Wow, NbyNW. No, it's not like that in Alberta.

Bookstore sounds good, except the closest one is small Chapters (actually called Indigo in Canada) 5 kms. away where some of the side streets are dark and too quiet for my taste. I did go wandering out to bookstores in the evening in VAncouver and Toronto, because the streets are close to major transit in winter, many people wandering about.