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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…

How to meet Canadian entrepreneurs
January 18, 2010 – 7:15 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
How to meet Canadian entrepreneurs

Want to meet entrepreneurs and other cool people in your new Canadian community?

Meetup.com is a good place to start. They’ve got entrepreneur groups in many major Canadian cities:

Vancouver Entrepreneurs Meetup Group

Greater Toronto…

American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?
November 25, 2009 – 7:35 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?

As an American who has lived in Canada for several years, I don’t find myself missing that much about the U.S.

I do miss my family and friends. Good Mexican food now and then. And maybe…

Leave the crib at home
October 28, 2009 – 8:01 am | 2 Comments
Leave the crib at home

If you’re relocating with small children, you’ve got to worry about a lot of gear. Cribs. Car seats. Strollers. High chairs.

But if you’re living somewhere temporarily or if you’ve arrived ahead of your moving…