“This field next year will be planted to canola“.

h/t Derek

Still crazy after all these years.

Spreads to Saskatchewan….
h/t Victor

CBC;

The Saskatchewan government will spend $30 million to create a new nuclear research centre at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
The money, to be spent over seven years, will be used to expand nuclear medicine but also materials science and small reactor design, Premier Brad Wall said in a news release.

We could recycle Bill Boyd’s giant fans and use the metal for for something useful – like containment domes.
h/t LC Bennett

If it’s beyond our means, it’s beyond our needs.

The city, the Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Roughriders football club said Tuesday that a lack of federal funding means the proposed multi-purpose entertainment facility won’t go ahead.

Holland’s Saskatchewan champs from Kronau ended a three-year win streak for Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones with a stunning 8-7 victory in the final of the Canadian women’s curling championship Sunday.
Bumped for video of skip stones, final end.

The board holds farmers’ grain and money in trust for them. It is not Mr. Oberg’s or the CWB’s money to do with as they please. To spend it in this way is an abuse of trust, an abuse of power, and goes well beyond the board’s mandate of marketing grain.
Others have pointed out farmers have not been consulted about this purchase. Many feel blindsided by the announcement, and rightly so. In the recent wheat board director elections, for instance, none of the incumbent directors campaigned on the issue of buying ships, even though they had to have known about the plan to purchase them.
[…]
Federal wheat board minister Gerry Ritz was clearly not happy with this decision. When asked about it in question period, his response was, “I have constantly told the wheat board that farmers’ money in the pool accounts is off-limits to it. It should not be misappropriated like this.” But we have yet to hear what the minister responsible for the CWB intends to do about this misappropriation of growers’ funds. To do nothing should not be an option.

Previous: An Adrian Measner connection.

h/t Dan

Did you know…?

One of the CWB’s partners in this venture is Upper Lakes Group…

and that…

Adrian Measner, ex CEO of the CWB, became President and CEO of the Upper Lakes Grain Group (Soumat) in October 2007.

Update…. “NAME THOSE SHIPS!” Early contenders – “HMS Held” and “HMS Captive”.
 

Australian International Arms keep building Lee-Enfields–completely new. Some photos, more here (7.62mm M43 Russian rimless versions also available, banana clip):

…
7.62mm NATO No.4 Mk 4 SL

No.4 Mk 4 SL (7.62mm NATO) [bottom]
22-in. barrel rather than 25.2-in. normal.
B1 metal on T05A or T06 action body.
Shorter overall in barrel & fore-wood. Adjustable foresight for elevation, windage, dual rear aperture at 200 & 400m.
Rifle club model, QMRC Commemorative.
Provision for Picatinny steel rail to fit telescopic sight…
7.62mm NATO M10-B2 match

M10-B2 ex-M42-B2 (7.62x51mm NATO)
640mm heavy barrel a la L42A1.
Steel blue-black finish, teak hardwood stock with chamfered edges, hand oiled.
Adjustable foresight, elevation & windage.
10-rd. box magazine like US M14.
‘L’ aperture for 200 & 400 metres. Comes with Picatinny steel rail for ‘scope sight.
Option military butt & cheekrest like L42…

Earlier rifle matters here.

The results are in. Congratulations to second place finisher Wayne Ratzlaff!

As you can see in the picture the rope is a 5o foot, 350 horsepower rated rope!! Valued around $600.00!!
Thanks again and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy 2011!
Call me if you get stuck.

Bring your boots.

h/t to reader ivbinconned (who has a request.)

Updated: “City to ammend extension cord bylaw”. Bob Klassen gets results!

Otherwise known as “overpaid bureaucrats”.

Bob Klassen was issued the $60 ticket after temperatures took a dip. He says he’s a law-abiding citizen, but is forced to keep a car on the street because his driveway isn’t big enough. And when temperatures drop, he has to plug his car in or he has to jump it every day.
“The bylaw is written in such a way that there’s no actual way to run a cord to the street,” Klassen says. “I’m stuck, I’m at a loss. I have no idea where to go or what to do.”

There’s a petition here, but Regina residents are more likely get action by yelling at their city councillors – and not about cords. If that’s all they can find to do, then Regina has too many city employees.
Update. In response to some of the commentors…

(For those who asked, I hunt with a Savage 30-30.)

So far, so good. It’s your Grey Cup thread.

Our quarterback,who art in Edmonton..
Darian be thy name..
Thy game be done,
Thy will be WON in Commonwealth as it was in Mosiac …
Give us this game The Grey Cup Game
and forget about Calgary’s whiners..
As we forgive those who can’t measure up to us.
Lead us not into interception, but deliver us from Calvillo..
For thine are the Riders with Power and Glory.
Forever and ever,
the Grey Cup we WILL claim !
Amen.
(h/t Noel)

Related – “It’s late in the CWB director election and the rhetoric has kicked up a notch.”

Hudye Farms Inc. of Norquay, Saskatchewan and two associated companies have filed a lawsuit in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench in Yorkton against the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) seeking compensation and damages of more than $50 million. The dispute revolves around a contract for the delivery of Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat by Hudye Farms to the CWB, as well as claims for defamation, breach of fiduciary duty and exemplary and punitive damages.

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