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Forum: Canada
Mar 23rd 2017, 9:21 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 15,563
Posted By charlsar

Re: Thinking of moving to Nova Scotia / New Brunswick

It is funny now seeing some of the posts about Nova Scotia and thinking "don't be saying that about my home!". We have been living here now for just over four years, time has flown by! We live in...
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2015, 1:00 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 954
Posted By charlsar

Re: Nova Scotia - hello

Welcome to NS and chase people up, they are a nightmare here. I think it shows you are keen too!
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2015, 9:32 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,065
Posted By charlsar

Re: Nova Scotia - Coming over in 2 weeks

Hi, we are a family of three that live in Hubbards. I actually work in Hackett's cove just up from you and have lived in two years. We have had a great experience since we moved here. Pm me Kevin if...
Forum: Canada
Jan 18th 2015, 9:00 am
Replies: 6
Views: 944
Posted By charlsar

Re: Where to live near halifax?

We live in Hubbard's, on St Margerets Bay. It is a lovely place thirty minutes south of halifax and has a great little community, with lots going on throughout the year. You get more house for your...
Forum: Canada
Jan 17th 2015, 12:50 am
Replies: 412
Views: 39,552
Posted By charlsar

Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS

Like I have already said Neiclairep congratulations and if you embrace all the great things NS has to offer you will love it!
Forum: Canada
Dec 5th 2014, 1:44 pm
Replies: 412
Views: 39,552
Posted By charlsar

Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS

Hi and we hope your trip is fruitful for you. I have posted on here a few time about our experience since we have been here. We moved here two years ago and have no regrets. We live in a lovely place...
Forum: Canada
Oct 24th 2014, 4:50 am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,178
Posted By charlsar

Re: Considering move to Nova Scotia, please help rid us of the rose tinted specs!

Hi, I haven't got too much to add to Buddyboy's excellent reply and I have written a few posts on my family's experience since we moved here (coming up to two years next month!). Suffice to say we...
Forum: Canada
May 7th 2014, 7:38 am
Replies: 30
Views: 3,198
Posted By charlsar

Re: Television - NTSC and is it worth bringing ours to Canada?

Unless you are going to get a very good price for your tvs, why don't you bring at least one of them over and use it in one of your other rooms? That's what we did and we have it downstairs, we watch...
Forum: Canada
Apr 3rd 2014, 1:09 pm
Replies: 150
Views: 22,222
Posted By charlsar

Re: Nova Scotia places similar to BC Gulf Islands but with people

We live in Hubbards on the South Shore and love it. It is small, but nice community, some shops, a great farmers market in the summer and some restaurants. We are also only 30 mins to Halifax. I have...
Forum: Canniversary
Feb 23rd 2014, 8:32 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 3,881
Posted By charlsar

Re: A whole year!

Hi all, apologies for not getting back to thank you all for your messages. With regard to the 'what is it that is offsetting tax hike' question. Well I (with my wife's part time job, chipping in as...
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 14th 2013, 5:06 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,881
Posted By charlsar

A whole year!

Well we have been here in Nova Scotia a whole year, well a year and a month to be precise and it has flown by. I have posted on here a few times over the past year, of our progress, so I won't go...
Forum: Canada
Jun 10th 2013, 3:26 am
Replies: 78
Views: 8,150
Posted By charlsar

Re: Why Canada?

Ah but here they get called 'Metro' and 'Satchel', what's that all about?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 30th 2013, 6:33 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,314
Posted By charlsar

Re: Rogers and BBC World

Unblockus has been a lifesaver for me. I really missed being able to sit down and watch a decent thriller with out adds (already exhausted most of the decent ones on Netflix!). I think The Fall has...
Forum: Canniversary
May 29th 2013, 2:26 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,136
Posted By charlsar

Re: Six Months in Nova Scotia

I went through all of this at the time and the mortgage broker gave a load of flannel, but nobody else was offering us a mortgage so we just went for it, he reckoned the lenders would just pull the...
Forum: Canniversary
May 27th 2013, 1:26 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,136
Posted By charlsar

Re: Six Months in Nova Scotia

With regards to the CMHC insurance, I did actually have more than 20% to put down but they wouldn't let me, that's why I feel so seen off! I know
I can't expect to make lots of friends straight off...
Forum: Canniversary
May 27th 2013, 2:05 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,136
Posted By charlsar

Six Months in Nova Scotia

Well six months in Nova Scotia already, I can't believe how time has flown. I have posted a few times on here already since moving to NS with a few updates, but for those who haven't read my previous...
Forum: Canniversary
Feb 10th 2013, 9:34 am
Replies: 27
Views: 7,705
Posted By charlsar

Re: 2.5 months (oh boy!!)..

Great post missieleah! I too feel as positive as you about my new life and it is great to hear someone else feeling good. I hope everything continues to go well and keep that positivity flowing!
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 14th 2012, 10:47 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,106
Posted By charlsar

One Month in - Going Well

Well I wrote a post just before coming here and said I would give some regular updates, so here is update one. I was lucky enough to have secured a job before coming to Nova Scotia. It was obviously...
Forum: Canada
Oct 28th 2012, 12:19 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,246
Posted By charlsar

Good start to 'Operation Canada New Life!'

I don't often post on here but I thought I would do a bit more as myself and my family are finally about to make the move to Nova Scotia. We are started out on the process in 2007 after getting...
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2012, 6:44 am
Replies: 1
Views: 629
Posted By charlsar

resume

can anyone tell me the correct layout of a canadian resume? i've been on a number of sites and the info/layout seems to differ.
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2012, 6:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 764
Posted By charlsar

purchasing a car

when we initally arrive in Halifax we plan to hire a car for a couple of weeks and then go onto purchase a car, we don't really want to buy a car straight out, we'd rather have the option of being...
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2012, 6:16 am
Replies: 0
Views: 536
Posted By charlsar

Children's centres - NS

Hi we have a two yr old son and are moving to Halifax soon. In the UK the government provide children's centres for children under 5, they are free playgroups that mother's attend with their...
Forum: Canada
Feb 23rd 2012, 5:34 am
Replies: 6
Views: 915
Posted By charlsar

Project Management in Nova Scotia

Hello to you all. Myself and my family are moving to Canada, probably to the Halifax area, this year. We have our PR and I was wondering if there are any Project Managers that could tell me what the...
Forum: Canada
Feb 8th 2011, 5:41 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,063
Posted By charlsar

Re: Project Management

Thanks very much for the posts so far. I am take my PMP in April and am already PRINCE2 Practitioner certified and ITIL V3 Foundation. I have looked quite a lot on the job sites. But you know how it...
Forum: Canada
Feb 7th 2011, 8:55 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,063
Posted By charlsar

Project Management

Hi all, myself and family have just received our PR visas. We are flying out to Halifax to get them validated at the end of April. I was wondering if anyone on here has any idea of what, for want of...
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