Not only are they the best in Manitoba—but Connor Brick and Josh Klassen are now the most skilled high schooler and post-secondary student in the country for their respective trades.

That's according to results from Skills Canada, a national competition challenging students' skills in various trades.

Brick, a graduating student at Steinbach Regional Secondary School (SRSS), earned gold in cabinet making. Klassen from Steinbach, a second-year masonry apprentice at Red River College, came away with top honours in bricklaying.

Brick feels "amazing" and "surprised" by success

It was a long couple of days in Regina, Sask., for Brick, who spent 11 hours crafting his competition project: a campaign table.

While exhausted by the end of the competition, he reflects on the experience with joy a

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