Ditto......Permanent resident from 2008 - 2009 but had to return because of the wife, best year of my life too. But life is full of change and change is good!!! Think if i say it enough i will start to beleive it ??? Vancouver has three ski runs within 30 minutes of the city, was back in Whistler in 2010 which has become very commercial due to the olympics to the point of out of reach but still..............what a country..