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Forum: Canada
Jul 17th 2011, 2:12 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,131
Posted By Snort

Re: GCSE student transition to High School (NS)

Hi our daughter finished her GCSEs in UK then went to college for 6 months, when we came to NS she tranbsfered her GCSEs into grade equivelancies at the high school. She ten did 18 months to graduate...
Forum: Canada
Feb 26th 2011, 2:45 am
Replies: 94
Views: 12,009
Posted By Snort

Re: advice about Nova Scotia, Halifax in particular, please

OK this thread has really moved off topic. To try to bring it back on track can we drop the Crime angle?
Let me state one of the major reasons we moved to Canada was to provide a better place for...
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2011, 11:03 am
Replies: 94
Views: 12,009
Posted By Snort

Re: advice about Nova Scotia, Halifax in particular, please

Seriously I wouldnt get hung up on the crime thing, I think it is safe to say that in General there is far less violent crime here than in the UK. What Violent crime there is, is isolated to a couple...
Forum: Canada
Feb 24th 2011, 4:04 pm
Replies: 94
Views: 12,009
Posted By Snort

Re: advice about Nova Scotia, Halifax in particular, please

Hi sslik2go, first of all there are hundreds of Expats living in NS and pretty much every one will give a different reason about why one area is better than the other. It is all very subjective to...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2011, 9:16 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,516
Posted By Snort

Re: Advice on Halifax & surrounding areas for recce

couldnt figure out how to link a post so ive copied and pasted it here instead:rofl: as you have surmised this question is asked a lot so here is the answer I gave the last time someone asked....
Forum: Canada
Sep 16th 2010, 6:21 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,559
Posted By Snort

Re: Resigning from the Job that sponsors you

I dont know about Toronto, but in NS a lot of us came over on TWP, I stayed with the same company but changed jobs internally and had to get another LMO and TWP sorted out. However most here on TWPs...
Forum: Canada
Aug 31st 2010, 10:46 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,175
Posted By Snort

Re: From UK to Nova Scotia - Any one???

Hello Kath, our family have been in NS for 2.5 years now and were just about settled in, as previous posters have mentioned it will help if you tell us a little more about what your looking for, what...
Forum: Canada
Aug 16th 2010, 4:43 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 3,778
Posted By Snort

Re: Nova Scotia Car Insurance.

Johnsons here as well, the letter saying we had 8 years no claims from our UK insurance company helped a great deal. (You have to specifically ask for actual years otherwise they give you the...
Forum: Canada
Aug 2nd 2010, 4:27 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,717
Posted By Snort

Re: Any PSS or Anglo Pacific Experience to Nova Scotia

We used Anglo Pacific, their history was impressive enough that we didnt bother to pay for insurance, and as it happens we saved a packet on insurance that wasnt needed. Travel time is dependant on...
Forum: Canada
Aug 2nd 2010, 4:02 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,794
Posted By Snort

Re: Advice on Nova Scotia

:frown:I think you have to take that in context though, it is only usefull information if you have another province or country to compare it against. You are correct though it is interesting reading,...
Forum: Canada
Jul 9th 2010, 6:22 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,291
Posted By Snort

Re: Planning a recce to Nova Scotia

Hi Rifecottage, welcome to NS, first of all there are hundreds of Expats living in NS and pretty much every one will give a different reason about why one area is better than the other. It is all...
Forum: Canada
Jun 8th 2010, 1:23 am
Replies: 107
Views: 9,175
Posted By Snort

Re: Shipping UK TV to Canada...will it work?

We bought 4 x 200W 1 x 500W and 1 x 1KW really good quality compared to the ones we bought 9 years ago, these have a built in UK 3 pin socket, Surge fuses for the 500W and less, RCD for the 1KW....
Forum: Canada
Jun 7th 2010, 4:49 pm
Replies: 107
Views: 9,175
Posted By Snort

Re: Shipping UK TV to Canada...will it work?

To try to help out the OP just a little here, We brought our UK TV with us, and our UK DVD Video player, we only brought them as we wouldnt get much resale value on them and we had a lot of Videos...
Forum: Canada
Jun 3rd 2010, 6:33 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 887
Posted By Snort

Re: Fishing Nova Scotia - free for everyone this weekend

And for those of you that want fun doing it for the first time the Mackerel (sea fish) are starting to run, they are easy to catch on light fishing tackle with a bright spinner or set of feathers....
Forum: Canada
May 18th 2010, 6:42 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,646
Posted By Snort

Re: What to look for as a Reloation Package

We were coming anyway, originally at our own expense, so when offered a job with a relocation package we leapt at the chance, we had offered:

$11,000
this covered furniture shipping 4 bedroom...
Forum: Canada
May 14th 2010, 5:57 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 5,723
Posted By Snort

Re: Taking Guitar over

Both my strat and my Aria acoustic, along with my other 3 cheaper guitars went in their respective gig bags, were then Boxed with bubble wrap and styro beads, then shipped in our 20 ft ISO along with...
Forum: Canada
May 11th 2010, 2:25 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,830
Posted By Snort

Re: Good Realtor Halifax, NS

You could check out UK2novascotia.com they have some rentals on their site, including the very expensive waterfront ones, but they do have others that are cheaper. or as Winston Green mentioned check...
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2010, 2:52 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,631
Posted By Snort

Re: The benefit of puting my 15year son in a canadian scoool now or waiting?

We brought 3 teans with us, we delayed our departure so that Eldest could finish A levels, next one could finish GCSEs, and youngest was transitioning to high school.

Eldest went to college when...
Forum: Canada
Feb 9th 2010, 11:35 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 7,343
Posted By Snort

Re: Shipping Tools to Canada

Yep simply bring them with you as your personnal tools!

Decent replacement (though not snap on) are available with crappy tyre, most come with a lifetime guarantee. Most "on the tools"jobs here...
Forum: Canada
Feb 9th 2010, 2:58 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,820
Posted By Snort

Re: Jobs with Relocation/Signing Bonus

I work for an Aerospace company in NS, they paid towards my relocation expenses with a 3 year clause to repay if it didnt work out, no problems so far. Security clearance in the UK means nothing over...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2010, 9:33 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,557
Posted By Snort

Re: Dentist want £50 each for dental records!!!

I had my first dental experience in Canada last month, first thing they did was put my head in a rotary scanner, and scanned all teeth and bones in my scull, followed by several x rays, the dentist...
Forum: Canada
Jan 12th 2010, 7:15 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,667
Posted By Snort

Re: DIY shipping help, advice needed please

I agree with one of the posters above, we shipped our 20 foot container with a 4 bedroom house in it (contents of) un insured, the container en route is covered under the ships insurance so if the...
Forum: Canada
Jan 12th 2010, 6:47 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 2,895
Posted By Snort

Re: Heads-up on flights Canada 2010

I believe Canadian Affair are having a sale until the end of this month, but to get more precise details of course you will need to check their site:eek:
Forum: Canada
Jan 7th 2010, 2:01 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,355
Posted By Snort

Re: How much did it cost you to emigrate?

Couple of extra things, Cars, we couldnt get credit or finance for car purchase, so we paid cash, research car costs prior to comming add the Tax and licensing fees, insurance fees, registration...
Forum: Canada
Jan 3rd 2010, 4:01 am
Replies: 38
Views: 22,841
Posted By Snort

Re: British Passport Renewal in Canada

Just a little comment here, I renewed 3 family passports through Washington last September, The prices quoted on their site were wrong,:blink: we had a call from the office asking us to make up the...
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