>>I've applied for others, but it does get frustrating when I keep getting offers out of the US in the 70-95k (US) range, and for assorted reasons am not willing to move that far south. Of course with exchange, lower taxes and cheaper airfares, it MIGHT be possible to comute from CA to Vancouver Island
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>For that kind of dough, a monthly commute would sound reasonable.

All that extra dough could be washed by CA metro housing costs. An acquaintance of mine is paying around 1,500.00 per month on a 2 bedroom apt in San Jose. And from what I understand San Jose is "affordable".