, and different colored money so you can tell them apart at a quick glance). Having grown up in Southern Michigan, I remember many arguments with my current wife (who grew up in California and we were living in FL at the time) where she said that canadian money (even coins) isn't real money in the U.S. and isn't accepted here. Of course, when we moved to Michigan she was surprised that her postmaster told her that canadian coinage was accepted as legal tender. :> )
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>>Too bad you guys haven't sported a decent hockey team in years. :) Or at least one that didn't move down here. (ala the Nordiques/Avs). hehehe.
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>>Christopher, a die hard Wings fan who thinks they got gypped (jipped? sp?). THEY should have been the ones to get beaten by Dallas. :):):)