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Articles by Carolyn Heller

From Scotland to Canada
October 14, 2009 – 7:20 am | Comments Off on From Scotland to Canada
From Scotland to Canada

It took me a while to feel Canadian,” writes Gael Melville in a recent Globe & Mail essay, describing her experience as an expat who relocated to Toronto from her native Scotland.

She …

Why is Thanksgiving in October?
October 12, 2009 – 7:01 am | Comments Off on Why is Thanksgiving in October?
Why is Thanksgiving in October?

Today — Monday, October 12, 2009 — is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada.

Canadians celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday roughly six weeks earlier than Americans do. And U.S. expats always ask, “Why?”

Here’s an excerpt from …

Canada’s largest Oktoberfest
October 9, 2009 – 7:35 am | Comments Off on Canada’s largest Oktoberfest
Canada’s largest Oktoberfest

If you live outside of Canada and you’ve heard of Kitchener-Waterloo, it might be because of Research in Motion.

No offense to Kitchener-Waterloo, but this Ontario region’s most famous product is much better known than …

Buying a home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships
October 7, 2009 – 7:25 am | Comments Off on Buying a home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships
Buying a home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

The New York Times recently featured a house for sale near the village of Knowlton in the Quebec region known as the Eastern Townships.

According to the Times article, “The housing stock in the Eastern …

Canadian university guarantees graduates a job
October 5, 2009 – 7:10 am | Comments Off on Canadian university guarantees graduates a job
Canadian university guarantees graduates a job

The University of Regina in Saskatchewan is offering prospective students a unique guarantee:

If you don’t find a “career-oriented job” within six months of graduation, the school will give you a scholarship to cover another