Northgate

[oneoff]

Please give me a break about the young guys in the middle of nowhere who want to stay; but can't get a good job comment. That isn't true in SE Sask or this province within a reasonable driving distance. I call "Bullshit".

I do agree with the slave labor and cheap farmers who would complain about paying minimum wage. You too may be absolutely surrounded by recruits from around the world who are providing the manpower, year after year on neighboring Canadian farms.

Whether that takes what should be good paying jobs from Canadian unemployed would make a good debate topic. But as is often the case; those involved do not see the same image in the mirror as may actually be present.

[oneoff]

Don't worry about mowing the weeds. That was never done in Northgate. Facts needed before that angle will gain
any traction.

You tell us how its smart to allow anyone to tie up all of a stategic (one of a kind) property under one developer. Why not allow what tat speculator actually needs and can handle; and keep open the rest of the property for future
opportunities.

And cut out that tax incentive crap and next to give aways of real property in secret agreements.
Are we the same or worse that the rest of the world's corrupt regimes?

Does not anyone agree?

[ColevilleH2S]

Oneoff did your counsel do any thing
that was illegal? Why aren't you
demanding that charges be laid?

[RD414]

Any idea as to how much in taxes this will eventually bring in.The truck traffic in would worry me as a councillor. Hopefully they have an agreement in place for this.If you feel bad about not getting any lots Oneoff, there are hundreds of hamlets and villages that have lots for sale and nothing going on. Fire sale prices I'm sure.

[LEP]

Sheesh Oneoff give me a break. I believe if you were the majority
you wouldn't be the only one from the area that has anything to
say about this.

I believe for many years the only activity in Northgate, was a
tumbleweed blowing through town so don't try and tell me it was
one of the prime opportunities in all of Western Canada.

This could just as easily been located on the south of the border.

If it was such an obvious opportunity, why weren't you jumping
all over this two years ago? I mean you have all those letters
behind your name and by your own account are so much smarter
than the rest of the world.

I can't comment on the oil, but if you actually believe that they
will be handling 1 million tonnes a year, you must also believe in
the easter bunny. My guess is 200,000 mt tops.

[grrrr]

Everybody should just go easy on oneoff. He is hurting from the fact that he could have bought up all this land for next to nothing 10 years ago, but didn't. Then he could have turned around and made a fortune by flipping it. Yup, hindsight is 20-20.

[cottonpicken]

Take condolence in the fact your property value went
up 400%,even if your tax rate went up 25%.

Unless you wanted it to be north gate population 1.

[oldjim]

Has any mention been made of the CN line from Regina, whether it will be rebuilt (This is CN Lewvan from east of Regina to Lampman and the CN Northgate line from Lampman to the border)? It is still held by CN, I believe, even though the rails have been taken up. It has heavy steel on the new section from Regina to Rowatt but was light steel from there-on down. Seems like it would be a natural tie-in from the refinery in Regina to the border as well as servicing the proposed potash mine to be built north of Gray, Sask. which is only a couple miles from the railbed.

[Oliver88]

This looks like good news to me. The less
demand for freight headed to Vancouver or
Thunder Bay in theory should = better service....

Bucket - to add to your list of Gates investments is
John Deere. He recently purchased 7% of Deere
stock.

[sumdumguy]

Opportunity knocks Northgate.