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Saskatchewan lures Albertans; U/ A9 _# _, C! P+ Y, v2 n
Mike Sadava, The Edmonton Journal
! i* F- P1 n9 @6 t/ UPublished: Friday, March 30, 2007' d, c- q5 H5 F% i0 H" ^; ?
EDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.( r# W0 n+ j; S. Q- B

( l+ C5 F4 b/ h' T1 z9 HFor 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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According to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.' c$ Z" D8 B% |- {5 T$ j

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- d. t! m9 o  ?! O"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.) u  F5 S5 A, j- M' F6 K9 K

* x3 K* C, ?3 k4 T' S7 X, W( rFor 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.
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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.+ S. i- Q. [2 }

1 H* f9 l6 c1 XCam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.
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' O% B1 X( o4 t3 Q5 y) AThere 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.9 W1 }9 g9 p" A( Q/ n

7 n2 f3 t; _' k, q  C. Z$ BAfter 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.! S/ J( w1 B  I7 `, A! L6 D

+ ^4 z& {' x- f8 f"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.
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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.; I5 m6 q6 u8 m1 ?& t

1 F5 K7 N9 Y$ w3 N"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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% e) j  @1 ?! }8 [2 u/ s! y/ i; KShe said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.1 e- J" t" ^$ A; v
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"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."$ M+ G7 ?0 b" M0 p
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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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"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.8 q) D* N1 y5 b" `0 A$ l1 Y

; V/ ]- i4 H$ g* {( |( _' s  jWhile 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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6 }+ L- p7 ^  l9 d7 j+ {$ {2 cRod, 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.! T: s# G6 O* e0 W3 Q

7 l5 M% ]  w& B"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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1 L% }/ t. k) tSo far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary.7 ]; `3 V$ a9 i2 Z) u+ B8 y- g
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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.
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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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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.- u1 [3 Z  M8 ?6 j" v1 e. C

) ^9 r4 O) ^4 ~$ D. ~# b"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.! |; b, u% e' |
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Terry 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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7 K( [4 f  ^8 w# I( `. \+ w0 C8 h( yReal estate prices are still much lower than Edmonton -- $130,000 to $150,000 can still get you a decent three-bedroom home -- but are starting to rise. February set a new record in Regina, with 250 houses sold.
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$ Q* M0 Q' i; a% ENo. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,838! o* S; r& V. }9 C" g! ?$ ]8 H

' V- H# J- g, J% [, b* I8 R5 ^No. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710( q3 J! W* q  ]
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Net loss for Alberta: 128
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) S" [* Y) P3 d# @# g6 zNet inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800
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Net inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,1001 k4 N1 ~# }1 j; x0 r: {
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Population growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent7 ]4 V/ q" V+ h3 w6 K  @

$ h' N3 D  g1 B' J- P* oPopulation growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent1 d2 ^0 t9 g  j" ~/ C5 ^  {& Y  q3 f
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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% w7 l. J+ A+ ]Source: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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