Skype Update:

I haven't had a chance to actually make a call on Skype yet, as I don't yet have a web camera and it's tough to find times that work to make the call as Montreal is three hours ahead of British Columbia, where I live.  The next two weekends I am away and therefore will be unable to try skyping my sister and her family in Montreal, so my further exploration into Skype will have to take place during my spring break when I can actually connect properly with my sister and her family.  By then I should have a web camera all sorted out too.