Any travel advice for Vancouver, Canada.?

Q: My girlfriend and I have a years work permit for Canada and heard Vancouver was a lovely city. Any advice on travel, life style, accommodation, jobs or anything else you think would be useful, would be realy apreciated.

A: Downtown Vancouver and Kitsilano and South Granville (between Granville Island and 16th Ave) and North Vancouver (near the Quay) are the areas that have the best and highest concentration of entertainment, shops, restaurants, and public transit services. True, it's cheaper to live in Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Surrey but then you have to consider the time and money spent on commutting. Yes, do avoid East Vancouver (roughly east of Main Street) it is a dodgy neighbourhood. Websites for accomodation: http://vancouver.renting.canada.com/properties/search/searchForm.php http://vancouver.craigslist.org/ The retail, tourism, construction, and food industry is always looking for new recruits. The three local ski hills during the winter time are always looking for applicants: Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain and Mount Seymour. Here are some of the more popular online job classifieds: http://www.bcjobs.ca/ http://www.monster.ca/ http://working.canada.com/vancouver/index.html http://www.jobshark.ca/caeng/city.cfm?cityid=43&city=Vancouver Have you ever thought of working at Whister and Blackcomb resorts? It's about an hour and a half's drive north of Vancouver. Last year they had problems filling the 3,500 to 5,000 positions needed to run the resort. It's popular all year round - in the summer people come here to golf, hike, fish, mountain bike, etc. The largest employer there is Intrawest. They usually have a 3 day job fair every October. And, a number of employers offer accomodation with employment. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=c05d37ef-3ca0-4f4f-8770-2c4765702dc6&k=39617 http://www.jobmonkey.com/ski/html/whistler.html http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/index.htm Good luck! Cheers, Petra M, Vancouver

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