Just an observation from the other side of the 141st meridian: Canadian Flight Service folks are a lot more actively involved in directing air traffic than are FSS folks in the US. In the US, a FSS at a non-towered airport will relay ATC clearances, open and close flight plans, read weather observations, and pass on information about other known traffic, and that's about it. They do not get involved in any way with managing traffic. If there is a potential conflict, their role is limited to providing information about the traffic, resolving the conflict is entirely up to the pilots concerned. In Canada, the FSS seems to act more like "ATC-lite" in that they get involved in de-confliction. Not to imply this is bad, just that's a very different philosophy, and I find it takes a little getting used to when I'm flying in Canada.