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The security and acceptance Canada offers were very important to us
When Edmond began a serious search for a new country, the young Albanian kept reminding himself it would not be easy to start a new life, search for a new job and adapt to a new culture. While he kept preparing himself for the changes, [...]
March 11 2010 | Posted in Immigration, Meet The Readers | Read More »
David Barlagne with his wife, Sophie, and his daughters, Lara and Rachel.
French family that has been denied permanent residence in Canada because of a child’s handicap will have to wait a bit longer to know their fate.
The Canadian immigration ruling for a French family that has been denied permanent residence in Canada because of [...]
February 24 2010 | Posted in Immigration, In The News, Meet The Readers | Read More »
Canadian relocation from a child's viewpoint
My name is Julie and I am 15 years old and I live in Brandon, Manitoba. I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia where my parents come from and I have a younger sister, Mary who is 11 years old.
We moved to Brandon about eighteen months ago because my [...]
February 11 2010 | Posted in Immigration, Meet The Readers, Real Life Stories | Read More »
After a long and strenuous process to obtain my Canadian residency and be reunited with my Canadian husband
After a long and strenuous process to obtain my Canadian residency and be reunited with my Canadian husband, I was able to move to Timmins, ON in February of 2004.
Before then I lived both in Costa Rica [...]
February 10 2010 | Posted in Community, Immigration, Meet The Readers | Read More »
Come and join us on Facebook
As many of you already know we now have a Facebook page which we set up a few days ago. I’m sure many of you already use FaceBook so it was a natural move for us to use this fantastic social tool to stay in touch with you our readers. [...]
February 4 2010 | Posted in Canada, In The News, Local Events, Meet The Readers, Real Life Stories | Read More »
When he left Russia, Guennadi left his entire collection of artwork behind
Artists find inspiration in many different sources. For a Russian immigrant named Guennadi, it is the Canadian landscape that provides inspiration for his art.
It was an educational opportunity for their daughter that brought Guennadi and his wife here in May of 2003, helping [...]
January 30 2010 | Posted in Immigration, Meet The Readers, Real Life Stories | Read More »
Constable Shen from China
In his five short but action-packed years in Canada, Shen has gone from a computer programming masters student at Dalhousie University to a constable with the Toronto Police Service. In between, he got married, his wife had a baby son, he became a Canadian citizen and he ran his own business.
While [...]
January 27 2010 | Posted in Immigration, Meet The Readers | Read More »
I do think of myself as a Canadian said Anna
Canada may have the world’s second-largest land mass, but for a graduate student named Anna, who has lived in Canada since she was 11 years old, the immense size of the country she now calls home is just another part of living here.
“I remember coming [...]
January 26 2010 | Posted in Immigration, Meet The Readers, Real Life Stories | Read More »
Living a happy life in Canada
Martha sees herself as a warrior. “We are fighters,” she says of herself and her husband, Frank. “You try to think that nothing is going to bring you down. As immigrants, we feel it’s a privilege to be here and we want to prove we can make it.”
Martha immigrated from [...]
January 25 2010 | Posted in Immigration, Meet The Readers | Read More »
My name is Nora Blansett, and I’m an artist and photographer. I immigrated to Canada in 2005 from Virginia Beach, VA bringing with me all the excitement and joy of finally coming to the country I felt I belonged in my entire life. After moving here, I heard about the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo [...]
December 10 2009 | Posted in Meet The Readers, Real Life Stories, The Provinces, Travel | Read More »