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How to Meet People in Canada

November 11, 2012 – 7:00 am | 1,162 Read this
How to Meet People in Canada

Cana­di­ans are often described as the friend­liest peo­ple in the world. Even in Canada how­ever it can still be as hard for sin­gles to meet com­pan­ions. Given the char­ac­ter­is­tics and gen­eral per­son­al­ity traits of Canadians, …

This is the Season… of Border Duty Free Shopping!

November 9, 2012 – 1:45 pm | 1,422 Read this
This is the Season… of Border Duty Free Shopping!

Along with queu­ing at Tim Hor­tons, being overly polite and shov­el­ing snow, bor­der shop­ping is a great Cana­dian pas­time. And I’m will­ing to bet that since the NHL sea­son has been can­celled, a lot of us will head South on week­ends to find good deals… even more so with the lat­est increased duty free allowances.

Five Tips for Better International Banking

November 5, 2012 – 6:30 am | 2 Comments | 1,515 Read this
Five Tips for Better International Banking

Set­tling in a new coun­try does incur many expenses that expats and prospec­tive immi­grants should be aware of—the immi­gra­tion process can be costly, and so is relo­cat­ing abroad. Dur­ing the “tran­si­tion period”, as you move …

Niagara Falls: Beyond the Falls

October 10, 2012 – 6:00 am | 2 Comments | 1,358 Read this

Once upon a time, Nia­gara Falls was one of the most pop­u­lar des­ti­na­tions for hon­ey­moon­ers, draw­ing thou­sands of love­birds each year to see the mil­lions of gal­lons of water pour­ing into the Nia­gara Gorge each …

Product Review: Beats By Dre Dre In-Ear Headphones

October 2, 2012 – 6:00 am | 2 Comments | 30,856 Read this
Product Review: Beats By Dre Dre In-Ear Headphones

Like any kid grow­ing up in the 1990s, I was addicted to my Walk­man and tapes, the bulky set stretch­ing my jacket pock­ets and keep­ing me enter­tained on my way to and back from school (and dur­ing math classes). This week, I was lucky to receive the trendy Beats Tour By Dre Dre In-Ear Head­phones for free, cour­tesy of Ladbrokes.

What Your Language Skills Say About You

September 26, 2012 – 7:00 am | 8 Comments | 1,791 Read this
What Your Language Skills Say About You

No one likes to label them­selves. How­ever, our skills and expe­ri­ences sug­gest cer­tain things to other peo­ple. This isn’t a bad thing, though. Here are some pos­i­tive things lan­guage skills say about you and some rea­sons why you might want to learn a new one.

Awkward, Eh? A Guide to Dating and Finding Love in Canada

September 18, 2012 – 6:00 am | 2 Comments | 1,092 Read this
Awkward, Eh? A Guide to Dating and Finding Love in Canada

If you’re new to Canada and want to start rub­bing elbows with some of the locals, wher­ever you are in this large, mul­ti­cul­tural coun­try, there are some uni­ver­sal truths for avoid­ing awk­ward sit­u­a­tions. Here are …

Three Countries for Job Opportunities

September 15, 2012 – 7:30 am | 550 Read this
Three Countries for Job Opportunities

Tough eco­nomic times mean that jobs can be harder to find. These days, more and more peo­ple are now look­ing at other coun­tries to gain valu­able work expe­ri­ence, either out of neces­sity or because to …

Capture the Colour Photo Contest

August 11, 2012 – 8:00 am | 10 Comments | 3,428 Read this
Capture the Colour Photo Contest

Kathe­rina, a gifted blog­ger, trav­eler and pho­tog­ra­pher from Spain, recently invited me to par­tic­i­pate in the Cap­ture the Colour Photo Con­test, orga­nized by Trav­el­Su­per­mar­ket. Her own entry was very inspi­ra­tional, and I couldn’t resist dig­ging into my pho­to­stream to try to match it.

Living Expenses in Canada

August 10, 2012 – 6:30 am | 2 Comments | 1,359 Read this

When mov­ing to a for­eign coun­try, one must get infor­ma­tion on var­i­ous things such as the country’s immi­gra­tion pol­icy, cul­tural habits and its econ­omy for example.