Heyo, I'm Matt from sunny Edmonton, Canada. I like to consider myself a pretty big knife geek, but there's always so much to learn so I figured this was a good place to check out!
Welcome to a fellow Canadian! (I grew up in Calgary though, so I have to throw in the obligatory "Oilers suck!", haha).
BTW, there is a cool branch of a Canadian Japanese knife shop Knifewear that opened up in Edmonton recently. Possibly might be interesting for you to check out. http://blog.knifewear.com/contact-us/