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This is a welcoming city, but it was also a perfect host to Sars
By John Simpson
(Filed: 18/01/2004)
John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor

Toronto is mild and pleasant in every way except, at present, for its climate. A freakish cold spell has brought the temperature down to -40C, as the spiteful wind off the lake whips up the snow and searches out the gaps in your defences......