Other Manitoba and Saskatchewan Developments

[buzzg]

Wet N' Wild was a private waterpark that had many issues with design from the start. The Gimli one is part of a greater community centre, it's mission isn't to rake in profit. This will be great for the community, just as many splash pads are here in Winnipeg.

[bomberjet]

The Transcaona water park (not sure what its actually called, but its way more than a splash pad) that opened this summer was extremely popular and had line-ups to get in regularly.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by buzzg

Wet N' Wild was a private waterpark that had many issues with design from the start. The Gimli one is part of a greater community centre, it's mission isn't to rake in profit. This will be great for the community, just as many splash pads are here in Winnipeg.

Kind of sad how the project page references the fact that the facility was considered necessary in light of the fact that recreational opportunities in Lake Winnipeg are declining due to the continued deterioration of the lake.

But hats off to the RM of Gimli for getting it done... it's amazing how many small towns in Manitoba have built nice aquatic facilities.

[blueandgoldguy]

No wave pool? Thumbs down

Winnipeg needs a wave pool. Moncton has a wave pool and by golly it put them on the map!

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Fun Mountain seems to be going strong. Not sure why Wet N Wild couldn't make a go of it..

From what I understand, when the FRP slides were being built, whoever mixed the gelcote that formed running surfaces of the slides neglected to add the needed UV inhibitors. As the slide got older the sun bleached the gelcote off exposing the glass fibres underneath.

Ouch.

[WildCake]

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/lo...457897003.html

PCs opting to go the cheaper route and pave Highway 246 (St Mary's Rd) from St agathe to hwy 23 rather than to raise hwy 75 and reconstruct the red river bridges.

If ever 75 is closed from flooding, the plan would be for traffic to use 246 instead of 75.

Cost would now be about 100 million instead of 200.

Not sure I'm a fan of cheaping out on this. Why pave what is effectively a farm road that when we could build up our main north-south highway to a better standard. I wouldnt care if they stashed the 100 million dedicated for this aside and wait a few years for more cash to go ahead and rebuild 75.

Paving 246 to withstand truck traffic as a contigency plan for the 3 weeks or so IF we have a bad flood seems wasteful as the rest of the time the paving will just deteriorate regardless of use.

[blueandgoldguy]

Originally Posted by WildCake

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/lo...457897003.html

PCs opting to go the cheaper route and pave Highway 246 (St Mary's Rd) from St agathe to hwy 23 rather than to raise hwy 75 and reconstruct the red river bridges.

If ever 75 is closed from flooding, the plan would be for traffic to use 246 instead of 75.

Cost would now be about 100 million instead of 200.

Not sure I'm a fan of cheaping out on this. Why pave what is effectively a farm road that when we could build up our main north-south highway to a better standard. I wouldnt care if they stashed the 100 million dedicated for this aside and wait a few years for more cash to go ahead and rebuild 75.

Paving 246 to withstand truck traffic as a contigency plan for the 3 weeks or so IF we have a bad flood seems wasteful as the rest of the time the paving will just deteriorate regardless of use.

What a stupid short-sighted plan by the government.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by LilZebra

Why is the RM of Gimli constructing a waterslide, when the Skinner's one is in the process of being taken apart? I thought people didn't like waterslides anymore because of the weather...

RM of Gimli is constructing a "Gimli Aquatic Centre", incl. 3 waterslides. Will have capacity for 400 people at one time.

Why build a *new* waterslide, when Skinner's has just been or will be deconstructed?

The Gimli one, with capacity for 400 people at one time, is partly being financed with Fed. Gas Tax money.



http://www.gimli.ca/docs/FallNewsletter_2017.pdf

has nothing to do with lack of popularity it became to expensive to run due to liability insurance and some other circumstances that killed skinners slides

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by blueandgoldguy

What a stupid short-sighted plan by the government.

Even contemplating spending $100M to pave a lightly used road as flood alternative to be used a week a decade at best borders on lunacy.

Who in the hell comes up with these ideas?

75 is supposedly our major gateway to the US and yet we route traffic through the centre of Morris at 50 KMPH traffic signals and all. A proper bypass of Morris should be built and nothing else or less!

