Pilsner cowboy hats, available here?

[jayocal]

Originally Posted by kipperiggy

Right now, Saskatchewan is home to 5 of the top 10 business-friendly cities in Canada.

Saskatchewan has 5 cities?

[Madman]

Originally Posted by jayocal

Saskatchewan has 5 cities?

Colonies.

[jayocal]

Originally Posted by kipperiggy

Right now, Saskatchewan is home to 5 of the top 10 business-friendly colonies in Canada.

Fixed.

[IliketoPuck]

Let's see here:

Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
The Battlefords
ummmmmmm Shellbrook (grasping at straws)

I could honestly only name 4 that I thought were big enough to be cities.

[Zevo]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Let's see here:

Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
The Battlefords
ummmmmmm Shellbrook (grasping at straws)

I could honestly only name 4 that I thought were big enough to be cities.

Pretty sure Speedy Creek is big enough to be named a city.

[Knut]

^ also Six-feet from the Moose's Ass

[IliketoPuck]

Ahhh yes, Moose Jaw....

[Jesse834]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Let's see here:

Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
The Battlefords
ummmmmmm Shellbrook (grasping at straws)

I could honestly only name 4 that I thought were big enough to be cities.

North Battleford
Yorkton
Estevan
Moose Jaw
Weyburn
Melville
Humboldt
Melfort
Lloydminster
Corman Park
Swift Current
Flin Fon
Martensville
Meadow Lake







Shellbrook is not a city.

[IliketoPuck]

Honest question, what is the cutoff for city size? 35000 is the number that came to mind, is that right?

[Jesse834]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Honest question, what is the cutoff for city size? 35000 is the number that came to mind, is that right?

Can't be Brooks has a population of over 13,000 and it is a city.

[IliketoPuck]

In Canada the granting of city status is handled by the individual provinces and territories, so that the definitions and criteria vary widely across the country. In British Columbia and Saskatchewan towns can become cities after they reach a population of 5,000 people, but in Alberta and Ontario the requirement is 10,000.
Although it has numerous cities in the traditional sense of the term, Ontario also sometimes confers city status on primarily rural areas whose municipalities have been merged into a former county government. Nova Scotia has abolished the title of city altogether, with all local government taking place at the regional municipality level.
In Quebec, there is no legal distinction between a city and a town, as both have the legal status of ville. The province formerly differentiated between ville (town) and cité (city), but no longer does so.


- Source Wikipedia

[IliketoPuck]

Apparently all you have to do to be a city in Saskatchewan is be the size of Hawkwood, have a school and maybe a church.

[Roast Beef]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Apparently all you have to do to be a city in Saskatchewan is be the size of Hawkwood, have a school and maybe a church.

This is Saskatchewan we are talking about here. Schools are not a requirement.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Let's see here:

Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
The Battlefords
ummmmmmm Shellbrook (grasping at straws)

What are the . . . cities with the highest rates of aggravated assaults, robbery, sexual assaults and outright murder in Canada.

[kipperiggy]

Originally Posted by jayocal

Saskatchewan has 5 cities?

http://www.financialpost.com/small-b...556/story.html

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Honest question, what is the cutoff for city size? 35000 is the number that came to mind, is that right?

I think it varies per province actually, but I'm not 100% sure.

EDIT: Just saw your other post. Thanks!

Originally Posted by jayocol

Right now, Saskatchewan is home to 5 of the top 10 business-friendly colonies in Canada.

Hilarious. Further proof of my ignorance and arrogance comment toward Saskatchewan.

Originally Posted by chemgear

What are the . . . cities with the highest rates of aggravated assaults, robbery, sexual assaults and outright murder in Canada.

Yes, using statistics from 2006.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/...ime-stats.html

Yes, still using statistics from 2009, yet you fail to mention how the crime rates are falling. Some of the articles I've posted talk about disadvantaged people in some places of Saskatchewan contributing to the problem; that can't be fixed overnight.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/R...363/story.html

Or how about we look in this article from 2006. Doesn't look like it's just Saskatchewan with the crime rate problems:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/...ime-stats.html

Rural areas of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta had the highest homicide rates in the country, the study suggests. In Ontario and British Columbia, rates were higher in large cities.

Overall, the highest crime rates were reported in the small urban areas of the western provinces — British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The lowest rates were observed in rural areas of Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick.

Or this one, which lists Saskatoon as 4th and Calgary as 6th in terms of murder rates.
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/04/t...a-murder-rate/

I'm sorry for dragging the thread off-topic, but I really felt that my points had to be said. Some of the responses after just prove my original point.

[Frequitude]

Originally Posted by worth

I think you belong in this thread:

http://www.riderfans.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88920

When did rider fans become such pussies?

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by kipperiggy

Yes, still using statistics from 2009, yet you fail to mention how the crime rates are falling. Some of the articles I've posted talk about disadvantaged people in some places of Saskatchewan contributing to the problem; that can't be fixed overnight.

Of course it can't change overnight. And crime rates pretty much fell cross the entire country - so to be honest, that's fairly irrelevant if you are doing a comparison against another location. Given the timing of your link I'm guessing it's using the same numbers.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/...istics020.html

AB/Sask:

Total Crime: -5%/+1%
Homocide: -16%/+18%
Serious Assault: -6%/-3%
Property Crime: -7%/+1%
Total Crime Severity Index: -7%/-2%
Violent Crime Severity Index: -6%/+1%

Of course you have to keep in mind these are percentage changes from the respective levels of crime in each province originally. And if you do the comparison, it looks like it got worse relatively speaking in Sask.

(I care little for the CFL in general but the numbers interest me, just look at the housing thread.)

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by kipperiggy

http://www.financialpost.com/small-b...556/story.html



I think it varies per province actually, but I'm not 100% sure.

EDIT: Just saw your other post. Thanks!



Hilarious. Further proof of my ignorance and arrogance comment toward Saskatchewan.


Yes, using statistics from 2006.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/...ime-stats.html

Yes, still using statistics from 2009, yet you fail to mention how the crime rates are falling. Some of the articles I've posted talk about disadvantaged people in some places of Saskatchewan contributing to the problem; that can't be fixed overnight.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/R...363/story.html

Or how about we look in this article from 2006. Doesn't look like it's just Saskatchewan with the crime rate problems:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/...ime-stats.html



Or this one, which lists Saskatoon as 4th and Calgary as 6th in terms of murder rates.
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/04/t...a-murder-rate/

I'm sorry for dragging the thread off-topic, but I really felt that my points had to be said. Some of the responses after just prove my original point.

[kipperiggy]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Of course you have to keep in mind these are percentage changes from the respective levels of crime in each province originally. And if you do the comparison, it looks like it got worse relatively speaking in Sask.

(I care little for the CFL in general but the numbers interest me, just look at the housing thread.)

Fair enough. Thanks for a good response. Although, I still feel safer in Saskatoon or Regina than larger cities but I guess that's just me!

[kipperiggy]

Also, whoever came up with the God-awful watermelon helmets was the accident after 2 cousins got friendly.

Hope you can find a Pilsner hat around, if not I say just order it online. Probably will save you a lot of trouble!