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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 3rd 2024, 9:32 pm
Replies: 2,678
Views: 260,143
Posted By withabix

Re: Groceries

Superstore is Superstore isn't it? Real Canadian, Atlantic, Dominion?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 3rd 2024, 4:25 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,743
Posted By withabix

Re: Why are the potatoes so rubbish?

See also: tea bags, bacon, etc
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 3rd 2024, 4:22 pm
Replies: 2,678
Views: 260,143
Posted By withabix

Re: Groceries

Hell no.

Those things at Superstore are awful. Every sausage roll I've tried in Canada appears to have been made by someone who has never eaten a sausage roll.....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 29th 2024, 10:49 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,111
Posted By withabix

Re: UK Inheritance

The Estate pays Inheritance Tax in the UK, not the Beneficiaries. So when you get the money, it has already been taxed (if any tax was due).

There is NO Inheritance Tax in Canada.

When I went...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 29th 2024, 10:43 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,743
Posted By withabix

Re: Why are the potatoes so rubbish?

Another high-brow poll by The Scum in that article:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/britishexpats.com-vbulletin/669x365/screenshot_2024_03_29_154237_c84c542c1720972ef2af39c285fe13780dc4319f.png
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 29th 2024, 10:39 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,698
Posted By withabix

Re: The next election

I think Trump sounds more like a bad stand-up comedian. In a pub/working mens club. That sort.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 26th 2023, 8:58 pm
Replies: 6,426
Views: 354,738
Posted By withabix

Re: Coronavirus

I had No. 5 on Sunday, with a side of flu shot. No side effects other than 2 sore arms and a bit of general ache this time. Noted from my BC records that I've had all Moderna except for my first one...
Forum: Canniversary
Oct 26th 2023, 3:34 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 989
Posted By withabix

10 Years today!

26th October 2013 we landed at Vancouver as Temporary Foreign Workers.
September 2015 we became Permanent Residents by flag poling at Peace Arch
2019 we got Citizenship

There were actually two...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 8th 2023, 10:36 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 406
Posted By withabix

Re: Bayonet lightbulbs for Lamps brought over from the UK

Have been using these since we came in 2013.

Finally got rid of the two table lamps they were in last year sometime!
Forum: Canada
Jan 15th 2021, 2:50 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,083
Posted By withabix

Re: Air Transat

AC deal is going ahead unless EU blocks it.

The airlines have access to more money than they are admitting to.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 15th 2021, 2:47 am
Replies: 1,030
Views: 80,117
Posted By withabix

Re: real estate prices in Canada sustainable?

Now, due to Covid, people are trying to move out to the suburbs and the market in places like Maple Ridge (edge of the forest, access to golden ears park and mountains) is super hot. Houses selling...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 15th 2021, 2:39 am
Replies: 6
Views: 631
Posted By withabix

Re: Crystal Ski offering pleasure trips to Canada during Covid19?

A lot of travel companies are taking part in the same scam.

WestJet are still offering vacations on flights that don’t exist in February and March. Just so that they keep your cash and swap it for...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 15th 2021, 2:14 am
Replies: 35
Views: 4,157
Posted By withabix

Re: Rant-car dealerships

I bought a 2019 F150 last February, just before Covid (new old stock but only built in October 2019 in the last build week for that year).

With Ford, I like how you can view the whole Province’s...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 15th 2021, 1:46 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 354,738
Posted By withabix

Re: Coronavirus

They probably lied.

Like the two on Vancouver Island, who said they didn’t have contact with their relative who returned from the UK during their quarantine...

You don’t want Covid. Someone at...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 1st 2020, 9:52 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 4,483
Posted By withabix

Re: Should BC consider a name change?

....and yet nobody has insisted that the Stanley Cup or the Grey Cup get renamed immediately.

Both named after front-line racists....
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 28th 2020, 5:08 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 539
Posted By withabix

Re: Canada Citizenship Eligibility - Physical Presence Question

You can only count HALF the time as a temporary resident, up to a maximum contributing period of 1 year (which is 50% of 2 years).

One year as a temporary resident only contributes half a year.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 9th 2019, 7:59 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,673
Posted By withabix

Re: Vancouver Transit workers issue 72 hour notice.

Well, the roads are going to be fun tomorrow...

I currently drive from NE Maple Ridge to Annacis and back every day. 1 hour each way just on a good day....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 21st 2019, 8:33 pm
Replies: 87
Views: 9,826
Posted By withabix

Re: Prince Andrew

I see he's 'stepped back from Royal duties....is that so he can spend more time with the children?
Forum: Canniversary
Oct 25th 2019, 7:01 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,377
Posted By withabix

6 Years today!

25th October 2013 - arrived as a TFW with a job
January 2014: sent our British dog over the rainbow bridge
November 2014: submitted BC PNP application for PR
February 2015: Abandoned BC PNP...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 6th 2019, 7:07 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,521
Posted By withabix

Re: Citizenship Ceremony was today!

It certainly was! :lol:

Have you done the citizenship thing yet?
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 5th 2019, 3:16 am
Replies: 738
Views: 169,493
Posted By withabix

Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

I reckon you’ll get your test in month 9 and your Ceremony in month 12,
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 5th 2019, 3:14 am
Replies: 738
Views: 169,493
Posted By withabix

Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

We submitted our Citizenship applications on 1st June 2018.

Today we had our Citizenship Ceremony - 4th June 2019.

Test date was 14th March.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 5th 2019, 3:09 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,521
Posted By withabix

Citizenship Ceremony was today!

The end of the long and winding journey! :thumbsup:

Also got a job offer yesterday, so this is a pretty stellar week so far!

From arrival as a TFW to Citizen in 5 years and 6 months...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 30th 2019, 2:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 912
Posted By withabix

Re: Got the Citizenship Test date through...

Citizenship Ceremony 4th June! The end of a long journey!

That's the 'Good' update.

The 'Bad' update is that on 8th March, my employer did some downsizing and I was one of 20 people let go.
...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2019, 10:31 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 8,745
Posted By withabix

Re: Using my UK mobile number in Vancouver, BC

I would spend $50 on a Koodo prepaid month ($10 to buy the SIM at the moment from a Koodo kiosk in a Mall). You will get $5 discount when you activate, so $45+ tax + $10 for the sim.

This is for a...
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