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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  {7 S' z) h! k# i$ l+ [1 }5 E
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007
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1 E4 @6 {* `; B2 y4 q' FEDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.5 P$ g2 G$ Y1 E
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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., f; l* o) o6 ?) L0 ~) D$ C
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According to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.
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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.
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That is not a huge number, but it is creating smiles in Regina.
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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.# r: O4 L9 d& u/ p/ u6 X4 m
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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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: A8 S- w" y! \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% M7 E) e; bStatistics 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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/ b8 o6 e  T- d( f6 W/ LCam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.' u6 b+ p! ]7 b0 E- ?% y' W4 \/ x: ^

! u+ a) P: e- M' uThere 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.. M/ {$ r& q# H% C$ w
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"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.  J7 J+ V1 R2 t6 ]

; X7 O5 A' l/ A, |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 $190,000.* {( i7 ]( z$ L, [3 _# r+ e0 s$ @

9 P9 W& N" p) o: J" ~5 H6 E"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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She said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.
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, G$ W0 d. B$ D& g% j: q8 RVicki 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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5 D" d5 P4 I' T3 s6 y0 C* ~) u"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.9 O* c) A: n& Z/ b
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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.
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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?' "3 g; k% S9 w1 {: B# i& w# @
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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.  X' W+ |; C# Z
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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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/ O+ [/ c1 [7 d! mThere 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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7 E, L6 q+ j7 B4 r6 o! g2 ?: [# L"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.: [5 P$ X! ?1 ]% A8 o( ~8 a

# {* s6 z. n( hTerry 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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# s, \: a/ s$ I+ y; AReal estate prices are still much lower than Edmonton -- $130,000 to $150,000 can still get you a decent three-bedroom home -- but are starting to rise. February set a new record in Regina, with 250 houses sold.
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AGAINST THE TIDE
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No. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,838
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Net loss for Alberta: 128. o# T$ T* S5 A) F' Z
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Net inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800
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8 F" p! b# X. U& o( z# I) fNet inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,1006 M; W% P* P! f4 F  N
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Population growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent% \/ l( k  @. P" v  z  i

$ O. @$ s9 O4 a) X- w' _4 XPopulation growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent8 W4 T* O" m/ Y3 p) }, C
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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2 j" u1 c( H+ b9 s: K0 dSource: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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