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Forum: Canada
Jan 31st 2006, 12:45 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 950
Posted By binturong

Re: How popular is PEI

That certainly makes for a nice easy calculation! :) Is that net or gross?
Forum: Canada
Jan 20th 2006, 3:02 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 903
Posted By binturong

Re: Who to Fly with?

We've just come back from a trip to Canada using Zoom (Gatwick to Halifax). Booked well in advance, so basic fare would have been £89 each way plus taxes - we paid the extra for premium, which was...
Forum: Canada
Nov 18th 2005, 12:56 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 555
Posted By binturong

Re: Tax question zzzzzzzz

Britain and Canada have a double taxation treaty, which means that you won't be taxed twice on the same income.

I think you have to declare it to both governments, but only one will take the...
Forum: Canada
Nov 18th 2005, 12:48 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 2,341
Posted By binturong

Re: Bringing our Dyson?

A lot of charity shops won't take electrical goods. Sign up to Freecycle (http://www.freecycle.org) - much better than throwing things in a skip, and people will come and collect, so you don't even...
Forum: Canada
Oct 27th 2005, 3:26 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,479
Posted By binturong

Re: UK flights to Vancouver & Nova Scotia

We're going to Halifax in January with Zoom. The flights are a lot less frequent over the winter, and they don't go from as many UK destinations (I think it may be only London), but there are some.
Forum: Canada
Oct 19th 2005, 10:51 am
Replies: 11
Views: 858
Posted By binturong

Re: Living in Canada helpful site

Added it to my bookmarks list. Thanks. :)
Forum: Canada
Oct 18th 2005, 3:03 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,791
Posted By binturong

Re: Things to look for in Canada

Great pics Grah! :)
Forum: Canada
Oct 18th 2005, 3:01 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 708
Posted By binturong

Re: interest rate decision in canada

Think of currencies as bank accounts.

Foreign investors (ones who are investing just in the currency, rather than, say deciding where to build a factory) will choose the one with the highest...
Forum: Canada
Oct 12th 2005, 1:40 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 748
Posted By binturong

Re: New Brunswick in Feb/March...CRAZY???

Sounds as if you get around a bit. :) If you'd like, I can drop you a note when we get back from our trip, let you know if we've found out anything useful about weather, getting around in winter...
Forum: Canada
Oct 12th 2005, 9:30 am
Replies: 11
Views: 748
Posted By binturong

Re: New Brunswick in Feb/March...CRAZY???

Where in Norfolk are you? We're in Norwich.
Forum: Canada
Oct 11th 2005, 12:27 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 748
Posted By binturong

Re: New Brunswick in Feb/March...CRAZY???

Well, we're going in January, so if you're mad what would that make us? Normal for Norfolk, I guess...
Forum: Canada
Oct 5th 2005, 12:46 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 2,440
Posted By binturong

Re: Car rental in winter

Get a blowtorch :D
Forum: Canada
Sep 30th 2005, 11:24 am
Replies: 44
Views: 3,212
Posted By binturong

Re: Equivalent standard of living

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I assume when you say 'double' you mean the dollar amount should be double the pound amount (ie £20k to $40k)?
Forum: Canada
Sep 22nd 2005, 9:33 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,293
Posted By binturong

Re: Thinking of Move

Hi Steve, we're looking into doing similar in NB too. Have been reading up on the CIC website and my understanding is that for PNP you need 'relevant business experience' as well as certain minimum...
Forum: Canada
Sep 20th 2005, 5:14 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,066
Posted By binturong

Re: I was stopped at security because...

I've several times been stopped by a leering customs officer because 'the X-ray machine has shown something odd in your hand luggage'. I know exactly what they've seen - a cylinder about an inch and...
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2005, 2:08 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,771
Posted By binturong

Re: Downtown differences

But what does it mean? Just 'suburbs', or is there more to it than that?
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2005, 8:38 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,771
Posted By binturong

Re: Downtown differences

[QUOTE=Cowtown]
Before anyone tells me that 17th Ave in Calgary is vibrant and safe after dark ... yes it probably is, but that's UPtown, not DOWNtown.
QUOTE]

Slightly off topic but could...
Forum: Canada
Aug 26th 2005, 9:38 am
Replies: 2
Views: 553
Posted By binturong

Re: Montessori schools

I can't comment on Candadian Montessori schools, but I went to one in the UK between the ages of 2 1/2 and 6, and to a primary school that wasn't entirely Montessori but worked according to many of...
Forum: Canada
Aug 25th 2005, 4:35 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 11,382
Posted By binturong

Re: Canadian milk?

??
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 25th 2005, 10:15 am
Replies: 6
Views: 552
Posted By binturong

Re: How much money is enough?

If you do a search over on the lifestyle forum there are several quite helpful threads about this, with breakdowns of how much people spend on food, utlities etc. Of course it's different for...
Forum: Canada
Aug 25th 2005, 8:22 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,485
Posted By binturong

Re: Halifax Area - house prices

And for a wider ranging bus service (more like National Express) try acadian (http://www.smtbus.com)
Forum: Canada
Aug 23rd 2005, 12:48 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,485
Posted By binturong

Re: Halifax Area - house prices

Bus info here: http://www.kingstransit.ns.ca/index.html
Forum: Canada
Aug 17th 2005, 7:28 am
Replies: 6
Views: 908
Posted By binturong

Re: First Timer

If you go back to the main forum list and scroll down, you will find an 'immigration' section with another Canada folder. Questions about the immigration process are best posted in there, ones about...
Forum: Canada
Aug 16th 2005, 10:19 am
Replies: 8
Views: 613
Posted By binturong

Re: New Year's Eve in Montreal

Thanks all - so it looks as if we'd be okay finding somewhere to eat in the evening but would need somewhere else to move on to afterwards.
Forum: Canada
Aug 15th 2005, 4:13 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 613
Posted By binturong

Re: New Year's Eve in Montreal

Bit quiet in here.

Wonder whether that was too many questions all at once.
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