Regina Construction III

[thefourthtower]

http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ci...weekly-garbage-chuka-creek-business-park

City council approves biweekly garbage, Chuka Creek business park
The mill is among the first buildings on the site of the Chuka Creek business park, for which a concept plan was approved at Monday.

Mah is worried that the noise will only grow as the site develops.

Murad Al-Katib is CEO of AGT Foods, another company on site, and principal of the land-owner company Long Lake Investments.

His vision is an intermodal facility, similar to the Global Transportation Hub. Goods will move in and out of Regina using Canadian National Rail, which connects with 70 per cent of major international shipping companies.

The site would consist of mainly warehousing, trucking and distribution firms, as well as farm equipment dealers and service companies. Al-Katib predicts the site will create hundreds of jobs.

The intermodal facility would run weekdays, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., and weekends, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bylaw officers investigated the noise from the flour mill, but found it was within the bylaws.

In any case, Ward 4 Coun. Lori Bresciani said she spoke with NutraSun and they have committed to decreasing the noise.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by Rodo Regina Lover

Yeah the numbers are 3465 in huge numbers! This is a little weird isn't??

It is odd since the address is 3515 13th Ave. Maybe they'll figure it out when the mail doesn't get there.

[thefourthtower]

www.cjme.com/2017/09
New industrial area could create ‘thousands’ of future jobs
This will lead to a significant economic boost in the Regina plains … I believe it won’t be hundreds, I believe it’ll be thousands of new jobs in the coming years.”

The first phase of the intermodal centre will cost about $30 million Al-Katib estimated. He said work is already happening at the site and hopes to have that facility ready by September 2018 at the earliest.

Great news

[yveseluj]

Harbour Landing will need a second school within three years.

Hardly surprising.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by yveseluj

Harbour Landing will need a second school within three years.

Hardly surprising.

I've been railing on the fact that these new joint use schools are stupid. You have a massive new subdivision and there's one school in it. That means there are huge areas where no kid can possibly walk to school. At the very least they should have put the public and separate schools on opposite sides.

Additionally, when the separate schools are made in to public schools (long overdue) it'll be even worse.

[Chorduroy]

Originally Posted by brutallydishonest2

i've been railing on the fact that these new joint use schools are stupid. You have a massive new subdivision and there's one school in it. That means there are huge areas where no kid can possibly walk to school. At the very least they should have put the public and separate schools on opposite sides.

Additionally, when the separate schools are made in to public schools (long overdue) it'll be even worse.

this

[UPP]

Ha.

Of course, there's that 'constitutional thing' that enshrines the minority religious schools in Saskatchewan. This predates confederation and was part of the bargain for getting upper and lower Canada to accept Confederation.

Plus, as taxpayers you should want separate schools. Regina Catholic Schools operate far more efficiently than public schools. They receive $300 per pupil less (or $3.6 million) than the public division gets. (which is probably why the government is so eager to invoke the notwithstanding clause; otherwise, it will cost them millions more to educate kids in the public system)

But please, continue with your one-system-for-all blather.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by UPP

Ha.

Of course, there's that 'constitutional thing' that enshrines the minority religious schools in Saskatchewan. This predates confederation and was part of the bargain for getting upper and lower Canada to accept Confederation.

Plus, as taxpayers you should want separate schools. Regina Catholic Schools operate far more efficiently than public schools. They receive $300 per pupil less (or $3.6 million) than the public division gets. (which is probably why the government is so eager to invoke the notwithstanding clause; otherwise, it will cost them millions more to educate kids in the public system)

But please, continue with your one-system-for-all blather.

But please, continue with your uninformed comments.

The public schools cost more because they do the bulk of the special-needs education in the city.

The constitutional issue, is, more or less, a formality, and can be eliminated quite easily by provincial referendum.

Government funding of religious education is obscene. Period.

[Nathan]

Off topic... but my problem with funded religious education is that it tends to sanction/insitutionalize some of the discriminatory aspects of some religions, sometimes overtly, sometimes a little more subtly. And yes, I say this as someone who went through the separate school system from K to 12.

It would create some interesting dynamics if the systems were collapsed down to one though. There are so many places where there are Catholic and Public schools right next door to each other. In most cases both are well-attended, so if the schools were to become homogenized, you could get some weird patterns developing. Do you have spikes in one school if certain programming/sports are especially strong there? Do you end up having to cap enrolment in one of the schools if it gets too off-kilter? Might also be possible to redefine catchment areas, etc...

