[KC Burke]

Hi Katie,

One of the issues of working in the frozen north is housing. In the south after Katrina, a large temporary workforce could live in mobile and makeshift housing. Where the temps fall to forty below on a cold winter night you need better housing. This is why North Dakota is also still looking for workers — no places for them to live in towns like Minot.

[philman_36]

This is why North Dakota is also still looking for workers — no places for them to live in towns like Minot.
It's always the little details, isn't it.

[katiedidit1]

Many military veterans are used to working in various climates. We have been experiencing a heat wave and drought in the Midwest for weeks. Do you think it stops the ranchers and farmers from taking care of their fields and livestock? my father was stationed in Greenland..yes, it was cold but if you want to work there aren't many decent jobs available in paradise.

According to the development corporation, the positions being offered are long term, with many paying as much as 30 percent more than similar industry positions in the United States. Some positions will require a move to Canada, but many others will allow veterans to commute — working several weeks in Canada, then one week back home.

[bobbys]

Long ago when traveling through Wyoming i saw a lot of jobs being offered.

I looked around and saw very high rents , that is if you could find one for rent..

In Alaska i bunked in a bunkhouse.

No place for families in these places..

Not sure how Canada works but the Carpenters Union arranged the jobs and rooms. Oregon worked with the Alaska carpenters union

I think i would contact a union first.

[MomofMarine]

When the Trans-Alaska Pipeline was being built, Alyeska and Fluor furnished housing for the workers and their families. There were barracks on-site for the single or non-supervisory workers. The supervisors and their families lived in houses and condos in Valdez. It can be done.