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After a long long drive from Vancouver Island, B.C. we finally arrived in the Annapolis Valley on August 13th, 2011 with 4 of our children, the dog and 2 cats. It has taken us a little while to get everything sorted out such as registering the kids for school, finding work, unpacking a never ending pile of boxes and all the other things that come along with a long distance move.Read more

Our family made the decision to leave Vancouver Island for many reasons. Cost of living and housing, quality of life, good places to raise a family etc. We drove a 1972 little class c motorhome all the way across Canada pulling a little trailer and are now getting settled in Greenwood, in the Annapolis Valley. We're very happy with this decision and have found the people welcoming and friendly. We blog about the move and everyday life in Nova Scotia at humblebee-farm.blogspot.com and you're welcome to follow along as we get settled and observe life in this beautiful part of Canada.

I was a child when my parents came to Canada from the U.K. and never quite felt I belonged here. We lived in Montreal for two years and then Toronto for about 40, but when I first went to Halifax, I was smitten. It felt like home.

As a professional writer, I have been to many places and composed stories and articles about most of them; it was a media familiarity tour that took me to Wolfville in the summer of 2007. I went back that Thanksgiving, and spent time in Yarmouth and Cape Forchu. And back again at the end of October to settle on a place to live in Wolfville.Read more

The opportunity to live anywhere in the world presented itself, when my marriage of thirty-eight years ended. I said goodbye to family, friends, customers, suppliers, my lifetime home of Winnipeg and headed due east to Halifax with my business of twenty-one years, Tangent Strategies Inc., in tow. Newly positioned, strategically evolved ... a rebirth professionally and personally.Read more

I'm Jim Cole, a 70 year old Halifax/Dartmouth native, now residing in San Francisco. My wife and I maintain a summer home in Mahone Bay NS where we spend the summer months.Read more

I had been contemplating a move to Canada for many years, a thought that took root when I was in university and came to meet many wonderful Canadians on my travels. I spent a year studying in Florida, which set me on the path of wanting to live and work abroad, but there was something about Canada that sparked my interest and stayed with me.

In fact, several years later, by then happily married and a recent ‘dad’, I was so convinced that Canada was the right place for our family to be, that I started to apply for permanent residence before I had even visited the country!Read more

I love new challenges.

In April 2009, I quit a well paying job in Ontario to move to Winnipeg, MB. When I arrived, I had no apartment, no job, knew very few people (less than 5), and literally had to start from scratch. Within a year, I made friends for life, found a really great job, and had a great apartment in the hippest part of the city.

But something wasn't quite right.Read more