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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by MummyJaygirls: 2:27pm On Oct 31, 2017
Blackbuddy:


Hi, you can also get tinned palm oil from the Asian (Chinese) stores like Grant's Foodmart at 3415 Dixie Rd, Mississauga, ON L4Y 2B1. It's right at the intersection of Dixie and Bloor and they also have beef, goat and fish, even fresh point and kill right there. Also try African Caribbean Grocery at 63 Dundas Street West, Mississauga. You will get palm oil in small kegs there as well as gari, semo, melon and other Naija staples. All the Oceans Fresh Food Market stores (Chinese owned) have assorted fish & meat selections with entrails if you want. In this winter, pepper soup is a must to help you cope for the 5 months ahead.

For more meat, try Kabul Farms Supermarket at 255 Dundas St West in Mississauga. If you don't mind going far then Laurie Meat is good at 1696 Jane Street, at Jane and Lawrence West, York/Toronto but I personally prefer Sisi Meats at 2734 Jane Street, Toronto. The owner, Dominic, an Italian, is much neater than Laurie and I always go to him for full goat. If you can get some friends together, you can buy a whole cow and Dom will split it up for you guys.

For occasional cooked meals, try Village Suya at 900 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga. Evcen oyinbos recommend the place. Another one to try if you like to stroll is Get Grill at 7910 Hurontario St, Brampton. Hope these help.

my whole cow sharing game will continue in canny, yippie!!!

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by fabdee: 4:19pm On Oct 31, 2017
So I've always seen this in movies buh now its live and direct....trust me its a beauty to behold. �� we're gonna have a white xmas hohoho�� grin grin

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 5:03pm On Oct 31, 2017
Talking about cows, some Black Angus cows checking us out while at work just now. Very curious animals... cheesy.
Not so cold out here yet, it's just -6 at the moment close to the US border in Sask.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by SlowlybtSurely: 8:10pm On Oct 31, 2017
salford1:
Talking about cows, some Black Angus cows checking us out while at work just now. Very curious animals... cheesy.
Not so cold out here yet, it's just -6 at the moment close to the US border in Sask.

How can "-6" and "not so cold" be in same sentence? cry grin

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Blackbuddy: 8:14pm On Oct 31, 2017
SlowlybtSurely:


How can "-6" and "not so cold" be in same sentence? cry grin

Welcome to/prepare for Canada smiley

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by freeradical(m): 9:04pm On Oct 31, 2017
Imagine waking up to this. Damn it's beautiful. Thank God I'm not going out today. Lemme continue to admire the beauty from inside the house.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by SlowlybtSurely: 9:26pm On Oct 31, 2017
^^^Stunning kiss

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by harrrry: 9:46pm On Oct 31, 2017
please i am currently in uk, as a student can i visit canada this xmas but i dont have anybody there?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 10:25pm On Oct 31, 2017
SlowlybtSurely:


How can "-6" and "not so cold" be in same sentence? cry grin
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Lol, welcome to Canada. -6 is actually not so cold, when there is -35.
In winter, we pray for the low "minuses".
You would cope, you have no choice sef.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by shygunXs(m): 10:29pm On Oct 31, 2017
fabdee:
So I've always seen this in movies buh now its live and direct....trust me its a beauty to behold. �� we're gonna have a white xmas hohoho�� grin grin

Issa beautiful site
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Blackbuddy: 11:12pm On Oct 31, 2017
harrrry:
please i am currently in uk, as a student can i visit canada this xmas but i dont have anybody there?

Hi, you dont have to have anybody here to come as a visitor/tourist. Just apply for your visitor`s visa, research about where you`re landing and make adequate preparations for your visit and stay if your application is successful. Check this link for more visit visa info, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/tourist.asp

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by atiteb4: 12:17am On Nov 01, 2017
fabdee:
So I've always seen this in movies buh now its live and direct....trust me its a beauty to behold. �� we're gonna have a white xmas hohoho�� grin grin
beautiful which province is this sir?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by atiteb4: 12:18am On Nov 01, 2017
freeradical:
Imagine waking up to this. Damn it's beautiful. Thank God I'm not going out today. Lemme continue to admire the beauty from inside the house.
beautiful too. which province is this sir?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by freeradical(m): 12:52am On Nov 01, 2017
Both pictures are from Edmonton, Alberta

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by atiteb4: 1:10am On Nov 01, 2017
freeradical:
Both pictures are from Edmonton, Alberta
cool. keep enjoying Canada sir. snow is really beautiful.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by einsteino(m): 4:52am On Nov 01, 2017
vcole:
Some programs I know of in Calgary at the moment.....corporate readiness training prog aka CRTP, youth skills connection (by career connections), opportunities knock program, CIWA links to success. This is not an exhaustive list. These are just the ones I know of.

Not all programs are paid but it helps improve your job search skills and resume writing and interview skills plus provides a good opportunity for networking which is key. I guess more research online would yield better results.

Thanks for this.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by careerwoman(f): 7:31am On Nov 01, 2017
Ambidextrause:
See ehn, Blackbuddy should get an award or just get inducted into one hall of fame. See details nah...

PS: he's been consistent too!
Can't wait to begin my one-on-one rapport with him! Just waiting patiently...


I agree!! He pays attention to tiniest bit of details... Only a handful of people do that..

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ehrnie: 11:01am On Nov 01, 2017
salford1:
Talking about cows, some Black Angus cows checking us out while at work just now. Very curious animals... cheesy.
Not so cold out here yet, it's just -6 at the moment close to the US border in Sask.

