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Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2011, 3:56 pm
Replies: 360
Views: 80,802
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Best Shipping company?

With that little stuff, seriously consider get rid of everything except the boxes and use air freight for them. By the way, the TV will not work in Canada.

Elsewhere on the forum I read about...
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2011, 7:05 pm
Replies: 360
Views: 80,802
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Best Shipping company?

Are you sure that it wasn't the sea voyage that caused the damage? Sometimes you just have bad luck with the weather which is why there is insurance.

Also, I've seen a lot of comments about...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2011, 5:06 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 23,696
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Calgary AB v's Kelowna BC (Okanagan)

Now add on the distance from Kelowna. As I said, the West Edmonton Mall is close to Calgary and you could even take a day trip there.

I used to live in Armstrong BC and work in Calgary, commuting...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2011, 5:01 pm
Replies: 74
Views: 7,107
Posted By wavetossed

Re: West London to BC - and need of insider info

Yes, in the whole of BC. Go to Google maps, zoom out to show the whole province, select satellite view, and then zoom in one step at a time. It should soon be obvious that 95% of BC is mountain...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2011, 1:38 am
Replies: 44
Views: 23,696
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Calgary AB v's Kelowna BC (Okanagan)

Why stress about this?

Go to Calgary. Work. Bank the extra earnings.

You will also be able to spend a year or two enjoying what Calgary has to offer, and part of that is proximity to things...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2011, 1:22 am
Replies: 30
Views: 3,448
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Driving in Canada (BC)

Just keep reminding yourself "keep to the right" and you will do OK. In particular, things like motorways make it really hard to go the wrong way.

Your biggest problem is likely to be left turns....
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2011, 1:11 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,641
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Bricklaying in Vancouver

There hasn't been much brick construction in Vancouver for at least 50 years if not more. The brickwork that you do see is an occasional garden wall, and in some neighbourhoods, brick veneer on the...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2011, 12:58 am
Replies: 74
Views: 7,107
Posted By wavetossed

Re: West London to BC - and need of insider info

BC doesn't have much that would be considered "rural" by British standards. You either live in town, on the edge of town, or in the wilderness. The Fraser Valley near Vancouver is about the only...
Forum: Canada
Dec 31st 2010, 11:52 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,527
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Thinking of Moving Provinces

In some ways Grindrod is like a distant suburb of Sicamous and Salmon Arm. It's actually closer to Enderby and more tied into the Enderby area economy, but places like Grindrod and Enderby may be too...
Forum: Canada
Dec 31st 2010, 10:50 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,527
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Thinking of Moving Provinces

The towns in the interior tend to differ quite a lot from each other. Have you looked at other places such as Salmon Arm, Penticton, or even Revelstoke (if you like 2-3 metres of snow in your yard)?...
Forum: Canada
Dec 31st 2010, 5:49 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 997
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Qualifications translated

Here is an example that my wife is going through: http://www.cachwr.bc.ca/

Here is the accreditation agency in BC: http://www.bcit.ca/ices/

And if you click on step 2, you will find this quote:...
Forum: Canada
Dec 31st 2010, 7:09 am
Replies: 11
Views: 997
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Qualifications translated

This might be regulated on the provincial level in which case you would have to check for info on the province where you want to go. For instance in BC, BCIT handles credentials from overseas.
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Forum: Canada
Dec 31st 2010, 7:04 am
Replies: 360
Views: 80,802
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Best Shipping company?

I would say that you should communicate with at least 4 companies in the UK, even if you only end up taking quotes from a couple of them. We went with shipit.co.uk which did a pretty amazing job on...
Forum: Canada
Dec 30th 2010, 6:58 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,319
Posted By wavetossed

Re: We have LANDED

Firstly, you can check what is legal to import and what is not, on the Canada government websites.

Secondly, if it is legal, then the value is important. There is a limit in what you can bring in...
Forum: Canada
Dec 13th 2010, 7:59 am
Replies: 12
Views: 4,209
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Hire Car with Debit Card

This is true about getting your first Canadian credit card. However, you can still use your UK credit card as long as you like, but if you actually spend money rather than just securing a hire car or...
Forum: Canada
Dec 13th 2010, 3:18 am
Replies: 12
Views: 4,209
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Hire Car with Debit Card

The car rental is just the beginning of your problems.

My advice to everyone is to get a credit card BEFORE you leave the UK, with at least £1000 credit limit on it.

The purpose is NOT to spend...
Forum: Canada
Nov 27th 2010, 8:26 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,115
Posted By wavetossed

Re: where to start - rentals in Vancouver

I don't know why all of you are demanding that your landlords be Internet users and plugged in to the local Internet scene.

Me, I just want a landlord that can supply a nice flat in a nice...
Forum: Canada
Nov 25th 2010, 8:01 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,115
Posted By wavetossed

Re: where to start - rentals in Vancouver

Actually, Craigslist is more the be all end all in the USA. In Canada it gets some competition from Kijiji so do try http://vancouver.kijiji.ca/ as well.

There is at least one estate agent who...
Forum: Canada
Nov 25th 2010, 7:14 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,594
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Oak furniture - to ship, or not to ship?

[QUOTE=joepublic;8989363]A couple of weekend ago we took a trip to http://www.oakfurnitureland.co.uk/ and were quite happy with what they had to offer and the prices they were charging. Based on the...
Forum: Canada
Nov 25th 2010, 6:54 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 3,006
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Banking Issues

Interac is not a card, it is a payments system. You cannot use Interac outside of Canada, period.

However, many, if not all, Canadian debit cards also support international bank networks like...
Forum: Canada
Nov 25th 2010, 6:38 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 4,542
Posted By wavetossed

Re: Small Cars in Canada

I too am a Clio owner, arriving in Canada next week. My plan is to look at Nissan since the Clio is built on the same Renault-Nissan platform as the Micra, and a stretch version of that platform is...
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