Smyth

hello there
well i have just had a job offer in winnipeg and and i'm really considering it.
could you tell me what it like to live there?
what would be the price of a 1 bed apartment?
do any uk airports fly there?

Biiiiink

Zoom go from Gatwick directly to Winnipeg, Summer service only. Outside those times you need to connect through Chicago/Minneapolis/Toronto, it gets pricey.

Some friends paid about 600 CAD a month for a small 2 bed, unfurnished, in the South of the city off a main road. It wasn't great, but cheap enough.

Grah

Well its fantastic is has every single one of the things on your dream location list.
Houses, shops scenery, bars, sociable people, soccer on TV and locally what more could you want?

Hardly every rains and has the coolest winters.

JonboyE

Cool?

Maybe I'm a wimp, but cool really doesn't do it justice.

Steve_P

...but that's why he said "coolest".

MB-Realtor

Depends what you want from a City really.

We chose it as it had everything we wanted, a reasonable size with enough amenities, without loads of traffic and hassle. Its a good place to bring up children. The people are, on the whole, good and reliable.

Its not a terribly exciting or glamorous place, the scenery is flat.

Its hot in the Summer and Cold in the Winter, theres normally plenty of year round sunshine.

For us, its a good place to live.

This is a good link for finding accommodation:

http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/immigrat...ing/index.html

Smyth

thanks for relpys
what do u think the best place for a 19 year old to stay?
what about driving i've had my licence for a year and a half will i be able to change it or will i have to take a test?

Biiiiink

Osborne Village.

Grah

ur 19 and have a job offer in Winnipeg that can't be filled locally

Are you a brit or a canadian on bunac?

Where's your job? What's your job? My 19/20 year olds are looking
What's your interest? Sport music parties
What's your typical week involve at home?

Typical stereo cast 19 year old doesn't travel to foreign countries for a job.

So need to have a little bit more to go on.

Smyth

yes have a job offer. 5th from the bottom.
http://www.emigrate2.co.uk/canadian_...ction_jobs.htm
i'm a brit going on a bunac. should be going in july
work in the week then go and have a few drinks at the weekend.
i've been in the same job for 3 years and just want a change.

Grah

Due to the short construction season you may get more hours they you can shake a stick at.

As for the rest Biiiink was right osbourne village.

Smyth

what about driving i've had my licence for a year and a half will i be able to change it or will i have to take a test?

Biiiiink

You should be able to swap it - they started swapping GB licenses in MB a month or two after we arrived.

I had a 9mth-old GB license, I swapped it in Ontario though, and so I had 12 or maybe 13mths total driving experience by the time I got to swapping it in Manitoba. It was a G2 (graduated) Ontario license that I swapped, and it got upped to a full license in the swap. Having said that, MB knew I was <2yrs driving because the date on the license for when you are allowed to accompany learner drivers was correct and tallied with my original GB test pass date.

Bonus about Manitoba over Ontario: I don't think there is a test at the end of 2nd stage - you simply get a full license at the end of the time period, whereas in Ontario it's a road test at the end of G2.

Smyth

i was just wondering is there a shop that sells english food in winnipeg?

Steve_P

The Raging Brit 2615 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB

Apparently owned by our very own MB-Realtor's wife.