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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
8 W3 Q- A2 x9 u8 UPublished: Friday, March 30, 2007% U) v9 N, z7 `4 X7 l" }

) c5 \, P3 Y& o1 IEDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.2 w+ [7 U+ _9 p/ Z

1 u. e* B. e! K) gFor 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., l4 X: D1 A5 \+ w, G
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According to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.' g6 H- F" h1 O

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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.& Q- t: C# o+ E- }3 L. q! v9 b9 m
Photograph by : Regina Leader-Post7 s5 ?" c, W: l. g0 b% |
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That is not a huge number, but it is creating smiles in Regina./ [8 I- V: j* ?' g: P6 j  W
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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.: P  {; j) ]! R& q+ s$ u# P

( ]6 }: q2 H% {9 B9 MFor years, between 2,000 and 4,000 Saskatchewan residents per quarter would head out to Alberta in search of the good life.) q1 Y7 E9 Q6 q" v! ?% O
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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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! k  X6 Z$ j& d$ eStatistics 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.- z% S6 [5 W5 {: _$ _" e" `3 ?
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Cam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.
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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.! v4 q+ {+ i/ X

6 k) b% x0 M3 \+ _  p( QAfter 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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: b4 Z* b; i+ c- L# }"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.
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, l! E( P6 o  `- n4 O0 L  m9 {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 $190,000.
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"We're financially set now," she said. "It was perfect timing and turned out to be good idea in many ways."! d6 E$ }# K' E) j" K9 b

, m4 A/ @4 a# |She said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.
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$ n: X; k" D; R  ^$ x6 e5 m' q+ P4 s"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."
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/ O  }5 `* C- n- r1 L1 k0 WVicki 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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& K" F( N! p1 N; ?: ]+ e"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.  e; `6 `% X- S+ F8 u% X

5 L. H; d: b2 A* b0 t  \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.2 ^8 Y1 W- j1 ?9 N3 N: ~9 e

5 R- d; ]" x3 h/ ]' J0 lRod, 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.& g3 d% |8 `$ F  o- C5 B, l5 y9 Y; A

6 ^3 s2 Q' z3 x1 h) R' f' \"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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So far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.: T! d: i0 y+ G: u- W) B
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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 M5 f3 J' r# p, v* q! T
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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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: U' M3 {( q) M# y- D9 A( uTerry 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.7 ]. q( A6 v' b( U9 S. |
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"It seems that every time I pick up the phone it's either 780 or 403 (area codes)."8 p8 M7 }/ Q4 W( o$ m2 ?5 c

( P$ E7 }# ]- Q. RReal 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% s) \: W0 n3 Q2 k
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No. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710; ]  B4 H% L/ k! Y7 M( r0 |

: w2 a- m5 l. m2 m% ]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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5 g. H0 x4 {/ y; y& `# nNet inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,100
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7 o0 E9 t) M# L. n1 q1 }+ VPopulation growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent
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Population growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent
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3 x6 M! u$ n+ H8 x8 O) wPopulation growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent! z& y" f8 [- {3 Y
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Source: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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