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Canadian postal rates rise
January 13, 2010 – 7:05 am | Comments Off on Canadian postal rates rise
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 | Comments Off on Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.
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 | Comments Off on New Year’s Resolution: Move to Canada in 2010
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 | Comments Off on Boxing Day: Sales, sales, and more sales
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 …

Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?
November 27, 2009 – 6:00 am | Comments Off on Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?

If you’re living in Canada, you can avoid today’s shopping craziness, which in the U.S. is known as “Black Friday” — the day-after-Thanksgiving, start-of-the-Christmas-shopping-season, mega-sale shopping day.

Here in Canada, it’s just a regular …