From that CNN story...

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Searchers had combed the brutal backcountry of rural Ontario for the housewife from the city of Hamilton, who had left her home three days earlier in the middle of a blizzard to grocery shop.

For "brual backcountry" read "Suburbia, 10 miles from a city of 500,000 people and right next to an international airport." It's sort of marginally rural. There are some farms.

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Personally, I'd say this micro-documentary (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yEEmxbqV3rg) should be required viewing for all visitors.