There are some interesting secondary issues that would have to be worked out if it were ever seriously proposed.

[scotty c]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Off topic... but my problem with funded religious education is that it tends to sanction/insitutionalize some of the discriminatory aspects of some religions, sometimes overtly, sometimes a little more subtly. And yes, I say this as someone who went through the separate school system from K to 12.

It would create some interesting dynamics if the systems were collapsed down to one though. There are so many places where there are Catholic and Public schools right next door to each other. In most cases both are well-attended, so if the schools were to become homogenized, you could get some weird patterns developing. Do you have spikes in one school if certain programming/sports are especially strong there? Do you end up having to cap enrolment in one of the schools if it gets too off-kilter? Might also be possible to redefine catchment areas, etc...

There are some interesting secondary issues that would have to be worked out if it were ever seriously proposed.

Im guessing if this ever happened the easiest way to divide enrollment at connected or very close together schools would be by grade. School x gets grade 9-10, school y gets 11-12. School A is k-3, School b is 4-8. This would be easier to enfoce than trying to redraw catchment maps and for elementary schools especially you could change the grade levels from year to year to balance attendance.

[thefourthtower]

http://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1220940
Regina bypass

[StealthGirl]

Interesting but not surprising to hear that HL School is full and the demand is there for more schools. Population has been increasing for how many years consecutively.

Originally Posted by Nathan

Do you have spikes in one school if certain programming/sports are especially strong there? Do you end up having to cap enrolment in one of the schools

Already happening. This is partly why they brought in the 10 year rule in Regina Public probably 10 years ago. Teachers are moved every 8-10 years which means schools will lose or gain great teachers and coaches that lead to schools being a powerhouse. Campbell lost its IB program as they tried to balance out attendance. I'd heard they were talking about moving French Immersion to Miller for the same reason; I don't know if that one went through. High school catchement has been enforced more the last couple of years.

Give it time, schools here will go to the same system as Calgary and Vancouver where you have to show your property tax assessment or tax statements as proof of address. Students will have to go to the school where they live, not wherever they please like happens now often despite catchement.

[UPP]

Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

But please, continue with your uninformed comments.

The public schools cost more because they do the bulk of the special-needs education in the city.

The constitutional issue, is, more or less, a formality, and can be eliminated quite easily by provincial referendum.

Government funding of religious education is obscene. Period.

You don't know what you are talking about. The bulk of special needs kids? Is that a joke? Do you have facts to back that up?

RCSD, for instance, has 2 schools dedicated 100% to special needs students (out of 25) and more EAL students per capita than RBE.

What the RBE does have is a top-heavy system with more than twice as many head office personnel than RCSD.

RBE throws money at some schools and ignores others, then forces boundaries on families so they don't have a choice in the education of their children. I know a teacher at Campbell who was told there was no budget to get him a garbage can for his classroom!

But hey, less choice is better right? That will create efficiency. 1 airline for Canada, 1 grocery chain, 1 big box retailer, 1 oil company for gasoline. That would save us money.

Competition creates efficiency and a standard of excellence.

If you were a taxpayer, you'd be thrilled that the government wants 2 school systems because it saves you money.

If you were a parent, you'd want the choice.

I'm guessing though, that your opinions are based on anti-religious sentiments and not actual facts.

But this is a construction thread, so I will leave it at that.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by UPP

You don't know what you are talking about. The bulk of special needs kids? Is that a joke? Do you have facts to back that up?

RCSD, for instance, has 2 schools dedicated 100% to special needs students (out of 25) and more EAL students per capita than RBE.

What the RBE does have is a top-heavy system with more than twice as many head office personnel than RCSD.

RBE throws money at some schools and ignores others, then forces boundaries on families so they don't have a choice in the education of their children. I know a teacher at Campbell who was told there was no budget to get him a garbage can for his classroom!

But hey, less choice is better right? That will create efficiency. 1 airline for Canada, 1 grocery chain, 1 big box retailer, 1 oil company for gasoline. That would save us money.

Competition creates efficiency and a standard of excellence.

If you were a taxpayer, you'd be thrilled that the government wants 2 school systems because it saves you money.

If you were a parent, you'd want the choice.

I'm guessing though, that your opinions are based on anti-religious sentiments and not actual facts.

But this is a construction thread, so I will leave it at that.

No. We don't want two government agencies competing against each other. Go indoctrinate children in to religion somewhere else. You disgust me.

