I have a fairly good e-buddy that is from Alberta that I want to send a Christmas package to. I want to include things that she can’t get up there and things unique to my area. So far the only thing that I can think of is sand from the beach.
We have beaches. Well, they’re frozen right now, but they’re still beaches. Oh, you mean in Alberta. Well, anything beachy would be good, especially the more subtropical stuff, such as flowers and plants.
There are a lot of US candies that are uncommon in Canada (and vice versa). There is a candy store in Toro0nto that sells them as imports, but the vast majority of convenience stores and such do not. The only one I can remember offhand is Mike and Ike and their brandmates.
When I went to California, I saw strawberry milk, which I have never seen here in Canada.
Hmm. That’s all I can think of at the moment. Maybe Spoons and MrsSpoons will chime in; they live in Alberta, and she’s from the States.
She’s never been to the ocean so that’s why that keeps popping into my mind.
By strawberry milk, do you mean already made or just the mix?
I’d say handguns and such, but they don’t like it when you try to bring’em into canada.
That smug know-it-all attitude. No idea how you’d package it for shipping though. 
Virginia to Alberta. Paging Ginger and Weirdave!
Mallomars. They’re in season right now but they’re expensive; I picked up some (Canadian imitation) Whippets last week because they were on sale, but they’re thin-skinned and too sweet. <man, the jokes write themselves sometimes.>
Send her some brawny Merkun Mallomars, the kind they eat in heaven.
You aren’t talking about dogs right? RIGHT?
One thing that I love, but have not seen up here is saltwater Taffy.
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Mmmm… Whippets and malamutes.
That’s good eatin’.
We certianly do have have Mike & Ike’s!
Yes, but they’re a lot less common than in the States. There was a thread about Canada/USA candy exchange a while ago…
Naw, there’s not much meat on the doggy Whippets, and it’s pretty stringy.
I meant these Whippets.
Visits to your doctor on the same day you make the call for an appointment, saying you are in pain.
I don’t really get that either. We’re military.
They don’t haev Hershey’s Take5 bar. They don’t have Luden’s Wild Cherry Cough Drops (least. medicinal. cough drop. EVAR). They don’t have Funfetti cake mix.
That’s all I can think of right now. 
I can buy a litre of strawberry flavoured milk from Safeway (and do, when it’s on sale). The local 7-11 also has Mike&Ikes in several flavours… the other stuff sounds good though. It’s going below zero again here after almost a week of melted slush, so I second the beach-stuff idea.
Oh-ho-ho! I think you’re getting your countries mixed up there, fella. :dubious:
If you’re from Virginia beach, are there perhaps some southern delicacies you could send your friend? A Virginia smoked ham?
I bet they’ve not seen a decent pecan tart or praline that far North!
I can get strawberry milk, saltwater taffy and pralines that would make your hair curl up here, with no problem, whatsoever. I can also see my Dr. the same day 99 times out of 100.
Maybe a Virginia ham would be nice - sort of a local favorite?