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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
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EDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.
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For 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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According to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.9 C1 k: Y- E0 j5 N# e
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! |% b! W; T3 ICam 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.# M+ l: f9 ^7 P$ D
Photograph by : Regina Leader-Post
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# a% W" R. _& ^That is not a huge number, but it is creating smiles in Regina.
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( ?  P1 M7 c4 t. `. ]: L' n: g: y"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.* F" k  \8 x4 m6 I, q. f
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For 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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2 R3 q' ?4 k7 u$ V! A9 UEven 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.
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Statistics 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.' U" H; Y& j" L4 \! `* d& }0 |
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Cam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.
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# ]* q4 f- X9 N9 L/ E* Z! w, YThere 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.: N7 [' p4 P8 |
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After 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.
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3 _, k: i6 V8 @- W2 }' ~) U"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.: ~( H/ A- V2 p% v2 n6 _

% x% y1 p1 p, s, u( D7 P0 vThey 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 $190,000.( i) _$ M* b& H: l7 _& t, e1 _4 _
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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."2 I1 t7 M4 P! ^, g: p! i1 q

5 _4 ^/ _" c. X- u" m5 y6 lShe said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.7 }% ^) l9 _2 C. C& i- b! ?+ p

$ f  M% C$ l7 x; b4 a5 W" m"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."
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# a  k% J* x6 M- eVicki 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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"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.$ C2 `# b2 u9 ~) N( d: ~# }: L3 S! s

2 c! S: T. r$ P* z5 C6 D& S% {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.
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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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2 z7 f2 d& y" p: Q# ^. v"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?' "
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! \# ]/ n/ i- [& J2 PSo far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.2 R9 W7 w, ]/ A) Q9 L) ]# s: h
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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.5 Q( y9 n0 V! @( Q( s6 v
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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.
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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.+ P, K7 x4 A: n( d
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"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.6 F$ r, _6 G2 c9 |* [7 S

% K+ }! G" }  \8 n, oTerry 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.
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"It seems that every time I pick up the phone it's either 780 or 403 (area codes)."8 Y2 v, v' c2 l% E
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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.. K* L2 _( e# g/ \, f( E  n/ {

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9 B" c& b7 |! u9 V1 o- ]! ~No. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,838
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$ X. a0 P( A, ~Net loss for Alberta: 128
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3 z. v5 J- f$ X6 X% m7 v  NNet inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800
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5 {9 }0 n. u  p6 r# C: pNet 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
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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Source: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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