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fiveteamer
Looking at the rental situation in Regina. Seems to be a lot of low rises out there. Solid looking units can be had for $940-$1150 which is very similar to Toronto actually.
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Yesterday, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its Spring Rental Market Report, which includes provincial highlights. The news for Saskatchewan, Regina in particular, is grim. Carmichael Outreach sees two continuing trends contributing to Regina's ongoing Rental Housing Crisis: a lack of availability and affordability.

http://carmichaeloutreach.org/index.php?pageid=BlogDetail&blog_id=77


Matty
Arent the paper shufflers in Toronto? I think you kind of need to operate some kind of machinery over there.

Get your driver's license now that you have some free time, negro.
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Regina, like Toronto is the provincial capital, which means they need paper shufflers too.
 
Matty
There are more jobs than houses?
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Available houses, yes.

It's difficult to comprehend unless you've been there recently.

Back in 1994 on my way back to Ontario from British Columbia I stopped in Regina and rented a downtown bach apt for $295 - after being in the city for 3 days. Those days are long gone.

Housing is a huge issue in the province, thats why I won't take a job there that doesn't provide accomodation.

If/when I go back I'll probably have to stay at the YMCA or the Sally for a few days until I get a job with a place to live.
 
fiveteamer
Affordability is subjective. I'm guessing Saskatchewan still has its fair share of people who still refuse to work and thus rental prices are passing them by. There are tons of vacancies posted today, right on craigslist.
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In Saskatchewan they have an official name for those that won't work, they are called "Aboriginals".
 
SaskPower to roll out worlds first carbon capture-embedded power plant

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We delivered concrete to this plant near Estevan SK 15 km's north of the North Dakota border with Canada.


http://business.financialpost.com/2...rst-ccs-embedded-power-plant/?__lsa=5363-38cb


Carbon capture storage may be unproven and expensive, but the technology appears set for its global premiere when SaskPower unveils the world’s first power plant-CCS installation at Estevan, Sask. within the next few months.

The $1.35-billion Boundary Dam Carbon Capture Project, backed by $240-million of federal funding, will see a rebuilt coal-fired plant at Boundary Dam Unit 3 embedded with a unit that sequesters carbon dioxide emissions that can either be stored in a deep well or sold.

“The capture facility is completed and it’s ready to go,” Robert Watson, president and chief executive officer of Crown-incorporated SaskPower told the Financial Post during a visit to Toronto.

This is new ground not just for SaskPower but also the wider global power industry with CCS seen as a promising way to cut CO2 emissions. Companies from across the world will be tuning in to see whether SaskPower’s gamble will pay off where others have failed.
 
K+S Potash Canada and AMEC sign long-term contract for Legacy Project

http://fr.amec.com/media/news_relea...ign_long-term_contract_for_legacy_project.htm

24 February 2014

Saskatoon, SK, Canada (24 February 2014) – AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, and K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), a fully owned subsidiary of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, have signed a Design and Project Management contract for the Legacy Project, a solution potash mine located about 50 km north of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The contract was signed at K+S Potash Canada’s headquarters in Saskatoon.

“We are very happy to sign this contract with AMEC, finalizing the scope of our long-term partnership,” says Dr. Ulrich Lamp, President and Chief Executive Officer of K+S Potash Canada. “We are very impressed with the services AMEC has provided to the Legacy Project, so far, and we look forward to working with them on the remainder of the project.”

Bob Stanlake, President of AMEC’s Mining & Metals business said: “I am delighted that AMEC’s experience and excellent track record in large EPCM projects has led to this new contract, which confirms our position as one of the leading project delivery companies within the global mining industry. The strong collaborative effort of AMEC and KSPC’s project team members has established a solid foundation on which to launch this important project.”
AMEC has provided continuous service to the Legacy Project since the end of 2011. Under the initial contract, AMEC completed basic engineering and provided project management, detailed engineering and construction management services for the production facility, including earthworks, first piling activities, production cavern facilities and plant utility works.

Under the new contract, AMEC will continue to manage all detailed design and implementation activities through to plant start-up, including detailed engineering, supply chain, Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE), construction management, commissioning, and project management services for the mining, processing and site infrastructure facilities. Work on the project is underway and commissioning is forecasted for 2016.
K+S Potash Canada has more than 200 roles to fill over the next two years. At the peak of construction there will be about 1,700 people working on the site, taking into account operations, contractors and partners. The total capital expenditure budget of the Legacy Project is 4.1 billion CAD dollars.
The value of AMEC’s contract has not been announced.

About AMEC (LSE: AMEC)

AMEC is a focused supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to its customers in the world's oil and gas, mining, clean energy, environment and infrastructure markets. With annual revenues of some 4 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets and employs around 29,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com.
About the Legacy Project

K+S is putting its more than one hundred years of mining experience and world-class expertise to work on the Legacy Project, a potash mine and production facility being built near Moose Jaw. It will be the first new greenfield potash mine built in Saskatchewan in nearly forty years. Commissioning is targeted for the summer of 2016. The Legacy Project will mean new job opportunities for Saskatchewan workers, and new business opportunities for Saskatchewan companies supplying goods and services to this major economic development. K+S is growing Saskatchewan, while providing the potash that is needed to help feed a growing world population. More information at www.ks-potashcanada.com.
 
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