Category Archives: vancouver

Lessons from the Stanley Cup riots

It was a sad day for Vancouver and for hockey fans when the Canucks lost the final game in the Stanley Cup. The sadness was not from losing but from the violence and looting that followed. We were in England … Continue reading

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Canadian cities do well on quality of life rankings

The Financial Times has a specialist division – fDi Intelligence magazine – which has recently published a report which ranked North American cities on a whole bunch of factors. The one that caught my eye was the category for Quality … Continue reading

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Thoughts from a new Canuck

I met a fellow Brit this week. Sarah has been here two months so was a great person to question about first thoughts on life in Canada. Sarah is from London, so her first thoughts were on the size of … Continue reading

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