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Immigrant's everyday life in Montreal

One of the richness of Montreal is the multi-culture value. It adds a lot to the city. All immigrants work on harmony to build the city.

I see this every day at work and it touched me deeply when I was working on a university group project; we were five with different backgrounds and cultures, China, [...]

Annual Income taxes. Are you ready?!

Two weeks left to the last day of income taxes submission. Are you ready?!

What do income taxes mean?

The government gets a % of each individual income every year.

This is the cost of the services you get, the medical service, the clean streets and other services.

Every year, you have to submit the papers by [...]

Funny story

Usually people who work a lot on computer have back pain issues. One day,I decided to go for massage.

The receptionist(lady): Hello
Me: Hi, I would like to do massage
The receptionist: Sure, can I get your information?
Me: Yes but I want to make sure that the person who will treat me is a women
The receptionist astonished & [...]

Where will you pay the least tax?

Source :Where will you pay the least tax : http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/retirement/gordonpowers/article.aspx?cp-documentid=19213808

Albertans face the lowest taxes of any province in Canada. How do things look where you live?

By Gordon Powers
April 22, 2009

Although all of us send the same tax levy to the Feds in Ottawa regardless of where we live, when it comes to [...]

Driving license: theoretical test

This is for the theoretical driving test…

How to study:
To be prepared for the theoretical exam and pass from the first time you need to do the following:
Step 1: Do the knowledge test on the SAAQ website on http://www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/services-saaqclic/public/en/questionnaire.htm
This test is good because it give you idea about how the exam questions look like, the correct [...]

Coupons and Discounts websites

http://www.viarail.ca/visaoffer/en_index.html
You will find discount coupons on transportation by train.

http://www.save.ca/en/index.htm
On this website, you choose coupons for the products you want to purchase and they send you the saving coupons home!

Muslim reverts

Living in Canada is full of new experiences and new prespectives for live.

One of the good thing a Muslim immigrant need to consider while living in Canada is to do something for Islam. Adding a value as a Muslim can have many ways, one of these ways is to support and help new Muslim reverts.

You [...]

Libraries in Canada

There is a public library in each region of your city.

This is the index of the public libraries in Montreal.

http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=4397,6393630&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

You can then go, make a registration and get a card. Using this card, you can borrow books from the library, by maximum 3 books in 3 weeks. If you didn’t finish reading the books in [...]

Canadian expressions and slangs

I got this form http://msnarabia.englishtown.com/sp/tests/quiz.aspx?quizId=34&Ctag=34#15 and it is interesting
1. You are at a party with some Canadians and one of them asks if you want to go for a “dart”. What does “dart” mean?
A cigarette

2. In Canada, an overeager, brown-nosing person is called a:
Keener

3. What Canadian city does “Hogtown” refer to?
Toronto

4. The waitress asked [...]

Fighting loneliness & getting friends

Loneliness, i think it is a must that all singles abroad go through.

How to fight loneliness?

1- Learn to enjoy your time alone.

One of the nice thing I do in the summer is to go to Old Montreal (Metro Champ des Mars). There on the river eay, there are a lot of people, singers [...]

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