Re: Scots in Calgary
 

Not meeting any Irish or Welsh as well :rofl:

Re: Scots in Calgary
 

damn scots, they ruined scotland !

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No problem.A mate of mine has recently moved to Edmonton,hes telling there lots of work there and surrounding areas .Im looking into going there for work also.

Re: Scots in Calgary
 

Hi Floyd 1965 where in Ontario are you? We are Scottish been here nearly 5 years. We live South of Hamilton.

Re: Scots in Calgary
 

I'm from Helensburgh living in Calgary at the moment, use rentfaster.com for checking rentals in Calgary. There are a few towns on the outskirts (40 minish drive) of Calgary such as Cochrane, Airdire, Okotoks

What is your trade?

Re: Scots in Calgary
 

Hi cbrown,, firstly better apologize to clare francis for hijacking post..!! Old helensburger..!! had many a good time there and down in Rhu... I was a firefighter for 20 years... also like a lot of other firemen, always been in renovation, construction etc,,, recently completed degree in sustainable building tech,,, so something in const' management is what the ideal would be,,, for now,,, anything with a proper wage that'll cover rent..! to get started.. to answer madscots,, we came to Peterborough, Ontario, as this is where my wife's family are originally from..!1 unfortunately , there is no work ,, so Calgary it has to be...? think i'll start a new post here or clare francis will kill me..! :)

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I used to like fishing at Rhu lighthouse when the tide was out :)
Living in Edmonton,work with one other Scotsman,but he's a lazy bugger,and full of himself(from Snydebank)
From Beith Ayrshire myself,loving it up in Edmonton.

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Rhu spit is very popular with fishermen, it used to be shallow enough to herd cows over....

Work wise in Calgary O&G is going through the crap part of the cycle. Construction wise though it is still booming, my girlfriends dad owns a drywall and stucco business and he says it is going flat out for now...

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Thnx..... Just spendin this week phoning around different companies.. was gonna take a trip over and chap some doors,, but reckon it's too close to holidays, most places winding down now...!! reckon if I can arrange a few meetings and hopefully a start somewhere in the new year...? so anybody knows of anything. let me know...:)

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Agree being close to holidays, I would hold off.Worst case you could work in fort mac for 1 month on driving a truck @$30phr

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That would do.. if it was on offer..!! only thing,, they took my Heavy goods and Bike licence off me when I exchanged..!! need to retest for HGV now,,, which probably is a good thing,, a refresher course never did any harm..!!! and the trucks are slightly bigger here...:)

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Thats funny,when I went to pick up my canadian class 1 at the driver centre they "gave" me a bike license,I have never been on motorbike :lol:
Anyway cbrown89 do you know any companies hiring at Ft Mac ,looking to work there next april and checkout all these scottish pubs too!

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My friend just started working for a company constructing the road, as far as I can tell he drives a truck around and moves dirt... I can ask the name of the company.

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Ok rite on.I worked for road constrution company in MB ,wasnt $30 an hr lol.
Much appreciated .