Hi Salford - looking through the pics, I assume you work in remote locations. I was just wondering if your company has any means of monitoring lone workers in remote locations such as these? Reason is - I'm currently working on a "remote biometric monitoring" project for my company and this is an area we're looking to explore / pilot. This is totally from a safety point of view and has nothing to do with performance monitoring of lone workers smiley

Any thoughts....? is there already a market for this is Canada... Is this something your company may be interested in...?

We can talk offline if that's okay.

Thanks

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by caon: 12:01pm On Nov 01, 2017
@Ballerz,please i sent you an email.i await your response.Thank you.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 1:21pm On Nov 01, 2017
Ehrnie:


Hi Salford - looking through the pics, I assume you work in remote locations. I was just wondering if your company has any means of monitoring lone workers in remote locations such as these? Reason is - I'm currently working on a "remote biometric monitoring" project for my company and this is an area we're looking to explore / pilot. This is totally from a safety point of view and has nothing to do with performance monitoring of lone workers smiley

Any thoughts....? is there already a market for this is Canada... Is this something your company may be interested in...?

We can talk offline if that's okay.

Thanks
I wont say we work in remote locations. Nowhere is really remote in alot of places in Canada as they have roads linking almost every cities, towns and villages. There is always a ramada/home inn/day inn hotel or rcmp station/clinic some 50km away max. The roads might not be standard roads grid roads though.

We do have monitoring but not biometrics. I am aware most of our fleet vehicles are installed with gps trackers devices that sends signals to a main station e.g they can tell if you are driving above speed limits on roads. The stations have cctv connected to internet on sites, and we have to call in control centre every two hours to check in.

I am not sure about our crew up north as those ones sometimes take helicopters or planes to sites. You can always contact offline.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ehrnie: 1:52pm On Nov 01, 2017
salford1:

I wont say we work in remote locations. No where is really remote in Canada as they have roads linking almost every cities, towns and villages. There is always a ramada/home inn/day inn hotel or rcmp station/clinic some 50km away max. The roads might not be standard roads grid roads though.

We do have monitoring but not biometrics. I am aware of is that most of our fleet vehicles are installed with gps trackers devices that sends signals to a main station. They can tell if you are driving above speed limits on roads. The stations have cctv connected to internet on sites, and we have to call in control centre every two hours to check in.

Even the cows in those pics are numbered and have trackers on them.lol.

I am not sure about our crew up north as those ones sometimes take helicopters or planes to sites. You can always contact offline.

Oh yeah - I get the picture now. Good to know there's some form of monitoring for lone workers - I've heard about the GPS monitoring. Very interesting I must admit.

With the project I'm working on, the guys will not have to check in every two hours. The solution is designed to monitor vital signs and communicate this back in real time to the control room. Any anomalies will be picked up in real time and help will be sent out when needed.

Okay - I'll take this offline so I don't get thrown off this thread. cheesy

Thanks for reaching out - will drop you an email after work.

Cheers,

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 2:36pm On Nov 01, 2017
Ehrnie:


Oh yeah - I get the picture now. Good to know there's some form of monitoring for lone workers - I've heard about the GPS monitoring. Very interesting I must admit.

With the project I'm working on, the guys will not have to check in every two hours. The solution is designed to monitor vital signs and communicate this back in real time to the control room. Any anomalies will be picked up in real time and help will be sent out when needed.

Okay - I'll take this offline so I don't get thrown off this thread. cheesy

Thanks for reaching out - will drop you an email after work.

Cheers,
Your project sounds really cool. I am sure there are opportunities in that field especially for hi-tech companies.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 6:00pm On Nov 01, 2017
einsteino:


Thanks for this.
You're welcome
SlowlybtSurely:


How can "-6" and "not so cold" be in same sentence? cry grin
I never thought they would be too but it's a real feel of -8°c now and to me it's cold but not so cold. I don't even know how to explain it. Lol!
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Igbouwanile(m): 9:17pm On Nov 01, 2017
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by XX01(f): 10:29pm On Nov 01, 2017
Where's Mrs O?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Graceforever: 11:43pm On Nov 01, 2017
Hello all,
My husband and I are moving to Ottawa in December. We have 3 children under 10 years. Please anyone with any info about settling down there. Please help. Thanks in anticipation!
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Graceforever: 11:52pm On Nov 01, 2017
[quote author=maziude post=61762643]

Perhaps, you might want to look at kijiji.ca ... You should be able to find something temporary. CC: Esughusughu

For anyone coming to Ottawa. If there is a place you saw and need help viewing it before accepting. I would be willing to help you view it. All I ask is you let me know on time so that i can schedule my time accordingly.

Peace...



God bless you. I may be needing your help soon

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by maziude: 3:20am On Nov 02, 2017
[quote author=Graceforever post=61988723][/quote]

Noted boss.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by bigfido: 8:34am On Nov 02, 2017
fabdee:
So I've always seen this in movies buh now its live and direct....trust me its a beauty to behold. �� we're gonna have a white xmas hohoho�� grin grin

awwww... wait till January.. that hohoho will become yeyeye grin grin grin

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by eddycross(m): 1:10pm On Nov 02, 2017
I was thinking the same thing @bigfido.



bigfido:


awwww... wait till January.. that hohoho will become yeyeye grin grin grin


fabdee:
So I've always seen this in movies buh now its live and direct....trust me its a beauty to behold. �� we're gonna have a white xmas hohoho�� grin grin
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Hope15: 2:42pm On Nov 02, 2017
XX01:
Where's Mrs O?

She's been really busy on Quora.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by fabdee: 6:18pm On Nov 02, 2017
Its Alberta ma'am.

atiteb4:
beautiful which province is this sir?

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