Western Expresso - Page 112

1ajs · #**2221** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 3:38 PM**

yes it is

Riverman · #**2222** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by SKYSTHELIMIT

Jest ion to the Winnipeg formers. Is the water taxi running this year? I am visiting over the Canada Day weekend and staying at the Forks. This would be a great way to leave the car at the hotel and show around a first time visitor.

No, it is unlikely it will ever run this year as all of the docks are still submerged. The same company is running boat tours out of the Forks though.

Crisis · #**2223** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

That 253 people is just for the first three months 2014. So does that surprise you as high or low? Surprises me as being low, seeing as how everyone says the sky is falling and tonnes of people are fleeing to Saskatchewan. We're talking about a net loss .08% of the population of Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Which I think is expected with the booming oil and gas industry.

Surpised me that it was that high. Ontario having the highest migration to Sask didn't surprise me, but I wouldn't have expected Manitoba to be # 2. Not that I really gave it much thought, but I believed Manitoba's economy to be a little more robust, though not booming, compared to most of the country east of there.

esquire · #**2224** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crisis

Surpised me that it was that high. Ontario having the highest migration to Sask didn't surprise me, but I wouldn't have expected Manitoba to be # 2. Not that I really gave it much thought, but I believed Manitoba's economy to be a little more robust, though not booming, compared to most of the country east of there.

Much like with AB, I suspect there have been a good number of native SKers heading home in the past few years.

Riverman · #**2225** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 5:57 PM**

Also perhaps because it's an easy move. The two province look very similar, the people are quite similar and it's an easy drive back and forth.

bomberjet · #**2226** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 6:38 PM**

Most people making the move are folks in the trades. Saskatchewan has way more opportunities than Manitoba. Otherwise, Manitoba is doing just fine in terms of jobs.

Cyro · #**2227** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 8:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by thefourthtower

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...toba-1.2679946

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Will fast-growing Saskatchewan overtake Manitoba?
Manitoba has more people, but Saskatchewan is catching up, StatsCan says.
CBC News Posted: Jun 18, 2014 3:13 PM CT Last Updated: Jun 18, 2014 3:13 PM CT

Slow news day at CBC? I have to admit I enjoyed the comment section, It's a good read.

bomberjet · #**2228** Posted **Jun 19, 2014, 9:07 PM**

^ I agree about the commentors. They seem just as confused as Manitoba voters. I just don't see Pallister being the hero everyone makes him out to be. Give him a shot I guess. But once a crook....

SKYSTHELIMIT · #**2229** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 2:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

No, it is unlikely it will ever run this year as all of the docks are still submerged. The same company is running boat tours out of the Forks though.

That's unfortunate. But thank you for the info.

Boreal · #**2230** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 3:50 AM**

It's very difficult to predict the future - obviously. That said, I would not be particularly surprised to see Saskatchewan surpass Manitoba. I kind of expect it. Manitoba is in many ways "committed" to not pushing a resource economy in the way our Saskatchewan brethren are. I believe somebody on here mentioned a short while back that the baseline geologic survey that Manitoba still relies upon is from the 1980's, and that it would be considered at best to be perhaps questionable, or questionable in certain areas. If I understood things correctly, it all distills down to Manitoba not really knowing exactly what is under the ground all over Manitoba. If that trend continues, Manitoba just won't touch Saskatchewan on the resource front.

In the near term, what is there that could fuel dyanmic growth in Manitoba, a location that has a taxation system that is not as competitive as our neighbours to the left?

I love this province, and I am not trying to be negative, but I look at what oil and gas has done for Alberta, and if Saskatchewan can realize even a fraction of that sustained over time (plus potash and uranium), Manitoba really does not have an answer. Certainly not an answer that can employ the raw numbers that the resource sector can.

djforsberg · #**2231** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 4:44 PM**

I keep hearing that Saskatchewan has more oil sands than Alberta so you haven't seen anything yet. Plus the Bakken formation in the south is ginormous. Unless people stop needing energy and food, Saskatchewan's economy is not going to slow down anytime soon.

Kronos · #**2232** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 5:00 PM**

Would be nice to see how much Manitoba develops it's (albeit small) portion of the Bakken formation.

Cyro · #**2233** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 6:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kronos

Would be nice to see how much Manitoba develops it's (albeit small) portion of the Bakken formation.

The Bakken field play, these stats are not current over 1 year, was producing aprx; 12,000 bbl/d in Canada, 4K/d in Sask. 8K/d in Man. from over 500+ wells as per Canadian Discovery based out of Calgary.

Cyro · #**2234** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by djforsberg

I keep hearing that Saskatchewan has more oil sands than Alberta.

Source?

Riverman · #**2235** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

Source?

A map.

Cyro · #**2236** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 6:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

A map.

Good, then post it.

vid · #**2237** Posted **Jun 20, 2014, 11:41 PM**

It's the green part. But this image is from the University of Alberta, so it's probably biased.

Cyro · #**2238** Posted **Jun 23, 2014, 4:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

It's the green part. But this image is from the University of Alberta, so it's probably biased.

Actually the map and source you provided are from a very reputable site.

The image you provided from the UofA blog originates from information compiled by The Canadian Centre for Energy Information.
Their Web-Portal: http://www.centreforenergy.com/Facts...-EnergyMap.asp

djforsberg · #**2239** Posted **Jun 23, 2014, 4:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

Actually the map and source you provided are from a very reputable site.

The image you provided from the UofA blog originates from information compiled by The Canadian Centre for Energy Information.
Their Web-Portal: http://www.centreforenergy.com/Facts...-EnergyMap.asp

Don't you find it interesting that the discovered oil sands stop at the Alberta/Saskatchewan border? I don't have a source for my theory but one could even use this map as evidence that the oil sands could exists well into the west-central part of Saskatchewan.

bomberjet · #**2240** Posted **Jun 23, 2014, 5:19 PM**

Profitable potash virtually stops at the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border, apparently. So why couldn't oil be the same at the Ab/Sk border?

The oil sands COULD extend well into Saskatchewan. Jesus COULD rise one day for the second coming. You just never know.