By nature, siblings have an unbreakable bond.

It was no surprise Connie Claeys and Cortney Drover did everything together: Growing up in Saskatchewan, moving to Alberta and even working at the same place.

The pair of identical twins have experienced life through a similar lens. In their late 20s, they faced their biggest challenge yet — side by side.

“I’m actually the oldest twin by five minutes… I feel like I’ve kind of done everything first,” Drover explains.

“This was no different — I got diagnosed in 2015 with stage three breast cancer.”

Drover was just months away from turning 30.

“I actually had a lump under my armpit… being that young, it’s just not even on your radar… I’ve never been honestly, so shocked in my life.”

Drover began eight rounds of chemotherapy, as well as unde

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