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I would also hope they take advantage of the boom and try to create a MB version of a wealth fund to position the province for long term success too. Especially when dealing with non-renewable resources like minerals or oil.

As a guy who has never seen tanks in actual operation - just on trailers getting moved around the country or static display mounts I keep thinking of the WW2 debate - do we need the best tank...or enough of good enough. Do we need a new super tank or is 4,000 M4 Sherman tanks an acceptable...

BC Wildfire Service have some excellent trained wildfire investigators as well. I have to assume they are involved as wildfire investigations are not the same as structural house fire or vehicle fire. RCMP may have been asked to assist for scene protection, witness interviewing assistance...

nice west flank ? tanker retardent line. road to south and looks like another to the east by creek. Hopefully they can get a perimeter locked down on it pretty quick with the roads in the area. Sigh...wonder now if it's ground I've walked in past years. NE BC has had the stuffing kicked...

I was on my first fire in February this year...5 so far personally. Alberta has had over 200 so far. Live provincial stats here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/0e45bd0ef9814d5e9ec3f87900a4cfe9 Note this generally only covers a portion of the province and there are many more...

To re-focus the discussion on what might be a source of funds for a sovereign wealth investment fund - not CPP - I've often wondered about the following: 1) Offshore oil and gas revenues in international waters - a portion of funds going towards it (looking at Sable Island/Hibernia offshore)...

I've found it quite interesting driving around this election cycle as the rural areas are heavily placarded by PC signage and are mostly what you visually see. That being said I have to give kuddos the NDP for the digital media ads and LPC for the social media ads I don't see the PC's doing...

There's also a few notices (crown land reservations under the Public Lands Act) in Alberta for possible hydro dam expansion too. Many provinces have these types of tools for dealing with public lands. Private lands get much stickier due to appropriation laws/compensation. You don't want...

The issue I think is more what you're protecting...and what you're walking away from. If the priority is to protect towns and communities....then that means 5-10 km of no forest, swamp, un-mowed grass. And I can't think of many towns let alone cities would be up for being exposed like...

Interesting drive today...through two rural ridings. First Riding: With a week to go there are large signs for all three major parties around the main town. Rural roads are still dominated by CPC though at probably 100 CPC :1 other. Second riding: Into a major town and it's a two horse race...

Another couple hundred of km's driven through some Alberta ridings. PC dominate on signage. And while I've been called and texted like crazy by them (and not on a mailing list) there has been no mention of meeting with constitutes despite these being some of the largest towns in the ridings...

So after travelling in about 800 km and via 4 federal ridings in NW Alberta....there are the following: CPC - major signs at each highway intersection plus smaller ones before and after each town. No real sign campaign on lawns seen NDP - a total of 5 small signs outside of two communities in...

I will admit to struggling with the concept of RMC in todays world. As a teenager I looked at the CAF but RMC was for engineering (not a math guy) or history (and what do I do with that post CAF?). Aware there were more options but that's all that was talked about. And it killed the CAF as...

History you learn that makes alot of sense. I just know I don't like driving either of them in November storms at night trying to cross Ontario on a timeline.

Thanks for the updates re: north Ontario. Haven't been out there for 6 years and that was North Bay area so different world. In regards to corridor planning roads and pipelines are very similar unless you get tons of tight curves in your highways. But a pipeline can connect and cut the...

Couldn't price out a 550 online. But the 450 dually came in at $109,000 before taxes and modifications.

For comparison though... Pricing out a Ford 250 4x4 Long box with diesel engine online. Just under $95,000 without getting into fancy trim packages, canopy toppers, winch mounts, lights or paint jobs which could easily add another $15-20k. No sales taxes added at that price. So roughly...

There are some larger scale greenhouses further north...especially in summer they actually become even more effective due to the longer days => more growing degree days. The challenge is once it starts hitting -20 or colder...and they sure don't like the power bill at -40. There is at least...

Growing up greenhouses were common for basic vegetable gardens to gain the extra month of growing season needed. But it was always a "nice to have". Then I saw what was happening in southern ontario and the industrial scale production that mostly was going to Hienz...

Or for context the town I'm in is known as a "training" town so we get a huge number of new RCMP members...usually on their first posting...with an average time in the area less than 2 years. While some senior staff has stuck around the average member is here so little time that they have...