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Comment on About the Author by WanderFood Wednesday: A BeaverTail Tale | WanderFood

WanderFood Wednesday: A BeaverTail Tale | WanderFood — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:05:34 +0000

[…] that loveable Beaver somehow imprinted on me, so that when I grew up, I moved to Canada, where the beaver is the national […]

Comment on Best Places to Live: Canada’s Top 10 Cities (2011) by Adam

Adam — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:04:58 +0000

Hi,
I currently reside in Toronto for the past few years, I studied at HUMBER business school. I think job market in Toronto is not very good. Its just a welcome house for new comers.Toronto is filled with people who likes to do labor jobs. However Toronto is really good to live, expensive pubs and rapid growth of population, competition, Crimes occur at only certain places example. Jane and finch. Perhaps Toronto has mixture of city life and rural lifestyles. The government changes rules very often and is now stringent in giving permanent residents. Lots of waiting lists. At Humber school for international students the fee is 6000$ a semester and if an international student fails in just ONE SUBJECT he needs to pay a fee of 1200$, which is really bad. Car insurance is expensive. Government increases bus fare often.
Thus I would say Toronto is a lovely place to hangout, safe but in long term settlement this is not the right option. Please give your suggestions on good place to settle in Canada no matter the temperature but factors like house affordability and highest income/hourly pay. Thanks.

Comment on Welcome to Vancouver — Let’s roast a pig by WanderFood Wednesday: The New Year’s Pig | WanderFood

WanderFood Wednesday: The New Year’s Pig | WanderFood — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:31:34 +0000

[…] holiday porkfest – when my husband decided to ring in the New Year by roasting a whole pig. I’ve told this story often, but if I haven’t told it to you, please read […]

Comment on Moving to Canada in 2011? by Brian

Brian — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:20:50 +0000

Its only as bad as you make it. Trying to have only one career path is a huge mistake. The days of working for one company forever and retiring are long over and will never return. Its up to you to have the skills that are marketable at any given time. People are looking for people to do things for them. Get really good at a few and you are set for life.

Comment on Want to live in Canada? Canada wants you! by Wahaj

Wahaj — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:38:46 +0000

I want to go to canada becaus i love that country my uncle and my cousins are also there i am only 14 years of age and the resident of the country pakistan I will go to go canada even if i get a chance to visit it at student’s visa!!

Comment on Best Places to Live: Canada’s Top 10 Cities (2011) by Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:48:06 +0000

Hello,

I have been looking through the past comments and have obtained some good information.

I was wondering however where the best place to migrate to from the UK. I currently live in the suburbs of London and enjoy being close enough to experience city life but far enough away to not be invloved. Obviously in London it is not half as cold has the temperatures can reach in Canada but I am open to deal with the cold.

I will be visiting Canada next year and hope to migrate in the coming years.

I would appreciate any comments or advice, thanks.

Comment on Speaking Canadian: But do you speak Ottawan? by Jess

Jess — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:02:57 +0000

I work in BC at one of the mines and the miners (operators mostly)say you betcha after asking to do something or if you can do something.

Comment on Shopping in Canada, or Why US expats miss Target by Sonia

Sonia — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:49:57 +0000

In Toronto, we usually use the term “Dollar Store” or “Dollarama” — because alot of them are Dollaramas.

Although, I have seen “Loonie-Toonie”, we just group that one into the term “Dollar Store”.

Comment on Need a job? Come to Canada by roberta

roberta — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:03:31 +0000

I am a 28 year old girl from Italy with a Master Degree in Translation (from Italian to English and viceversa) and I would like to move to Canada (Vancouver or Calgary)looking for a job in Translation field.
I don’t know how to look for a job. Can anybody help me?
Thanks,
Roberta.

Comment on More American expats give up their citizenship by ExpatinCA

ExpatinCA — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:05:25 +0000

I’ll be giving up my citizenship, no question. I’m just waiting for my Canadian citizenship to come through.

I originally moved to Canada as a political protest. Bush had been president for two years and, if that alone wasn’t bad enough, the ramifications of the Patriot Act were simply sickening. I just wanted to get away from a country that would turn on its own citizens like that.

I found Canada to be welcoming and such a pleasure to live in. Over time, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I forgot all my hurt and feelings of betrayal from the US. My US passport didn’t seem to be hurting any, so I thought that maybe I would just keep it in a drawer once I got my Canadian citizenship. I thought we’d amicably separated and that was good enough.

Then I found out that I was supposed to be filing US taxes all this time, not to mention FBAR requirements! I was betrayed all over again, only so much worse. Not only is the IRS coming after me, it’s coming after my Canadian husband (we have joint accounts) and my Canadian son (my name is on his RESP).

Coming after me for any taxes owed (which is a big fat zero because I’m in the lower middle class), or even fair penalties for failure to file would be one thing. But I can’t tolerate this disgusting attempt to financially ruin my family and to literally steal education from a baby! This is disgusting. This is a glaring case of heartless American exceptionalism.

So my ex-lover has now turned into a stalker, and a potentially dangerous one at that. I feel that I have no choice but to file for divorce and, possibly, whatever the nationality equivalent to a restraining order is. I’ll be giving the US consulate a call the very day my Canadian citizenship goes through. Count on it.