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Update: Dialing while driving in Canada
January 15, 2010 – 7:05 am | No Comment
Update: Dialing while driving in Canada

Drivers in British Columbia and Saskatchewan are no longer allowed to use hand-​​​​held cell phones while dri­ving.

Both provinces enacted new laws — effec­tive January 1, 2010 — that sharply restrict dri­vers’ use of …

Canadian postal rates rise
January 13, 2010 – 7:05 am | No Comment
Canadian postal rates rise

Sending a let­ter in Canada this week?

You may need to buy new stamps, since Canada Post just raised the postal rates.

And if you’re new to Canada, you may be sur­prised to learn …

Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.
January 6, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comment
Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.

When we first moved to Canada, one of the things that sur­prised me was that very few peo­ple wear their shoes in the house. Go into someone’s home, and you leave your shoes by

New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010
January 1, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment
New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010

Is “Move to Canada” top­ping your list of New Year’s res­o­lu­tions this year?

If you’ve been think­ing about relo­cat­ing to Canada, you’ve come to the right place.

Here at Living Abroad in Canada, you’ll …

Boxing Day: Sales, sales, and more sales
December 23, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comment
Boxing Day: Sales, sales, and more sales

In case all your Christmas wishes don’t come true, don’t worry — there’s Boxing Day!

In the U.S., the biggest shop­ping day of the year is the day after Thanksgiving, a day that’s become known …