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For decades comedians have been shaping the way Americans understand Canada: Samantha Bee, Will Arnett, Jim Carrey, Martin Short, Mike Myers, to name a few.

What would Canada and the US look like if we gave each other a makeover?
Kurt Andersen joins forces with Jian Ghomeshi, host of the CBC’s daily arts and culture program Q, for our new redesign project.

Ian Fleming, died in 1964. But his creation, super spy James Bond, lives on. British writer William Boyd will write the next one. The World’s Carol Zall has the story.

The New York subway system has one of the best environmental designs of recent years: Coney Island’s Stillwell Avenue terminal is topped by a state-of-the-art photovoltaic glass roof. Kurt Andersen took the train to check it out with architect Greg Kiss.

The Chinese province of Ningxia is about a thousand miles from Beijing, but people there are feeling the effects of China’s growing tainted milk scandal. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports.