Other Manitoba and Saskatchewan Developments

[anthonyk]

Originally Posted by thebasketballgeek

I really hope more small towns and cities in Manitoba try to develop their city centres while they’re still small towns. It would only take like 10-20 years to make all these places walkable if there was a concerted effort.

I think Steinbach is taking a great first step with building the new arena downtown, it shows that the city planners believe in the future of our downtown. Next step is getting rid of the grain elevator on main street

[1ajs]

wrecking balls not the answer the answer is fill it with artists and let them have at it its a nieghborhood not a destination

[wags_in_the_peg]

great investment by our Gov't. Ag industry is booming with the protein plants, equip mfg, etc.

Seeking to strengthen Manitoba’s agricultural industry, the province is investing $10 million in the development of Assiniboine Community College’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/br...randon-college

[1ajs]

Thompson veterinarian could close up shop due to lack of qualified staff
North of 55 Veterinary Services will stop providing blood tests and x-rays as of Jan. 31 and could close down entirely by June, say letters to customers and council.
Ian Graham
about 17 hours ago


For the second time in just a few years, Thompson pet owners and animal care organizations are facing the prospect of not having a local veterinarian unless solutions are found quickly.

Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal, the owner of North of 55 Veterinary Services in Thompson and the only practising vet in the Northern Manitoba city, said in a Jan. 15 letter to customers that the toll of running her clinic without another veterinarian or any registered veterinary technicians is taking a toll on her and she is punting the ball into the community’s hands in hopes of finding a sustainable long-term solution.

Hudson Reykdal first started coming to Thompson in 2021 after the city’s previous vet service provider, the Thompson Veterinary Clinic, stopped seeing customers. At first, Hudson Reykdal came to Thompson for brief periods of a week or so to provide vital animal health services. Later, after hiring a Thompson-raised veterinarian to work alongside her, she bought the Hayes Road building that her clinic is now based in as well as a home to live in while she was getting the clinic up and running, expecting to be able to return to her home and family in Ashern after a year or so, leaving the practice in the hands of her colleague.

https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/loca...y1oxgO14YeSfmE

[pspeid]

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[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

wrecking balls not the answer the answer is fill it with artists and let them have at it its a nieghborhood not a destination

And who pays for this?

[Kinguni]

"The joint funding will help construct a new community complex that combines two facilities: an arena and a library. The arena will be approximately 62,000 square feet and include spectator seating. The arena portion of the new complex will replace the existing Lorette Arena, which has exceeded its useful life expectancy. The library will be approximately 8,000 square feet."

This has been in the works for years. The old arena is long past its lifespan and extremely outdated, while the library currently take up space in the high school.

https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.ht...ted=2023-01-23

[1ajs]

arg wish ihad know this sooner i woulda spent a extra day in wabowden and drove back to lynn today

MKO hosting consultation about Hudson Bay Railway in Thompson Jan. 24
Organized in partnership with Transport Canada, the community engagement session will help inform the long-term future of the Northern Manitoba railway.
Ian Graham
about 17 hours ago
Thompson residents who rely on or use the Hudson Bay Railway for business or pleasure can voice their opinions on the service, its future and the viability of a Northern Manitoba trade corridor at a Jan. 24 event.

Entitled “On the right track” and organized by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak at the behest of Transport Canada, the event runs Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre.

MKO was approached by Transport Canada to host this community engagement session and others in other communities along the Bayline, says Damien Lynxleg, a policy analyst with MKO. A previous session was held in Thompson in late November but wasn’t well attended, possibly due to people being busy with preparations for the Christmas season.

The purpose of the session is to gather information from people in Thompson who use the railway and to analyze their comments and answers to survey questions in order to draw conclusions that will then be forwarded to Transport Canada.

https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/loca...jan-24-6423460

[VANRIDERFAN]

So this popped up on my feed today. Has anyone heard of this project?

https://www.nukik.ca/?utm_source=Goo...SAAEgLoVvD_BwE

Hydro transmission line from Gillam to the eastern arctic would be very advantageous for the region.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN

So this popped up on my feed today. Has anyone heard of this project?

https://www.nukik.ca/?utm_source=Goo...SAAEgLoVvD_BwE

Hydro transmission line from Gillam to the eastern arctic would be very advantageous for the region.

Never heard of it. I am a bit skeptical. $1.6 billion for internet and cutting the power bills of a few thousand people by 50%. That will buy a lot of Starlinks and diesel fuel.

[Biff]

It has been a proposal for quite a while. The landscape challenges and massive price estimate will likely keep it a proposal for some time.

[bomberjet]

I continue to reiterate. There needs to be a trade corridor developed to that area. Highway, rail, power.

It will cost many billions and have a lot of challenges. But those are things that can be overcome if a country has vision for the future. The future of Canada is in the north.

[WildCake]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

I continue to reiterate. There needs to be a trade corridor developed to that area. Highway, rail, power.

It will cost many billions and have a lot of challenges. But those are things that can be overcome if a country has vision for the future. The future of Canada is in the north.

What sort of future is envisioned in the north? I understand climate change will push some development and agriculture northward but there is little to no growth in existing northern communities.

Thompson, Swan river, The Pas, Flin Flon are all fairly stagnant and are basically at the mercy of mining and other natural resource extraction industries. And they have existing highways plus some rail service going there already.

What would building a multi-billion highway/rail/hydro corridor achieve to even less populous regions of northern MB and Nunavut accomplish? Make is slightly less expensive for a mine to send materials out? They would probably keep flying in staff given the time constraint of driving or taking a train all that distance.

[thurmas]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

I continue to reiterate. There needs to be a trade corridor developed to that area. Highway, rail, power.

It will cost many billions and have a lot of challenges. But those are things that can be overcome if a country has vision for the future. The future of Canada is in the north.

John Diefenbaker said the same thing 65 years ago. Future arrived and north is not much a part of it other than some resource extraction.

[1ajs]

the feds have been pusging for this since the 50's

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by WildCake

What sort of future is envisioned in the north? I understand climate change will push some development and agriculture northward but there is little to no growth in existing northern communities.

Thompson, Swan river, The Pas, Flin Flon are all fairly stagnant and are basically at the mercy of mining and other natural resource extraction industries. And they have existing highways plus some rail service going there already.

What would building a multi-billion highway/rail/hydro corridor achieve to even less populous regions of northern MB and Nunavut accomplish? Make is slightly less expensive for a mine to send materials out? They would probably keep flying in staff given the time constraint of driving or taking a train all that distance.

Finally some common sense and reality! Most of the north is depopulating as there is no reason to stay and why would there be!? A couple mines that employ a few hundred people doesn’t warrant expenditures of the magnitude proposed!

[TimeFadesAway]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

I continue to reiterate. There needs to be a trade corridor developed to that area. Highway, rail, power.

It will cost many billions and have a lot of challenges. But those are things that can be overcome if a country has vision for the future. The future of Canada is in the north.

What's the business case for this development? What activity will it generate?

[bomberjet]

There's no access so nothing happens. But nothing happens because there's no access. Chicken or egg?

Need to stop thinking of this as a business case. The north could be transformed over generations and become part of modern day Canada. It can be built on and for the benefit of the indigenous population. Yes resource extraction would play a key role in that. Which people dislike for various reasons.

The current situation in the north is generally bleak. So people just like the comments in this forum disregard it entirely as a shithole not worth the effort.

Build a permanent all weather highway network up the west cost of Hudson Bay., then eventually across to Yellowknife. This would take generations, but it would connect the north and provide them all the opportunities the rest of Canada has. Resource extraction will fuel this and bring people there. That is how Canada was built.

From a Federal political standpoint. The north is the next frontier in this country. Shipping lanes are open year round. There is opportunity.

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

There's no access so nothing happens. But nothing happens because there's no access. Chicken or egg?

Need to stop thinking of this as a business case. The north could be transformed over generations and become part of modern day Canada. It can be built on and for the benefit of the indigenous population. Yes resource extraction would play a key role in that. Which people dislike for various reasons.

The current situation in the north is generally bleak. So people just like the comments in this forum disregard it entirely as a shithole not worth the effort.

Build a permanent all weather highway network up the west cost of Hudson Bay., then eventually across to Yellowknife. This would take generations, but it would connect the north and provide them all the opportunities the rest of Canada has. Resource extraction will fuel this and bring people there. That is how Canada was built.

From a Federal political standpoint. The north is the next frontier in this country. Shipping lanes are open year round. There is opportunity.

Sounds like you are proposing a solution for a problem that DOESN'T exist!

With so few people living in the north and an unhospitable climate and geography the cost be outweigh any benefits!

[WestEndWander]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

arg wish ihad know this sooner i woulda spent a extra day in wabowden and drove back to lynn today

MKO hosting consultation about Hudson Bay Railway in Thompson Jan. 24
Organized in partnership with Transport Canada, the community engagement session will help inform the long-term future of the Northern Manitoba railway.
Ian Graham
about 17 hours ago
Thompson residents who rely on or use the Hudson Bay Railway for business or pleasure can voice their opinions on the service, its future and the viability of a Northern Manitoba trade corridor at a Jan. 24 event.

Entitled “On the right track” and organized by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak at the behest of Transport Canada, the event runs Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre.

MKO was approached by Transport Canada to host this community engagement session and others in other communities along the Bayline, says Damien Lynxleg, a policy analyst with MKO. A previous session was held in Thompson in late November but wasn’t well attended, possibly due to people being busy with preparations for the Christmas season.

The purpose of the session is to gather information from people in Thompson who use the railway and to analyze their comments and answers to survey questions in order to draw conclusions that will then be forwarded to Transport Canada.

https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/loca...jan-24-6423460

HBR is currently in the process of establishing a central operations hub in Thompson adjacent the rail line/via station. Should be an interesting development with lots of opportunity for diversification of rail services offered.