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Forum: Canada
May 31st 2012, 5:18 pm
Replies: 291
Views: 29,443
Posted By shhhh

Re: Vancouver, don't get it.

It is/was indeed pissing it down on the North Shore (as usual ;)) - but thats all good, I hedged my bets by planting new grass which resulted in the last two week dry spell so I sanded my deck and...
Forum: Canada
May 30th 2012, 5:23 pm
Replies: 291
Views: 29,443
Posted By shhhh

Re: Vancouver, don't get it.

oh dear. Time to stop digging I think...

Vancouver to London is 9.5 hours flight, Toronto to London is 7.5 hour flight; along with the time spent in the airports, there's really not much in it,...
Forum: Canada
May 29th 2012, 3:43 pm
Replies: 291
Views: 29,443
Posted By shhhh

Re: Vancouver, don't get it.

I'm not entirely sure it takes all that much longer to fly to Europe from Toronto than Vancouver. You may also notice the closer proximity to China, Japan, US west coast, etc, and the cosmopoliton...
Forum: Canada
May 28th 2012, 5:30 am
Replies: 291
Views: 29,443
Posted By shhhh

Re: Vancouver, don't get it.

I lived in Surbiton for while which is perhaps more comparable to Kitsalano than Camden, and there is no way (most) of Vancouver is anything close to being that expensive. And yes being in(-ish)...
Forum: Canada
Nov 13th 2011, 7:38 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,390
Posted By shhhh

Re: Uk new arrivals in Vancouver

4am will be a bit tricky on public transport, but easily do-able if he's up for biking it - a very pleasant cycle along the sea-wall round yaletown and over the cambie bridge (or over the burrard...
Forum: Canada
Nov 13th 2011, 7:11 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,390
Posted By shhhh

Re: Uk new arrivals in Vancouver

We stayed in a suite in the Coast Hotel in English bay for 3 months after we arrived (so long because we bought a place which took a while to find and go through the buying process). It was a decent...
Forum: Canada
Sep 4th 2011, 3:59 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,565
Posted By shhhh

Re: Please Help - Where in Vancouver??????

We live just round the corner from a Catholic School on the N.Shore (Indian River), about 15 min walk down to the sea at Deep Cove, and literally backs onto the mountains for hiking/biking/skiing....
Forum: Canada
May 9th 2011, 5:16 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,656
Posted By shhhh

Re: Positive Experiences.

Good point.
Okay. I too can go skiing every weekend if I want to and even after work - even 60cm of fresh one evening!
I live 10 to 15 mins drive from the ski-lifts, and a 15 minute walk from the...
Forum: Canada
May 9th 2011, 3:27 am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,656
Posted By shhhh

Re: Positive Experiences.

Sorry not all positive here, in fact I'll play devils advocate a bit....

So I agree with your point about the wide open space, and I'm not allowed to put my bin out too early just in case I end up...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2011, 8:43 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,951
Posted By shhhh

Re: VANCOUVER - where to live?

Anywhere on the N. Shore will be similar, probably a bit less than an hour (say about 45 mins depending on the time of day) Public transport isn't too bad way to get there now there is the Canada...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2011, 8:22 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 12,000
Posted By shhhh

Re: Best for family - Calgary or Vancouver?

From a fairl yrecent move to Vancoouver, w ecan only really give the Vancouver perspective, though we did previously turn down an offer to move to Calgary, so we had given that some thought and...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2011, 6:56 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,951
Posted By shhhh

Re: VANCOUVER - where to live?

If you can afford it (which by the sound of your budget you can, depending on where exactly you want to be), then I'd say Deep Cove is a nicer area than Port Moody/Coquitlam.

We moved out 6 months...
Forum: Canada
Feb 19th 2011, 3:16 am
Replies: 79
Views: 6,398
Posted By shhhh

Re: BC Neighbourhoods or not BC at all!

Apart from the 211, 212, and 290 buses that go straight there of course ;) Or you could always get one of those standing up kayak things...
The N. Shore is a great place to be with the family (we're...
Forum: Canada
Jul 25th 2010, 11:32 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,409
Posted By shhhh

Re: Goods to follow much later

Thanks all
It seems at least Vancouver consistently don't bother/know whether to stamp the list ;) I was quite annoyed at the time having spent ages compiling the list before we went and even sorted...
Forum: Canada
Jul 22nd 2010, 7:38 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,409
Posted By shhhh

Goods to follow much later

We landed as PRs over a year ago now, when we did the whole landing thing, we were armed with our goods-to-follow list, but when I told them we were going back to the UK for a bit, I was told to...
Forum: Canada
Jul 2nd 2010, 7:01 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,350
Posted By shhhh

Re: Burnaby/N.Vancouver childcare

Thanks for the info, will get doing more researching :-)



Well we pay quite a bit more than £36 a day and no tax credits (even before the latest changes). I have an idea what the nursery staff...
Forum: Canada
Jun 30th 2010, 8:02 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,350
Posted By shhhh

Re: Burnaby/N.Vancouver childcare

Because then I wont meet the 2 year out of five rule - besides I would have thought in quite a large city in a quite developed country this would be resolvable?



He was just about 18 months...
Forum: Canada
Jun 29th 2010, 11:17 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,350
Posted By shhhh

Re: Burnaby/N.Vancouver childcare

Many thanks for that.
Do you know if there is a Canadian equivalent of OFSTED reports. OFSTED's a UK government run body that maintains school standards here also including nursery and perhaps even...
Forum: Canada
Jun 29th 2010, 10:59 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,350
Posted By shhhh

Re: Burnaby/N.Vancouver childcare

Thanks for the info. Ill check out the Vancouver Sun.

I guess my point was that the arrangement we currently have here in the UK allows us both to work because we know that there are good...
Forum: Canada
Jun 29th 2010, 9:46 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,350
Posted By shhhh

Burnaby/N.Vancouver childcare

We have been planning moving for quite a while (already have PR) and still the most significant issue we see is with childcare, in fact this caused us to abandon a move to Calgary even with a job to...
Forum: Canada
Mar 17th 2009, 1:48 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 828
Posted By shhhh

Re: Calgary child care

Many thanks for the replies
He's going to be just under 18 months when we move (16 or 17 months depending on exactly when).
We didn't really want to go for the Cochrane childcare option as we've...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2009, 11:48 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 828
Posted By shhhh

Re: Calgary child care

PS can someone with moderator powers move this as I seem to have put it in the wrong forum!! A good start eh?! :o :)
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2009, 11:32 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 828
Posted By shhhh

Calgary child care

Hi,
having done a search on this topic a few things came up on this, but I was hoping for a few more details so her goes...
We are planning to move to Calgary (well Cochrane possibly) towards the...
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