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Speakeasies are remembered as an American invention, smoky rooms, jazz rhythms, clinking glasses, and the glamour of rebellion. But Canada had its own version of underground drinking culture, shaped by regional politics, geography, and a very different relationship with Prohibition. When you place the two countries side by side, the contrast becomes striking.  America turnedContinue reading “Canada vs. America: Speakeasies and the Culture of Hidden Nightlife”