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Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
March 17, 2009 – 4:37 pm | Comments Off on Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)
Green Drinks (and no, we don’t mean green beer)

St. Patrick’s Day seems like a good time to promote an organization called Green Drinks, which is not a group that gathers to drink green beer. Rather, it’s an opportunity to meet — and …

Americans in Toronto meetup Wednesday, March 11
March 9, 2009 – 4:19 pm | Comments Off on Americans in Toronto meetup Wednesday, March 11
Americans in Toronto meetup Wednesday, March 11

Attention: Americans living in Toronto

The Toronto Expat American Meetup Group has a hastily-organized get-together coming up this Wednesday. According to the group’s organizer, “A professor from the USA is researching expats in Canada, …

Which city has Canada’s happiest women?
March 1, 2009 – 8:03 pm | Comments Off on Which city has Canada’s happiest women?
Which city has Canada’s happiest women?

Listen up, ladies. If you’re moving to Canada, which city will make you happiest?

Of course the city you prefer will depend on your own unique requirements, but the recent Kellogg’s Special K Satisfaction Survey, …

Watching your food budget? Don’t move to the Yukon
February 9, 2009 – 10:37 am | Comments Off on Watching your food budget? Don’t move to the Yukon
Watching your food budget? Don’t move to the Yukon

Is food more expensive in Canada than in the U.S.?

The answer is — it depends.

As in the U.S., there are significant variations in food costs in different regions across the country.

In fact, …

Toronto real estate prices drop slightly in 2008
February 5, 2009 – 3:37 pm | Comments Off on Toronto real estate prices drop slightly in 2008
Toronto real estate prices drop slightly in 2008

While home prices in Toronto already are relatively reasonable compared with other major North American cities, potential buyers will be pleased to learn that the real estate market has begun to soften.

According to …