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Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2010, 9:06 am
Replies: 5
Views: 961
Posted By RN1

Re: HSBC Account in Canada

We have HSBC accounts in London, USA & Canada - it's brilliant for moving money around with no fees and was priceless for getting our mortgage here with absolutely no hassle whatsoever. Absolutely no...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2010, 8:59 am
Replies: 35
Views: 4,935
Posted By RN1

Re: whats canada really like

Canada to you will be what you make it! It is vast & every Province has it's own feel (despite what the aove poster wrote!)

We love it, we love the mountains and the scenery that goes forthwith,...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2010, 8:49 am
Replies: 6
Views: 900
Posted By RN1

Re: Agencies???

I agree, you don't need them, unless your case is very complicated. Coming to Canada will cost enough as it is, don't waste your money on something you don't need!
Forum: Canniversary
Oct 5th 2010, 4:26 am
Replies: 11
Views: 2,425
Posted By RN1

Re: Two years that have flown by!!

3 years - oh my!! Hope your job is going well and that your PR is soon in your posession!
Forum: Canniversary
Oct 4th 2010, 11:00 am
Replies: 11
Views: 2,425
Posted By RN1

Re: Two years that have flown by!!

2 is the minimum & you usually can build on that, plus it can be negotiated as per other posters.

In the end it's a choice you make - despite having less vacation time (I am up to 3 weeks & will...
Forum: Canniversary
Sep 30th 2010, 10:37 am
Replies: 11
Views: 2,425
Posted By RN1

Two years that have flown by!!

Can't believe we've been in Canada 2 years now. We still haven't felt even a pang of homesickness & are happy we made the move.

I recently moved to a different job (within the same work place) &...
Forum: Canada
Sep 3rd 2010, 1:37 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 4,351
Posted By RN1

Re: Opportunities for nurse's

The CRNE is sat ONLY in Canada 3 times per year. It's a paper & pencil test & is currently only in the "multiple guess" format, although they keep talking about goig back to a short answer paper as...
Forum: Canada
Sep 2nd 2010, 4:00 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 4,351
Posted By RN1

Re: Opportunities for nurse's

Wish you all the best on your move and on her degree! Hope you let us know in due course how it goes!!
Forum: Canada
Sep 2nd 2010, 3:10 am
Replies: 41
Views: 4,351
Posted By RN1

Re: Opportunities for nurse's

That sounds like a good plan. It would be the best route too. There is,however, lots of competition for places and she may have to enroll as an International student (at least for a while - depending...
Forum: Canada
Aug 23rd 2010, 4:09 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 4,351
Posted By RN1

Re: Opportunities for nurse's

The usual is for nurses to need 2 yrs experience post qualifying, plus your schooling will have to be verified by the College of nursing in the Province you're applying to work in before they make...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 23rd 2010, 3:56 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,696
Posted By RN1

Re: What British mustard would appeal to you?

I think that's a nice idea - you could vary the heats for the regions and/or maybe wholegrain versus smooth for another variation. I liked the post about some whisky in the Scottish one! :-)

??The...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 18th 2010, 6:13 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,891
Posted By RN1

Re: America has a talent

My 10 yr old can produce the volume & resonance when she sings but I doubt she could produce it with the operatic quality of this little girl, even with training. Mind you she wouldn't be interested,...
Forum: Canada
Aug 18th 2010, 6:03 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,549
Posted By RN1

Re: Anyone recommend a good quality cat food?

Because of years of molly-coddling of course!! They survived because they have realised how stupid we are! :-D
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 17th 2010, 3:23 pm
Replies: 219
Views: 16,263
Posted By RN1

Re: "Ground Zero" Mosque. Should they or shouldn't they?

No the Imams will say it's because Pakistan's govt helped the USA capture terrorists!

I don't think there should be a Mosque near Ground Zero - it's like rubbuing NY's face in it (not to mention...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 17th 2010, 3:14 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,891
Posted By RN1

Re: America has a talent

I thought that when I saw the You tube video but then she was actually on the show singing - they surely could not have faked that to the live audience & judges??
Forum: Canada
Aug 17th 2010, 3:06 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,549
Posted By RN1

Re: Anyone recommend a good quality cat food?

;-D you're right on that one!!

Our rescue cats never ate any of the expensive vet style foods that we started them on (because we felt sorry for them!!) Nope, instead they adore Meow mix, Whiskas...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 2nd 2010, 9:06 am
Replies: 87
Views: 7,201
Posted By RN1

Re: Correcting kids

Oh they like it!! Well at least the ones my son has been hanging around! Same with the younger 2 their friends (& teachers) all tell them they mustn't lose their accent!!

Also at work all the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 1st 2010, 7:36 am
Replies: 87
Views: 7,201
Posted By RN1

Re: Correcting kids

;-D OH yes, he is wise on that front! my soon to be 18 yr old uses that to his FULL advantage!!

My 12 yr old still sounds English to me but his friends back in the UK all say he sounds Canadian to...
Forum: Canada
Jul 25th 2010, 2:19 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,194
Posted By RN1

Re: Any problem here?

When we came to Canada we came via a 4 week Florida vacation. We had a one way ticket with BA to Tampa but all our Canadian paperwork with us, as proof of intention to leave. However, no one asked to...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 9th 2010, 5:32 am
Replies: 55
Views: 9,908
Posted By RN1

Re: Andy Murray - Twat or not?

:-) Well at least I tried!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 6th 2010, 10:20 am
Replies: 55
Views: 9,908
Posted By RN1

Re: Andy Murray - Twat or not?

I watched Andy Murray a couple of times on "Soccer AM" before we left the UK (Man, that's one program I do miss) he was really, really funny. He joked about the English/Scottish rivalry a lot & I...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 6th 2010, 10:10 am
Replies: 35
Views: 4,362
Posted By RN1

Re: Camping - been bitten by the bug?

Ha ha! Neither did we but we got bitten by the camping bug too. Plan is to up-grade to a trailer tent when we can but for now it's canvas!

The kids love it, it's cheap - very cheap & everyone...
Forum: Canada
Jul 6th 2010, 10:02 am
Replies: 7
Views: 2,441
Posted By RN1

Re: Time to arrive for Stampede Parade

Me too!! See ya there! I'm selling Chucks 9th,15th & 18th & rodeo 13th (& probably some in between as well!) Hubbie is selling Rodeo 14th & 15th (& no doubt other times too.)

So all you BE...
Forum: Canada
Jul 6th 2010, 9:54 am
Replies: 7
Views: 988
Posted By RN1

Re: UK Living costs

I wouldn't have liked to live in the UK on that wage! It might provide you a rented room & the basics but really not enough for much else!

I guess it boils down to what is an acceptable level of...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 6th 2010, 9:46 am
Replies: 800
Views: 144,679
Posted By RN1

Re: PNP Timeline - please add your experiences

So here's our final timeline:

TWP granted July 2008, arrived in Canada Aug 2008, started work Sept 2008
PNP aplication sent Feb 2009
PNP nomination fully accepted Jun 2009
PR paperwork sent...
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