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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+ Y( J: B) w4 }* }. F3 q3 c
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007* f9 O. {2 o+ `* Y" }  D  Z8 T+ |
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EDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.; `  p$ s5 ~- Z: H- B$ B' a* p% `

/ d5 E' \; M% f' H4 t9 _, fFor 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 2006.8 R( h+ |* y  i' u# M6 g! y

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) w( T! @5 W! k5 s9 N7 jCam 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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That is not a huge number, but it is creating smiles in Regina.8 J- U' }9 q/ Y* [& ]

3 T+ I' p" u! c3 A1 c- z, n0 d"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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0 B0 T! S: Z+ T5 ~  r- ^. d$ BFor 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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Even 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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& Y2 q& I% {( E. ]4 j$ N, _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.# A4 o" h# v& j
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Cam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.$ X; ^& h2 O5 e# l
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There 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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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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2 k  f5 O& ~; F& W" F"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.
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They 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 $190,000.
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) D: a2 R3 Z( R8 s$ I"We're financially set now," she said. "It was perfect timing and turned out to be good idea in many ways."  F! E7 U% d' O( k5 x* H# J

: T$ S6 u: d; K! J8 @* j; eShe said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.
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"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."9 o  d* C/ {+ F+ T1 l

, j$ f) M; z7 t% W) [7 f- dVicki 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.) ?* L# ^8 F; v

7 ~* a4 [3 M) ]/ ^6 T"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.& p) ^) u& O# L' S2 c

. ~  A! Q, N8 T6 U7 u2 K9 V- u( VRod, 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.# {$ P2 ?6 z- N, z% T" A; D6 Q) `1 ~
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"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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8 Y4 A8 J5 i6 I! w& F0 \& H- USo far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.* I! g& |* ^9 a3 v3 E$ M; \
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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.. V% ~( s# f/ u4 J# G# ?

3 @* {- M5 Z  W* @9 U, Z"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.
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"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.
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! _1 f0 \0 o0 u- ATerry 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)."
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Real estate prices are still much lower than Edmonton -- $130,000 to $150,000 can still get you a decent three-bedroom home -- but are starting to rise. February set a new record in Regina, with 250 houses sold.
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No. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,8383 Z+ f8 V5 X5 n" F1 I
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No. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710
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Net loss for Alberta: 128
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Net inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800
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Net inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,100
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" |/ ^9 [; T$ J3 {$ n% S0 p( `Population growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent
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Population growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent# ~7 {; z0 Y2 l3 j" h0 L9 r
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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3 @0 z) b' K- I( _; i+ m- NSource: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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