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Saskatchewan lures Albertans& o& |+ F3 b5 I5 L4 E) M5 w" {
Mike Sadava, The Edmonton Journal' o/ q) U& U2 E
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007
$ A+ v* }6 ?7 K* D% w8 w' B; E4 eEDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.7 u) f7 D* m! }9 @/ {  h
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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.
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! e5 V7 a! X$ Y( i" kAccording to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.
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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.
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2 R8 ~; v* E. B4 T; q/ r9 A/ V8 P& X; yFor 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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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.6 `9 }5 h: p7 A( F% o5 W' v

0 L( d  }9 H$ V8 q6 h/ s( \Statistics 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.5 B+ z. B2 w. y! }4 n

: p# R5 W% z2 ^# TCam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.8 x7 L' m- q6 r5 ?6 d2 w

, x# q! }8 ?3 r2 g0 A! h9 xThere 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.: |5 j* U9 Y8 W! O5 O
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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.+ o& p7 o' f! m, E! F( U

$ ^0 `: n4 m0 U: w* z"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.
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9 s! D% O- Q. E8 D' hThey 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.. v3 x7 e: K1 z9 }

8 t  f; J( J/ n) G"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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* Y5 {! i+ ~! MShe said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.
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"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."0 Z/ K; Z/ f. F. }1 v. I
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Vicki 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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% |8 R8 c/ c( X1 c/ d1 O7 F) d"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.
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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.5 a/ F5 ~/ D, c8 P/ k
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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?' "
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/ z9 k3 M# R) I6 F: C$ _4 m  y9 |So far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.' b* f) h( b$ y8 y6 p, L
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: h- D3 A4 U; A$ ?2 ^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.9 p  Y# v; U* F8 v+ W

! @- x( d: {' [9 G; F, ?"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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  e# B! G8 v* {9 d/ g. ?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./ n6 H- R$ q9 F. D9 Q

: J! o1 f  H: X; [+ w"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.
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; r' v# c) x3 b/ g- s, {- t, kTerry 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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' l; U% [1 Y3 k% D$ L# s"It seems that every time I pick up the phone it's either 780 or 403 (area codes)."" Y: D4 k$ [  Q( X* E4 B0 v0 u( [

- n$ ^7 m  x; i" I$ D) Z) }  jReal estate prices are still much lower than Edmonton -- $130,000 to $150,000 can still get you a decent three-bedroom home -- but are starting to rise. February set a new record in Regina, with 250 houses sold.
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AGAINST THE TIDE  C! q8 H, k" I. f) J2 A
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No. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,838
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No. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710$ @  W0 R0 v( C  o
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Net loss for Alberta: 128
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/ s; N4 ]7 P, @& k" R# iNet inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800* N/ `2 \/ v* {  n
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Net inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,100
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Population growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent
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Population growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent- v/ n. w9 V4 ^8 Q3 Q3 m: Q( Y
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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Source: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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