The Great Cross-Canada Used Bookstore American Takeover Tour (Part II)

Nigel Beale's latest literary adventure

North Bay, while colourful enough on the surface

looks pretty run down when you open your eyes, as I did in so many of the towns I drove through on my journey out to Vancouver​ last summer.​ Lots of green and yellow Dollarama stores (1,356 in Canada as of January 2021, according Statista.com)​​;