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发表于 2007-3-30 07:09 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Mike Sadava, The Edmonton Journal; m3 }7 r* ^, E- z
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007
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EDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.& V& Z  n1 F  y7 ]3 o! c

: S, I9 h! K3 g8 KFor the first time since 1996, more people are moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan than the other way around. It's part of a slight slowdown in Alberta's population growth, which is still increasing at four times the rest of the country.
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" t7 V$ r' A; G, s9 c6 mAccording to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.6 q7 y' M& m/ H' c. e  V9 z* z9 ^& ?

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- |% N4 E8 ^; M! C) |Cam and Crystal Hamilton and their 11-month-old son Brady move back to Regina from Edmonton. Now they're in a bigger house and debt-free.
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3 d$ x2 @4 k  S7 Q  O' YThat is not a huge number, but it is creating smiles in Regina.7 D8 F8 k7 Z- l! Y
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"This is a good batch of numbers," said Roy Schneider, spokesman for Saskatchewan Industry and Resources. "We were bleeding so many people to Alberta for such a long time I'd be happy to see (a net increase from Alberta of) two.
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1 Z- {/ V$ n& l1 _7 ^- n) xFor years, between 2,000 and 4,000 Saskatchewan residents per quarter would head out to Alberta in search of the good life.
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" }# ~/ r* J- A( }6 i2 C/ [$ fEven in the third quarter of 2006, Saskatchewan experienced a net loss of 994 people to Alberta, and the province launched an ad campaign, extolling the better life of Saskatchewan in billboards popping up around Edmonton.6 Z- R5 |. R! a7 j( f

6 m4 e# }. i- ]" G9 j" K% yStatistics Canada hasn't tracked who these people are, but Crystal and Cam Hamilton, who moved back to Regina at the beginning of the year, might be typical.3 O1 ~/ I* }' o2 A' |8 }. c5 D8 D

+ @5 L) b" z  P; {- X% FCam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.9 f9 y: f% G8 ?$ \2 q1 M) K9 g

4 t9 o/ b- G% t% aThere were no jobs in Regina in his field, so he stayed in Edmonton to work. Crystal followed him here and they married, eventually buying a house in Lymburn in southwest Edmonton.
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& r/ ^  n! R" k( ?6 NAfter having their son Brady, who is now 11 months old, they decided it would be nice to be back in Regina with family, and that became possible." K# d) M5 O, i0 i
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"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.* P& w0 W) g  x: h$ g1 u

" ]6 l; m2 _$ [. c& i2 _5 qThey ended up with a tidy nest egg from the move and managed to pay off their debts. The Edmonton house they bought two years ago for $157,000 got them $306,000, and they built a new, larger home in Regina for $190,000.
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"We're financially set now," she said. "It was perfect timing and turned out to be good idea in many ways."+ e& \( O) G5 S! v1 {9 J
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She said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.- f( k9 }) E7 a! Z% I; k
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"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."
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Vicki Delnea and her husband Rod had similar reasons for moving to Regina from Calgary -- the difference in the cost of housing enabled them to pay off their mortgage.
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5 g' W. S& C# A5 P"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.
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While she is from London, England, Rod was originally from Regina, and it will be great for her three-year-old, Joshua, to know his grandparents, she said.7 X( _& H/ Q% V) g' d6 e
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Rod, who works in marketing, was able to keep his job and is working out of a home office, which saves him a 40-minute commute.
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  b5 |$ |4 I) {' P"Everybody thought we were crazy moving here because there is a stigma against Saskatchewan. When we told them Regina, they said: 'Why?' We said: 'Why not?' "* K( p4 R" E% B3 \

3 x, f3 W% c( [( A# |So far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.5 o; v5 ~, t8 `+ `2 t% G/ G
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Frank Trovato, a demographer in the sociology department at the University of Alberta, said it's not surprising to see more people moving to Saskatchewan after such a long period of net outflow of people to Alberta.
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"When you see there's a lot of people moving to a place, there's also a countercurrent back," Trovato said.9 L7 y3 s. V; E0 M4 m! z
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There are likely a number of factors at play, including the lower cost of housing and greater economic opportunities back in Saskatchewan, but there were probably a number of people who found that Edmonton didn't provide the opportunities they were hoping for, he said.9 T6 p  q  l: m" N2 B8 g0 g

- q3 V5 B" h7 ^; @7 Y! H* T7 g"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.0 |# W! ?9 R* V9 [) |4 D4 ~

1 B; ]4 W2 O# ^( D$ z2 eTerry Hincks, a Regina city councillor and realtor, said Albertans are buying a lot of homes in Regina, either as revenue property or to eventually be their place of residence.% C) s# Z% c% }+ D/ C6 T. G& S
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"It seems that every time I pick up the phone it's either 780 or 403 (area codes)."2 K$ z2 _" M# _- \2 v; n4 ]3 h
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Real estate prices are still much lower than Edmonton -- $130,000 to $150,000 can still get you a decent three-bedroom home -- but are starting to rise. February set a new record in Regina, with 250 houses sold.5 D* y( B2 X% \6 A1 N# e
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AGAINST THE TIDE' D/ N4 _6 m2 y7 N; R
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No. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,8386 N" {# l# b( o8 R

6 b) n6 y* X, x  m! d$ X7 p3 a) hNo. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710
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( S3 j+ k1 C" w/ uNet loss for Alberta: 1288 T8 @0 s* v, k% R5 |
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Net inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800
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* _& J& D# j/ Y* \8 m7 a9 [Net inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,100
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Population growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent
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Population growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent; o8 q, g( c2 h7 ]- W5 U% N' t/ w. H
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent& F& q( ^& U6 q3 X

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