More than 100 guests mingle on a warm spring evening in a mansion on Vancouver’s West Side.
A hush descends as the top-ranked U.S. official in B.C. starts a speech at his home to members of a visiting Portland, Ore., business delegation as well as many locals.
Political tensions may be swirling between Canada and the U.S. but that was not apparent in American diplomat’s address.
“Most discussions today have been about the great relationship that we have across the border,” U.S. consul general to B.C. and Yukon Shawn Crowley told the crowd.
He mentioned how Canada trades more goods with the state of Michigan than it does with
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