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Category: Life in Canada

The (Supermarket) Help

Supermarket

Standing at the checkout in Walmart at the weekend, I was reminded of one cultural difference that still makes me uncomfortable…

Published August 27, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Culture, Expat Experience, supermarket, Walmart

Ever been to a rib-eating contest?

Whitby Ribfest 2013

Me neither until the weekend…

Published July 17, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Culture, Expat Experience, Family, Food, Whitby Ribfest

A-Z of Canada: E is for Emerge

Appropriating a vividly descriptive verb, robbing it of its meaning and demoting it to a banal noun to save yourself uttering two extra syllables grates on me like fingernails on a blackboard… yes, it’s a rant!

Published June 17, 2013
Categorised as A-Z of Canada, Blog, Expat Life Tagged A-Z of Canada, English language, Expat Experience, Food

A-Z of Canada: D is for dandelion, Dollarstore and ‘due diligence’

I’ve neglected my A-Z of Canada for long enough so here’s D, delivered with a renewed commitment to make it to the end of the alphabet… eventually.

Published May 29, 2013
Categorised as A-Z of Canada, Expat Life Tagged A-Z of Canada, Canada, Expat Info

You know you’re settled in Canada when…

Canadian Tire money

Signs you’ve been here awhile…

Published January 24, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, Expat Experience, Expat Info, O Henry, pyjamas, Ranch

Pucks and Punch-Ups

hockey night

What a night! I couldn’t be classed as a sports fan by any stretch of the imagination, but as some of you know from yesterday’s post, Monday evening saw K and I brave the cold to take the GO train to Toronto for our first ever hockey game…

Published January 22, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Expat Experience, ice-hockey, photography, Toronto Maple Leafs

The Good ‘Ole Hockey Game

Tickets to the LeafsvsSabres

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be playing on home ice for the first time this season tonight, and thanks to a lucky break, K and I won Platinum tickets…

Published January 21, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, Culture, Hockey Song, National Hockey League, Stompin' Tom Connors, Toronto Maple Leafs

Welcome to Canada – the home of over-priced telecommunications!

routerboard

When it comes to telecommunications in Canada, there’s one certainty: they’ll make you pay, one way or another…

Published December 5, 2012
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, Expat Info, Internet service provider, LTE Advanced, technology, Usage based billing

Toronto Time-Lapse

Toronto Time-Lapse

Next time I find myself exasperated on a Toronto sidewalk with moaning children and and an absent sense of direction, I’ll try to remember the beauty that surrounds me when viewed from a different angle and remind myself that I’m one small part of a living, breathing bigger picture…

Published October 10, 2012
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, Culture, perspective, Places to visit, Roger Centre, Time-lapse photography, Toronto

The Unity Button

The Unity Button

Today T brought a Unity button home from school. The button (or badge as we call them in Britain) is a circle divided into black, white, red and yellow quarters. It’s a reminder of the teachings related to the Medicine Wheel…

Published October 3, 2012
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, Culture, Education, Expat Info, First Nation, Indigenous People, Inuit, Medicine Wheel, Unity button

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