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Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide
October 19, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comment
Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide

Canada ranks fourth in over­all qual­ity of life among 182 of the world’s coun­tries, accord­ing to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2009 Human Development Report (HDR).

Only Norway, Australia, and Iceland ranked higher on the …

Canadian university guarantees graduates a job
October 5, 2009 – 7:10 am | No Comment
Canadian university guarantees graduates a job

The University of Regina in Saskatchewan is offer­ing prospec­tive stu­dents a unique guarantee:

If you don’t find a “career-​​​​oriented job” within six months of grad­u­a­tion, the school will give you a schol­ar­ship to cover another

Frugal Traveler eats Vancouver
September 25, 2009 – 7:50 am | No Comment
Frugal Traveler eats Vancouver

If you’re relo­cat­ing to Vancouver, know­ing where to get cheap chow is essen­tial intelligence.

The New York Times’ Frugal Traveler recently turned its cheap-​​​​eating lens on Vancouver’s Asian-​​​​fusion fare, with this col­umn, “Asian …

Myths about health care in Canada (and abroad)
September 14, 2009 – 8:00 am | No Comment
Myths about health care in Canada (and abroad)

Canada’s health care sys­tem has been get­ting plenty of press in the U.S. recently dur­ing the intense debate about health care reform.

American jour­nal­ist T.R. Reid, has just pub­lished a new book, The Healing of

Taking Labo(u)r Day off
September 7, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Taking Labo(u)r Day off

Today is Labour Day in Canada. Banks, post offices, gov­ern­ment offices, schools, and many busi­nesses across the coun­try are closed today.

Celebrated annu­ally on the first Monday in September, Labour Day is essen­tially the …