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At 2010 Olympics, learn about life in Canada
February 12, 2010 – 6:30 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
At 2010 Olympics, learn about life in Canada

If you’ll be visiting Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Games, you can use this opportunity to learn more about living and working in many different parts of Canada.

How?

Visit the “houses” that many Canadian

Top 3 things to know about Canadian health care
February 5, 2010 – 7:20 am | One Comment
Top 3 things to know about Canadian health care

A major benefit of living in Canada is access to the country’s generally well-regarded health care system.

Yet one of the challenges for newcomers relocating to Canada is finding your way through the health…

Groundhog Wiarton Willie predicts winter’s still here
February 3, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Groundhog Wiarton Willie predicts winter’s still here

Groundhog Day may not be an official holiday in Canada, but the country does have several groundhogs who forecast the weather every year on February 2nd.

According to legend, if the groundhog sees his shadow…

Moving to Canada? Consider these six top cities
January 22, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Moving to Canada? Consider these six top cities

Calgary (Alberta), Waterloo (Ontario), Ottawa (ON), Vancouver (BC), St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador), and Richmond Hill (ON) have what migrants are looking for when choosing where to locate.”

That’s according to a recent Conference Board…

How to become a true Canadian: Learn to skate…
January 20, 2010 – 7:15 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
How to become a true Canadian: Learn to skate…

Does Canada’s citizenship test require that you “ski a black run, gallop a horse, catch a fish, drive a tractor, skate in a hockey match and chop down a cedar?”

Uh, no.

But as Jo Ollive…