If you have a UK drivers licence, you should be able to convert it to a Canadian one without much trouble, but they will take your UK one away.
I don't know about that, but you can get an"International Drivers Licence" through the Auto Club (perhaps elsewhere as well) don't know the rules on how long you can use that if you're a resident, (but then they could 'take' that one instead. :-)
Best Buy owns Future Shop so their prices are comparible (different items are on sale at the same time though)
Here you don't pay the licence but you have to pay for cable.
You can get six or so stations with a set of rabbit ears, but quality will vary depending on where you live with ghosting and fuzzy reception, if you want broadband internet, you can deal with the phone company or with cable company. I prefer cable. If you want, the cable company also has a VOIP phone service. (unlimited long distance in Canada and the US and also 1000 minutes to Europe) The phone company will charge twice that for service and long distance is not included. Virgin, Telus, Rogers, and Fido(owned by Rogers) have pay as you go cell service I think basic cable is about $20. I pay $105 for extra high speed broadband and most available channels (around 70 or so), but not too many specialty digital channels. Satelite TV is better in as much as you can pick and choose which channels you want, but you lose flexibility if you have more than one tv, which requires extra recievers.
Wal-mart, Future Shop, Superstore, Best Buy and Rogers Video are also good places for new DVDs, but I like to buy Previously viewed from an assortment of video stores (Rogers, Blockbuster, Movie Gallery)Pawnshops and specialty DVD/Cd/VHS secondhand stores.
I wonder if anyone could provide me a link in fact for a suitable transformer from a Canadian website?
Sure
The Source or
Radio Shack . Circuit city bought most Radio shacks in Canada and Radio Shacks are just starting to come back into Canada with a few stores here and there.
Oh and Vancouver may not be that cold, but it rains and rains and rains... :-D Come and visit Edmonton while you're in BC, best time is late spring to early fall. lots of festivals here in the summer. Best are The Fringe (live theatre modeled after the Edinburgh Fringe), Heritage days (more meat on a stick than you can well.. shake a stick at :-D ) always something on in the summer, maybe even make a side trip to Calgary for the Stampede rodeo (if you like cowboys)
