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I knew people that homestead still in the 1970's. No longer an option though.

Well...I figure around 2k for a frozen, no dirt work involved, winter log trail. Take it down to allow single lane traffic and summer haul and it's around $5/km. That's a 6-8m running surface. Now...build something that all season, full width to allow traffic to pass, and gravelled...

My first thought was Cool...gravel. Then I read what they are. Dang it....gravel might be an issue. It's out there but that's alot of muskeg/permafrost to cover without rock. Reminds me of past work where any time we found consistent rock we had to flag it for possible road building...

Cool..I saw the straight lines on the other projects and figured as much but wasn't sure. I'd never heard of Gray's Bay until fairly recently and it's a severely under rated project....plus has all the local buy in already from the Indigenous communities as I understand. There's the Highway...

I'm a little confused by the western corridor which seems to track the Athabasca and the Mackenzie river. There is work in progress to bring a second highway to connect Fort Mac to the the West...and if you go to either Highway 88 (middle of the province running N/S) or Highway 35 (from Peace...

So who exactly do they wish to exclude? Or is the real goal to break the provinces growth off at the knees? When I think of...I don't know....the TransCanada Highway beside me....and the number of travellers who break down/need assistance due to poor luck....do they qualifiy? When I think of...

Local millage may differ but what I've noticed very quickly in recent months is that since the TFW tap was turned off there is actually starting to be kids again in the fast food places, check out lines and some entry level jobs. Many of the jobs are still held by newer immigrants but it's...

Understand the point your're making. And I'm cool with some folks who medically can't get certain immunizations due to allergies or X valid reason. But I think back to even under COVID times and despite a fully immunized team doing to the mental calculations of which team member that...

Where do you draw the line though? Employment due to putting co-workers at risk? Medical care due to putting other patients at risk? Emergency response? Slippery slopes to go down and the more you isolated and push people to the side the higher the pressure on the zealotry aspects...

I do like the concept you're floating...was just thinking of ways to avoid extra overhead. Could it be a modification of the RESP rules (since they also expire around the same time period) and these types of bonds would be allowed in excess of the maximum cap space? Would need some easy way...

Lots of fires after school gets out in some areas as well for the same reason. Excitement and reality TV live. I prefer to think of ways to provide meaningful hope for those kids to have a future instead of dwelling on why that's the only option they feel they have.

All I can think of is doing something like the following: 1) purchase C17's from European users as they transition to Airbus 400M's? Or Canada does the opposite but the end goal would be to increase the number of airframes. 2) Expand the C-130 fleet? 3) This is maybe where Canada gets in...

If Viking had half the support given to Bombardier they'd be scary...but they are making it work slowly. That being said orders are starting to come in but as the air tanker fleets are all provincial assests where does the Federal Gov't get involved? Unless they buy Parks Canada a fleet...

Oh I'm fully aware of what your hinting at. Used to be much more of an issue. Until you bring out of area resources in to fight the fires and locals don't get work....changes things fast. But many different situations come into play when you deal with ignitions by people. Mental health...

News from Australia, I don't know this airframe but I'm sure some fixed wing guys here will have an opinion. Definately seems to align with some of the C-130 +MAFFS units out there thinking or the recent Saskatchewan Dash 8-Q400M options. (will leave the politics and timing of training...

Worked it out since it was bothering me. 2023 provincial budget had corperate taxes of 5.9 billion At 8% tax rate that is $472 Million to Alberta At the previous 12% rate it's $708 million. Cutting $236 million in revenue will hurt any provincial budget. And it looks like the rest of the...

Had not heard of the Guns and Bonds part. Something to consider on a calmer day. Just thinking of how communities used to self fund planes/tanks/ships in WW2, how local farmers used to fund raise for local infrastructure projects like schools and halls, and now today we lack some of those...

The thought going through my head this morning in a coffee deprived mood was. this: What was the implications of cancelling the Canadian Savings Bond Program 10? years ago? That's a program I was invested in from an infant (thank you Mom and Dad) to adult but was my money being lent directly...

It's also tough because each province defines fires as human vs. lightning vs. undetermined....that really broad category is relevant. But the sub categories vary by jurisdiction. Was listening to a podcast on investigations and they talked about one area where tree falls onto a powerline...

Lets see...starting wage of $25-27/hr + OT at minimum. Plus room and board provided. So not cheap. And approximately 2 weeks training for a new recruit who has already passed fitness test and has basic training in First Aid/Driver's License. Just the fitness test, First Aid and Full...