Recent content by foresterab

That's the formal city census numbers only too cited for Fort Mac. Doesn't include the 10,000's that were in industrial camps all around the city.

Thanks AmmoTech90 I haven't been down to "the Hat" for 30 years...stuck up north passing the Weed greenhouses by Edmonton. But a good reminder that what might new to one area of the country is old news to others. Frankly the more of this sort of product we can grow internal to Canada the...

Everytime someone talks vertical farming I keep thinking - go to Leamington, Ontario. From a random image found via Google.. But what is more important is the scale: I've only seen such large greenhouses in two industries....the canning plants in/around Leamington. And pot growing...

To be clear I hate the current classification and especially the way the gun control mandate is going on. While I'm not personally affected by the rule changes I'm close and most friends are. But I often think of a program I was told about in Australia - voluntary compensation. As I...

I often think of the pain the British Army went through...and for the most part I tend to agree with your sentiment. Regular Force...remove the regimental mafia and you are Canadian Army Unit 1 -9. If the British Army can take their Highland Units and merge 6 historic battalions into the...

Some of this has also been incorperated into more modern gas plants built. A little known but additional power grid relief. However most plants don't have this technology and this is the first mobile unit design I've heard of.

It gets even more confusing as the French would only keep records as a marriage between "Canadians" - i.e. a person born there and a "frenchman". So whether you were a poor french farmer "le habitant de Canada" or Iroquois native you were still recorded...under an European name...as a...

Consider her lucky...starting wage in Alberta is sub $20 for level 1 childcare staff. Level 2 are still under $25

This has been a long standing cry especially during boom times over the number of folks who work in Alberta but retain residency in other provinces. For example a couple of years ago Fort Mac Murray was recieving funding based upon the federal census...of 60,000. The Province did a seperate...

And yet this is the same group (AIMCo) that is supposed to manage the Alberta Pension if they withdrew from the CPP. And teachers are still pissed off about their independent pension being forced under AIMCo years ago Frankly I look at the CPP board as a positive model and often use the AIMCo...

Considering I saw 3 major projects going on locally....TransMountain was just one of them. All working similar terrain...frankly TransMountain was easier in many regards. Similar lengths of pipe being laid and similar sizes. TransMountain was 3x the length of time. It's a standing...

Unfortunately as I look out west there are limited passes...many of which are sole controlled corridors. CP via the bow and CN via the Yellowhead pass. CN also owns the route via Mackenzie in NE BC. So unless we start doing really stupid things I don't see much passenger track being laid...

100% understood that part. I use them often a case study when talking with peers and others about the complexity of First Nation history and trying to define things cleanly. The French-Huron alliance vs. the British-Iroquois battles of history and yet who is original owners of the land...

Where is the Huron confederacy today? Unfortunately many First Nation claims are also dependent upon which time period we use to measure against.

Not sure about the origin of the motto but apparently it means "We go in Front". The Algonquin Regiment who maintain the honors for the 23rd Northern Pioneer's also have a different motto. https://britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=416872