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Buying a car

Here is a short summary of the different steps you need to go through to buy a car in Calgary when you are moving from Houston:

While in Texas, buy Consumer Reports and select a model you like: Subaru Outback
Go to the Subaru dealership in Calgary
Learn that any car in Canada cost about $10,000 more than [...]

Transferring funds

I thought that It would be simple to wire money to my new account in Calgary. It would have been a simple matter of calling the bank, proving my identity and have the funds wired. Unfortunately, deep down hidden on my USA bank web site, you can read that this can only happen if you [...]