[PhotoJim]

Originally Posted by UPP

But hey, less choice is better right? That will create efficiency. 1 airline for Canada, 1 grocery chain, 1 big box retailer, 1 oil company for gasoline. That would save us money.

Competition creates efficiency and a standard of excellence.

Except that this isn't competition; it's merely parallel systems. It's not like either board actively attempts to recruit the students that would naturally fit into the other system. (Certainly, some Catholics go to public schools, and some non-Catholics go to Catholic schools, but they are a relatively small percentage of the student population of each system.)

Ultimately, religion is dying in Canada; society is becoming more secular. At some point, the separate school system being for Catholics is going to have to change, as fewer people identify as being Catholic... it will disappear, or it will morph into a private school system.

[UPP]

Originally Posted by PhotoJim

Except that this isn't competition; it's merely parallel systems. It's not like either board actively attempts to recruit the students that would naturally fit into the other system. (Certainly, some Catholics go to public schools, and some non-Catholics go to Catholic schools, but they are a relatively small percentage of the student population of each system.)

Ultimately, religion is dying in Canada; society is becoming more secular. At some point, the separate school system being for Catholics is going to have to change, as fewer people identify as being Catholic... it will disappear, or it will morph into a private school system.

And yet there is clearly a desire for it in provinces that offer both systems. In Regina, there are roughly 2,000 students in the Catholic system who are not baptized Catholic. In Edmonton, it is around 10,000. Regina Catholic is growing at about 300-400 students per year or about 150% the rate of Regina Public.

While the boards may not actively recruit students, they know that if they do not provide a quality education, their students could simply move to the other system (although the Catholic system is loathe to accept students based solely on that scenario).

I would potentially agree with you and Dishonest if the Catholic system was a money-sucking engine like the Francophone school division in Saskatchewan that spends $10,000 per student more than Regina Public. HOWEVER, Regina Catholic receives $300 per student less than it's public counterpart.

Say what you want about religion, but not only are Catholic Schools not hurting you, they are helping you when it comes to your tax bill. Those 300 plus new students in Regina Catholic are saving taxpayers about $100,000 every year by choosing to attend a Catholic school.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by UPP

Those 300 plus new students in Regina Catholic are saving taxpayers about $100,000 every year by choosing to attend a Catholic school.

No, they're not.

[PhotoJim]

Originally Posted by UPP

Say what you want about religion, but not only are Catholic Schools not hurting you, they are helping you when it comes to your tax bill. Those 300 plus new students in Regina Catholic are saving taxpayers about $100,000 every year by choosing to attend a Catholic school.

I don't think it's safe to assume that a consolidated system would eliminate those savings. The ability to build fewer and larger schools ought to save enough to make up for that.

I'd also like to see some statistics about how the student bases of the two school divisions differ before I outright accept that the cost savings are based merely on efficiency of the Catholic system. I'm not saying it isn't apples to apples, merely that I don't know for sure that it is.

[cutterp]

Originally Posted by UPP

And yet there is clearly a desire for it in provinces that offer both systems. In Regina, there are roughly 2,000 students in the Catholic system who are not baptized Catholic. In Edmonton, it is around 10,000. Regina Catholic is growing at about 300-400 students per year or about 150% the rate of Regina Public.

While the boards may not actively recruit students, they know that if they do not provide a quality education, their students could simply move to the other system (although the Catholic system is loathe to accept students based solely on that scenario).

I would potentially agree with you and Dishonest if the Catholic system was a money-sucking engine like the Francophone school division in Saskatchewan that spends $10,000 per student more than Regina Public. HOWEVER, Regina Catholic receives $300 per student less than it's public counterpart.

Say what you want about religion, but not only are Catholic Schools not hurting you, they are helping you when it comes to your tax bill. Those 300 plus new students in Regina Catholic are saving taxpayers about $100,000 every year by choosing to attend a Catholic school.

Oh brother.....Please stop already.

[Stormer]

RPS looks like it is getting an extension to 2024 for its "temporary" parking lot on Sask Dr. This is despite the fact that they breached the terms of the original permit and the Bylaw that required screening and landscaping. See the link below to see this beauty.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/1505+Sa...fa0a4118!8m2!3d50.4518779!4d-104.6022539

The new proposed approval says:

That a landscape plan be submitted, approved by the City of Regina and consistent with perimeter screening requirements of the Regina Zoning Bylaw No. 9250. The landscape shall be installed by September 15, 2018.