Thursday, August 23, 2007

Vancouver, Canada - World's Most Livable City

Vancouver tapped as world's most 'livable' city
Canadian Press
August 23, 2007 at 9:24 AM EDT

LONDON — Vancouver has been selected as the world's most “livable city” and Toronto the fifth most livable in a survey of 132 cities by the Economist magazine. The Economist Intelligence Unit says Vancouver was chosen number-one due to a low crime rate, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed transport and communications infrastructure.

Vancouver scored a livability index of 1.3 per cent, with zero per cent indicating exceptional and 100 per cent indicating intolerable. It's the fifth straight time Vancouver has garnered the honour.

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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Long lost citizen?

Were you born in Canada or brought up in Canada as a child? You may be a long lost citizen and eligible to re-establish your citizenship if:

  • You were once a Canadian citizen
  • You have become a permanent resident of Canada after you lost your Canadian citizenship
  • You have lived in Canada as a permanent resident for at least one year immediately before you apply
  • You did not have your Canadian citizenship taken away (revoked)
  • You have not been convicted of an indictable (criminal) offence or an offence under the Citizenship Act in the three years before you apply
  • You are not currently charged with an indictable offence or an offence under the Citizenship Act
  • You are not in prison, on parole or on probation
  • You are not under a removal order (an order from Canadian officials to leave Canada)
  • You are not under investigation for, be charged with, or have been convicted of a war crime or a crime against humanity

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