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| "Canadians now biggest foreign buyers of US homes" |
Andre LeBel knew he had come home when he walked into a bar in St. Petersburg, Fla., ordered a Bloody Caesar and the bartender made it without cocking an eyebrow.
The spicy drink - a blend of vodka, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and tomato and clam juices - is popular in his native Canada, but until recently it was virtually unknown elsewhere. That was before Canadians started to snap up property in the U.S., drawn by the buying power of the newly strong Canadian dollar and the depressed prices of American real estate. |
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