They're here to make dreams real
EDMONTON - In the tiny New Brunswick fishing village where Mike and Matt Renton grew up, people wave when you pass them on the highway, whether they know you or not.
Fourteen months ago, the identical twin brothers waved goodbye and headed west in a '97 Cutlass Supreme searching for a piece of Alberta's prosperity.
Like thousands of others drawn by the promise of jobs and hefty paycheques, the twins and their friend Dave Kierstead headed for oil-rich northern Alberta.
Today, they pursue their dreams of success from a modest Inglewood bungalow that at its peak in April housed a total of eight young New Brunswickers. All are apprentices in welding or pipe-fitting.
"It's definitely not like home. Far from it," Matt Renton said.
"People are different. Scenery is different. Everything is different. But do I regret it? Not in a million years. I've got pay stubs and things to show that I made the big money that nobody down home in their lifetime would ever make."
They're here to make dreams real
Fourteen months ago, the identical twin brothers waved goodbye and headed west in a '97 Cutlass Supreme searching for a piece of Alberta's prosperity.
Like thousands of others drawn by the promise of jobs and hefty paycheques, the twins and their friend Dave Kierstead headed for oil-rich northern Alberta.
Today, they pursue their dreams of success from a modest Inglewood bungalow that at its peak in April housed a total of eight young New Brunswickers. All are apprentices in welding or pipe-fitting.
"It's definitely not like home. Far from it," Matt Renton said.
"People are different. Scenery is different. Everything is different. But do I regret it? Not in a million years. I've got pay stubs and things to show that I made the big money that nobody down home in their lifetime would ever make."
They're here to make dreams real
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