Archive for the Life in Canada Category
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Try this Magic Trick
1. To Start, click the right arrow button. 2. To view the slideshow full screen. Hit the Toggle icon - which is the very last icon on the right hand of the screen. the very last icon on the lower right hand of the slideshow to view it on f
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Canadian Medical Missions Society Annual Fundraising Event
September 1, 2011. The Canadian Medical Mission Society (CMMS) issues invitations to Canadians living in the Metro Vancouver to its annual Fall Celebration to raise funds needed to support its medical mission to the Philippines. This fundraising
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Netflix Canada provides access to Foreign Movies
Canadians often watch in envy what their neighbour Americans get. For instance, Netflix was introduced much earlier to the USA with better features and access to more movies. Nonetheless, the recent free one month trial membership with Netfl
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Caribbean Days Festival 2011 North Vancouver
Thanks to the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Society of BC, every July of the year, BC residents get a taste of the Caribbean or the Carnival through the Caribbean Days Festival. The Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is an annual event celebrated in Trin
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Accent Reduction Techniques for new Canadians
On July 9, AFCA-BC hosted an accent reduction workshop for its members at the Bonsour Community Centre in Burnaby. Andy Krieger, who discovered the K Method - a very simple five step method of accent reduction led this workshop. Andy Krieger
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Honeymooning in Canada
International travellers made 15.9 million trips to Canada in 2010 contributing to Canada’s $29.7-billion tourism industry. With the Royal Couple's 2011 first official Royal tour for the newly weds, Canada has gained worldwide attention as the
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Royal visit full of Canadian iconic images
The royal couple, William and Kate who arrived in Canada on June 30 for their nine-day tour and honeymoon, along with 1,300 accredited local and international journalists, is a tremendous marketing opportunity for Canada as images after image
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How to tell the age of an Asian woman
This cartoon has been appearing all over the internet, and so I thought it would be okay to share with our visitors. There are significant ethnic minorities in Canadian major cities, so next time, you see an Asian woman, think of this chart. I
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Men’s brains versus Women’s brains
This is a funny video clip, but it is also so very true. North Americans, Canadians and Americans can appreciate this joke. But I don't know if this is true with third world countries where women are still oppressed. I definitely noticed the
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Earthquakes Updates
A friend told me about this free software download called Earthquake 3D. With the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, residents of British Columbia cannot help but watch in awe the devastation caused by Mother Nature. British Columbia is in an
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Bill C428 Is it good for Canada?
Let us hear your comments!!! Bill C-428 is an act to reduce the residency requirement for old age security pension from the existing 10 years to 3 years. This bill had first reading in the house on June 18, 2009. It was seconded by Bob Rae! MP
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The Spoon and Fork Boy
A recent article on The Tyee Ezine by Canadian journalist Jayson Go talks about the social manner of eating with a "spoon and fork" which was considered "strange", in fact "barbaric" as in "eating like a pig" by some Canadians. I am glad to see this
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Latincouver brings salsa and music to Vancouver
According to Statistics Canada 2006, Latin Americans constitute one of the top 10 visible minority groups in Vancouver, numbering approximately 30,000 in total with latinos from different countries bound by one common language and the love for salsa
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Vancouver in Party Spirit
The City of Vancouver is in one great party mode for the last two weeks. The whole nation is entranced with the Olympic spirit. The entire downtown Vancouver has become one big pedestrian mall with art exhibits, street vendors, buskers and tour
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Foolproof Yorkshire Pudding Recipe
This Christmas holiday, we have decided to have yorkshire pudding and prime rib instead of the obligatory annual Turkey dinner. The reason was forwarded by our turkey carver - it takes too much time and effort to dress and carve the turke
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