Despite the recent success of homegrown artists and entertainers from Drake, Justin Bieber and Nickelback to Ellen Page, Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen, a poll finds Canadians are one of the least cool nations on the planet.

Corey Shapiro is frame merchant to a-list celebrities from Rihanna the Roots. But for the modest Montrealer, selling frames isn’t about glam or fame – he’s in it for the culture and history.

Despite, and perhaps as a result of, an onslaught of negative attention surrounding the Georgian luger’s tragic and untimely death, Canada’s 2010 Games attracted record audiences both in Canada and the U.S.

For Shannon White and Eric Elgar, what began as a guerrilla-style documentary ended with a lesson in what it costs to cross the country – two thumbs and about 35 kind Canadian citizens.