The more I hear the more I think that that Red Deer (or somewhere in the vicinity of) would fit my needs quite well

Thanks for the help

I wouldnt know a lot about the wages....when I was in college, half of our class were workers from Fort Mac and they were not only paid their regular wages to take classes, they were given company credit card and rental vehicles. I dont know if this is a normal occurance but it was pretty freekin awesome.

I have heard that wages are in Fort Mac are very good, you could always call around to some companies and ask them what their starting wages are...Ive also heard some companies offer relocation imbursements.

Sorry, I meant do wages in Grande Prairie seem better than the norm?

Once I`m there I`ll have a look at the more lucrative areas to see what my options are but, like you say, it seems while there is good money to be made around Fort Mac (for example) the premium that you receive is eaten up by extortionate living costs (certainly an housing that I looked at was daft cash)

Fort Mac is not the type of place I`d want to be long term but I would go there for a while to build up some cash (if the numbers added up)