Re: In another country...

suzanne4, RN · Dec 5, 2008

You can also Google this information and easily find out all types of information about that specific locale.

Have moved your post to the Canadian forum where you can get more information.

mishka2106 · Dec 5, 2008

thank you suzanne 4 for your help

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Dec 5, 2008

As Suzanne4 said, Googling "Stettler" will get you all kinds of information.

Stettler is a rural community about 118 miles south east of Edmonton and about 50 miles due east of Red Deer. The hospital there is a small one with several acute care beds and slightly more long-term care beds. Sicker patients are sent to Edmonton. Rental accommodation in the small rural communities in Alberta can be a problem although when available, the rents are generally reasonable. As you live in the UK currently you'd probably find the rents are on the lower side, comparatively speaking. Oil-field workers, who are quite transitory in their worklife, often live in motels due to the lack of rental accommodation. http://www.mls.ca is a real estate website that canhelp you check out that issue. Utilities will run roughly $400 a month. Grocery prices are variable and are related to transportation costs. Car insurance will probably cost you in the range of $150-200 a month per car. Taxes from all levels of government will run about 30% of your gross income. It's possible to have a comfortable life in Alberta as long as the economy remains reasonably strong.

RGN1 · Dec 6, 2008

You can also check out www.britishexpats.com it's not as well moderated as this forum (be prepared for some "interesting" characters, comments & language) is but it really has a lot of very useful info for Brits planning to go abraod (or already there) - particularly in the "wiki" section.

I have no affiliation to the site but in combination with "allnurses" found it really helped.