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Canada Real Estate: The Cost of Buying a Home
November 19, 2012 – 5:43 am | One Comment
Canada Real Estate: The Cost of Buying a Home

How much does it cost to buy a home in Canada? And where are the cheapest cities for housing?

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) recently released their fourth quarter 2012 report on real …

Canadian real estate: The cost of buying a home now
November 5, 2010 – 7:04 am | 4 Comments
Canadian real estate: The cost of buying a home now

How much does it cost to buy a home in Canada?

It depends on where you want to live.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) regularly publishes statistics about real estate prices in major …

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 …

Every Canadian knows….Terry Fox
September 9, 2009 – 7:25 am | Comments Off on Every Canadian knows….Terry Fox
Every Canadian knows….Terry Fox

When you move to a new country, you need to learn about that country’s heroes. In Canada, one of those larger-than-life icons is Terry Fox.

Born in Manitoba and raised in British Columbia, Fox …

On Canada, toques, and the perfect Canadian mystery novel
June 8, 2009 – 12:15 pm | Comments Off on On Canada, toques, and the perfect Canadian mystery novel
On Canada, toques, and the perfect Canadian mystery novel

Check out this interview with me over at Jungle Red Writers.

Fellow writer and good friend Hallie Ephron recently talked with me about living in Canada, travel writing, and where I’d set the