Living happily in Edmonton over 6 months now, just wondering is there ever a hope of an airline flying directly between these two?? Its an awkward trip for family or friends to visit at the moment, I happen to like my family & friends btw

In a short word NO. Be thankful you have the Edmonton to Heathrow regular flight and Gatwick charter flight.

Can almost see the the tumbleweed a blowin thanks for that Former Lancastrian, suppose I can only keep hoping & with the amount of Irish landing in this city I think a weekly flight would be well availed of . .Happy New Year

hey kizzylady making the big move from offaly to Edmonton hopefully soon...how you finding Edmonton overall? how would a 23 year old lad traveling solo find it? many people that age around

Your best bet is from May to October Canadian affair go Gatwick to Edmonton so they need a ryanair/aerlingus to Gatwick aswell. Or Aer lingus fly all year Dublin to Edmonton with a connection in Chicago.

The Gatwick option almost always works out cheaper. The only direct Irish flight at all is to Toronto so Edmonton is pretty far down the list.

Howya salmonfella, I think you'll get on well over here. It's a very busy city with lots of construction work going on. Alberta or Saskatchewan seem to be the 'go to' Provinces at the moment. Edmonton has a very diverse population so us Irish seem to fit in fine. What do you do for a crust?

http://www.moving2canada.com/ helpful new site to have a look at

hey i am a sparky by trade..looking forward to it now gonna be some change from the bogs lol cant wait till the iec visa opens its 2 years this year so that should give me a fair chance of getting pr..how you finding ringing and txting back home?? very expensive i say?:/

Im always suspicious of how kosher these sorts of sites are.... there are many sharks swimming in immigration waters, and if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

Eh iaink did you you even check out the link?? Its information about cities in Canada-what to expect etc not some dodgy immigration site

salmonfella you are gonna have no trouble finding or making friends here loads of young people your age around. We live downtown on Jasper Avenue and theres a good buzz around the bars and clubs. Whyte Ave would be across the river and some would say its the real downtown -haven't been there on a night out yet so can't comment. I buy international call cards for $10 in the store and calling a landline in Ireland is 1c a minute-pretty good. Skype is excellent too.

I did, and it does have immigration info on it too, some of which is either inaccurate or out of date.

Damnit someone beat me to it These sites may have some valuable info but when the crunch comes and they are asking for money thats when the problems start.
We have just as much info on this site and best of all its FREE unless you consider the headache tablets I have to buy and copious amounts of rum I need to drink to answer some of their queries

I've emailed the guy who runs the site previously as he was referring to old information and his response was it worked for him so its fine.

I don't like the site personally as the areas it quotes for some cities aren't actually very nice.

LOL, that's brilliant!

So by that reckoning, and as I'm currently putting off doing my tax return, I should base it on what I earnt back in 1999, as that worked for me then and was just fine?!

Kizzylady thanks very much for the comment, ah yea i no about call cards they should do the job only thing is there is no land line in the home house so will probably cost a bomb to ring mobiles.. ah deadly that's good to hear.. whats the nightlife like?:-P