Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10182034)

Why not try coastal BC. Its not quite as awful as the rest of the country. Have you seen The Real Housewives of Vancouver? It might give you some insight into living here. They use a lot of the services you offer.

Originally Posted by khuppe (Post 10179935)

Haven't been on here for a long time so sorry if I ramble on with this post! Well we moved to Canada back in 2008 (Im Irish my other half is canadian). Settled in Calgary with our 2 kids who were only 2 and 7 at the time, arrived in July to amazing weather and well if you have ever seen a Northern Ireland summer you appreciate any bit of sunshine you get.

Anyway to cut a long story short the company my husband worked for went bust 5 months after I arrived in Calgary with the kids, we had to then move to our in laws in winnipeg and stayed there until returning to the U.K in August 2009.... I had such a bad taste in my mouth just because it didn't work out how we had expected and at that point I never wanted to see Canada again.

Fast Forward now to 2012 and feeling very much disillusioned with living back in the U.K and are discussing the possibility of returning to Canada to live at some point next summer our children are now 6 and 11 so maybe it might be easier the fact they are both at school and a bit older.Anyway I guess Im just putting the feelers out to try and determine where is a good area for us to bring up our kids, would anyone say Winnipeg is a better choice than Calgary? And what area of Calgary or Winnipeg.. Also I am a Professional Make-up artist, Spray tan and Gel Polish technician does anyone know how my qualifications would carry over to Canada in order to gain insurance or how that works? And do you think that would be a profitable business for me out there? Im really confused as my husband is really keen to move back and I am not opposed to it but just want to make sure its the best thing for us all as I could not do any more trans-atlantic moves back and forth.

Any viewpoints gratefully welcomed :-)

Originally Posted by Beaverquest (Post 10348378)

nice one

- and to think, we once had an empire...