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Forum: Canada
Jul 19th 2010, 4:33 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,129
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: A few weeks to go.

Hey, we are also fron Teeside!!!!
Moved from Redcar to Alberta ( a small town called Granum to be exact) we are 1 hour from Calgary. Been here 4 years now and love it. Saying goodbye is very hard....
Forum: Canada
Nov 5th 2006, 4:12 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,064
Posted By margaret

Re: Halifax or Calgary

Hi
We lived by the coast in England and now live by the rockies, NO COMPARISON!!!!. Its great to wake up every morning and see the rockys. Yeh, you can go for a brisk walk by the ocean, or you can...
Forum: Canada
Nov 4th 2006, 5:28 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Re: anyone coming to okotoks

Thats soooo funny, we have a guy coming tomorrow to fix our computor as Paul managed to wipe all our programmes off so we have nothing but email and internet. We cannot talk on wecam or copy dvds or...
Forum: Canada
Nov 4th 2006, 4:54 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Re: anyone coming to okotoks

Paul is a machinist ( makes things out of metal, just in case your like me and a bit duhhhhh haha). Loads of work here, no one has be out of work. What does Your lad do, and you ?
Im a teaching...
Forum: Canada
Nov 4th 2006, 3:40 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Re: anyone coming to okotoks

So you lived in the " posh " end eh ? hehe. Yes i did see the shops had burnt down. We always look at the evening gazette online ( mainly for the Boro ). Paul misses the footy as you can guarentee...
Forum: Canada
Nov 4th 2006, 3:50 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Re: anyone coming to okotoks

Yeh excellent to hear there`s other northeners ere as everyone seems to be from south with wads of money ( unlike us ). They are also into church and dont drink also unlike us. Pauls " god " is "the...
Forum: Canada
Nov 4th 2006, 3:45 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Re: anyone coming to okotoks

Hi
that is soooo weird. We are also fron Redcar but i always say m,bro as noone here seems to know geography. We lived on Tyne road ( off Mersey rd, do you know it? ), small world eh !. It was nice...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2006, 7:03 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Re: anyone coming to okotoks

We live in downtown Calgary (10 weeks here and loving it!) at the moment, but we'd like to move out to Okotoks eventually...coincidentaly, I was working in the Boro for 5 years before moving here and...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2006, 4:44 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: anyone coming to okotoks

Hi there.
Okotoks is a lovely place to live. Its quiet with hardly any crime and the people are very friendly. The whole of Calgary and area has very little in the way of rentals. There is a local...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2006, 2:05 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,265
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: Calgary v Toronto?

Visited Toronto a couple of times as we were going to emigrate there. We then went to Okotoks in the south of Calgary and stayed. Its soooo much nicer than Toronto and the mountains ?????? what can i...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2006, 1:40 am
Replies: 6
Views: 673
Posted By margaret

Re: Length of time to get a visa

Hi
We also did`nt want to wait 3 years so we applied for a couple of jobs in Alberta and recieves job offers. We then applied for a work permit and arrived in Canada 3 months later. We have just...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 10:35 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,496
Posted By margaret

Smile anyone coming to okotoks

Hi guys
Just wondering if anyone is coming over to Okotoks ( south of Calgary) in the very near future. Would love to hear from you. We have been here for 8 months now and love it, would love to...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 9:02 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,138
Posted By margaret

Re: Finally sold the house !!

Okotoks is great. We also live in crystalshores and my husband works on 61st st which takes about half hour to get to work which is not too bad. I have just opened a dayhome and have 2 part time kids...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 5:06 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,609
Posted By margaret

Question Re: Help!!

Hi dopey Mags from Okotoks here.
Im new to all this and not very good with computors ( hence my next question ) i think ive figured out how to reply to all you guys but dont have a clue how to read...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 4:26 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,609
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: Help!!

Hi Mags again.
We pay $88 month for a family of 4 and also we have private health care with AB blue cross which you need as it covers dental,most prescription costs, ambulance rides etc etc, this...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 4:13 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,956
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: Where shall we live?

Hi
have you thought about Alberta ?. We live in Okotoks which is 20 mins south of Calgary and about a hours drive from the rockys which are gorgeous!. There is so much to do here you will never be...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 4:00 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,138
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: Finally sold the house !!

:beer: Nice one. We live in Okotoks which is just south of Calgary and love it. Been here 8 months, would never go back, even though its -14 haha.
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 3:42 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,609
Posted By margaret

Smile Re: Help!!

Hi my name is Mags and we have been living in Calgary for 8 months. We were also on a work permit but our residency has just come thru horayyyy!!!. Dont worry about the health care here in Canada it...
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