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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- ^3 J' ^, X& b% I, Y* b/ b
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007* `; |/ b& f4 [3 C7 r! @

: K3 `2 _7 P0 |$ @- a$ G- q0 [EDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.' A  P) k; }: a( L  g6 m

% B+ b' w% |; ]9 g4 W* \" 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.# [2 L4 a* U6 k3 k3 j
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According to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.' w  Y# F# V& V- Z" q+ m6 G$ }: x$ o

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% T1 R8 Y% R( @- U# @* [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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That is not a huge number, but it is creating smiles in Regina.8 o: e9 S8 w7 k' }8 Y: v

/ c9 d4 A, R1 P3 O, E6 N" R6 F"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.+ E+ E' D! a- ?( ~+ K

8 v$ E9 a+ @3 b/ b7 r% [+ n# XFor years, between 2,000 and 4,000 Saskatchewan residents per quarter would head out to Alberta in search of the good life.8 X/ ^9 w: b$ \2 e7 B

8 R2 D5 H  {6 K& Y# ~9 ~9 p+ nEven 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.
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Cam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.2 q4 Y: \* o+ f5 c8 y; }
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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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% t$ c! g& [  Q/ ?+ [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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. u6 y0 j  P1 I1 F5 u3 {$ G"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.
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; d* R  x. o2 S+ b/ Y8 Q8 f2 c  ^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 $190,000.
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8 a& \0 W5 o9 S' z5 K: D: u$ ~7 q"We're financially set now," she said. "It was perfect timing and turned out to be good idea in many ways."
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3 r4 f- ~3 y- N/ [( q; J  fShe said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.' R# \0 m6 h$ [2 D6 x* u6 X1 E6 Q
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"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."
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. ]4 j) k6 \3 vVicki 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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1 n+ m6 R* F9 c, A$ U8 V) n"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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7 G3 S& ~6 m; I  ~" g, i  E6 HWhile 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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"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?' "% v" _( a- s) Z' ]: u$ A
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So far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.
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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.1 j  G/ Y5 r3 D' d" L
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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., w( d: y) i' [' X$ e3 |

8 {( T& n' G( ?8 \+ q+ C$ y! HThere 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.) ~4 L: Q+ m, D4 C- }( [$ ~

; \6 W& Y% w8 T% w; P* y( i0 u  K+ b"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.
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  r4 g" R4 t8 O5 q8 K" g& K( zTerry 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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1 m9 B) I6 m) f"It seems that every time I pick up the phone it's either 780 or 403 (area codes)."& X' u4 w5 J9 _0 z
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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: 2,838+ B( `& q" W0 u( q3 n5 s5 Q

; [8 i$ b* G& K- ~: M" ^No. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710/ Q" ^; E1 C8 g) b3 n! j7 q

8 q) N$ g  }* A4 ]6 B- h3 JNet loss for Alberta: 128. k9 c+ r# E6 x* R6 \+ v
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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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! H2 K5 r' ]9 FPopulation growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent1 q' I6 e3 A6 I0 ]: G! N

' N1 M1 e3 ~3 m; ?  APopulation growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent# K- [: {, [+ `& Z7 |# l" ?& L
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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0 I, {9 m6 S6 v( L- FSource: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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