[Glenn99]

Originally Posted by WildCake

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/lo...457897003.html

PCs opting to go the cheaper route and pave Highway 246 (St Mary's Rd) from St agathe to hwy 23 rather than to raise hwy 75 and reconstruct the red river bridges.

If ever 75 is closed from flooding, the plan would be for traffic to use 246 instead of 75.

Cost would now be about 100 million instead of 200.

Not sure I'm a fan of cheaping out on this. Why pave what is effectively a farm road that when we could build up our main north-south highway to a better standard. I wouldnt care if they stashed the 100 million dedicated for this aside and wait a few years for more cash to go ahead and rebuild 75.

Paving 246 to withstand truck traffic as a contigency plan for the 3 weeks or so IF we have a bad flood seems wasteful as the rest of the time the paving will just deteriorate regardless of use.

Whatever happened too building to 'Interstate Standards'?

[Spocket]

Originally Posted by Glenn99

Whatever happened too building to 'Interstate Standards'?

The government is waiting for the world to decide that interstate standards were a bad idea and we shouldn't implement them. In the meantime, they'll tell us every 10 or 20 years about the upgrades they're planning to bring us up to state of the art circa 1950.

[WildCake]

https://globalnews.ca/news/3871613/o...uture-unknown/

Looks like the crumbling western overpass in portage la prairie is shut down after an oversized truck ran into it. Driver wasnt supposed to be travelling on hwy 1 with the load.

Silver lining of this idiot driver is that at least he hit the crappy overpass and didn't destroy another one. The next question is will this bridge be replaced or just torn down and have to wait several decades before anything happens to it.

[MG922]

Deja vu. The exact same thing happened years ago and the province took out a damaged girder. Now they've taken out another one! Not many girders left to remove before the bridge is useless

[jmt18325]

Biff stated that the bridge was slated for replacement in 2019. There was no point in repairing a bridge that was about to be replaced. There now may be value in moving up the replacement as much as possible.

[LilZebra]

CBC Manitoba
Posted Tues. Dec. 5, 2017.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...tion-1.4433068

Daren Jorgenson to open private (non-WRHA) Native-run MRI and other health care facility.

[1ajs]

Feasibility study finds Lynn Lake glitters with gold
Positive results for precious metal play
Bill Redekop By: Bill Redekop
Posted: 12/14/2017 9:10 PM | Comments: 4

Northern Manitoba is getting some good news for a change, with the announcement a gold mine is a step closer to becoming reality in Lynn Lake.

A feasibility study for Alamos Gold Inc. of Toronto released Thursday estimates two open-pit mines near the northern Manitoba town could yield 1.6 million ounces of gold.

The capital cost to build the mine is estimated at US$338 million, with a potential after-tax return of US$123 million, based on the price of gold at US$1,250 an ounce.

While an Alamos spokesman cautioned there is still a process for the company to go through, a positive feasibility study is usually the catalyst for mine construction.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...464287613.html



the study is located here was reading this my self last night
http://www.alamosgold.com/news-and-m...t/default.aspx

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

The capital cost to build the mine is estimated at US$338 million, with a potential after-tax return of US$123 million, based on the price of gold at US$1,250 an ounce.

Is this a typo or does someone need a math lesson?

[1ajs]

read the other link i posted

[1ajs]

Pinawa eyes nuclear-powered future
Town in talks with small modular reactor industry to become demonstration site
Bill Redekop By: Bill Redekop
Posted: 12/20/2017 3:00 AM | Last Modified: 12/20/2017 9:22 AM | Updates | Comments: 7



The Town of Pinawa is moving closer to becoming the world’s first community powered by a small modular reactor.

Pinawa is looking to offset future job losses from the disposal of nearby Whiteshell Reactor #1, and to capitalize on the town’s experience and expertise in nuclear research, by becoming the first demonstration site for the new technology.

Pinawa has been in talks with the small modular reactor (SMR) industry for several years, but those talks have intensified in the last four months, said Pinawa Mayor Blair Skinner.

"It’s most definitely doable," said Skinner, a former scientist at the former Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) nuclear research site near Pinawa. "Two vendors indicated to us we’re their first choice for a demonstration reactor and we’re pursuing them vigorously."

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...465364263.html

[Roger Strong]

A nuclear reactor with a conference room, offices, living and dining areas and four suites.

Look. I know folks here like mixed use, but....