Fort McMurray in the New York Times

[Cowperson]

The New York Times examines the new workers of Fort McMurray . . . .

But few Canadians from relatively balmy places like Vancouver and Toronto have the gumption to live in these frigid climes, so oil company recruiters are looking far and wide. Amazingly, they are finding plenty of hearty, well-trained and highly motivated people from places where 70 degrees Fahrenheit is considered chilly.

"What do you prefer," asked Ligda Massicotte, 38, a lawyer who left the chaos of her native Venezuela four years ago. "A country where there is kidnapping, crime, revolution, political uncertainty or a country that is cold where you have to put a hat on?"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/internat...alberta.html?hp

Cowperson

[Resolute 14]

"When we first got here, my husband would say 'Let's go out,' " she recalled, "and I'd say, 'Oh honey, we have to dress the kids, two socks on each, then the long underwear, then the long-sleeve shirts, then the snow suit, then the mittens, then the hats, then the scarves.' Then as soon as you're ready one of the kids would pooh, and you'd have to start all over again. We'd always be an hour late."

[northernflame]

[QUOTEThe New York Times examines the new workers of Fort McMurray . . . .

But few Canadians from relatively balmy places like Vancouver and Toronto have the gumption to live in these frigid climes, so oil company recruiters are looking far and wide. Amazingly, they are finding plenty of hearty, well-trained and highly motivated people from places where 70 degrees Fahrenheit is considered chilly.[/QUOTE]

Those wimps in Ft. Mac don't know the first thing about frigid weather!

[Table 5]

my family's first experience with Canada when we moved here, was stepping off of the airport in Fort McMurray.....right into a frigid -40C February morning. I don't think my mom stopped crying for a week.....haha.

[Deelow]

Originally posted by Table 5@Mar 19 2005, 12:01 AM
my family's first experience with Canada when we moved here, was stepping off of the airport in Fort McMurray.....right into a frigid -40C February morning. I don't think my mom stopped crying for a week.....haha.

Where did you arrive from?