r/saskatchewan • u/tarun172 • 4d ago

News CTV News: Saskatchewan, Ottawa announce $74M in priority infrastructure funding

https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/yorkton/article/saskatchewan-ottawa-announce-74m-in-priority-infrastructure-funding/
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u/SloppyPlatypus69 4d ago

I heard 5M of it is for an Ikea in Dundurn. 

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u/PoplarMoose 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/apERVNEwp2s7sI3d9S

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u/SloppyPlatypus69 4d ago

Before the Swedish Saab Gripen Jets are made, Sweden need to establish an Ikea in every province. Its part of the negotiation deal. 🤷🤣 

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u/PoplarMoose 4d ago

Mmmmm meatballs

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u/rurkob 4d ago

why would it not be in saskatoon?

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u/SloppyPlatypus69 4d ago edited 4d ago

A slight joke. 

There was once a rumor about a huge (300,000 sqft) mega mall being built in Dundurn. That's the same size as an Ikea. 

It was more than just a rumor... 

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u/WhatAmTrak 4d ago

I was pretty sad this never actually came to fruition but I feel Saskatchewan just doesn’t have enough people to sustain such a project. Hit up the mall and then blackstrap to make a nice weekend day out of it? Sounds fun to me!

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u/Bobloblaw2066 4d ago

I appreciate that joke. I was on my way to Saskatoon for a conference in mid September and made a few mega mall jokes with a colleague as we passed Dundurn.

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u/expendiblegrunt 4d ago

Even better … if anyone is familiar with Markham’s Pacific Mall, would have been a similar concept

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u/screenwindow 3d ago

Nothing exciting. It's being used for sewage upgrades in rural areas 😅

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u/kaydenb3 2d ago edited 2d ago

Arcola mentioned. The town was struggling with funding water/sewer upgrades for a couple years now.

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u/bandit_lt25 2d ago

Arcola is getting a water system upgrade. New source, new pipeline, new storage, new treatment plant.

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u/Specialist_Secret438 3d ago

Because Saskatchewan has been staunchly voting Conservatives for our federal representation, every Conservative riding will get an essential infrastructure gazebo, like when Tony Clement was Harper’s finance minister //s

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u/threeputtbogey33 4d ago

I dunno maybe sask could kickstart development again if they would take the damn pst back off of construction. But they won’t

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u/WorldFickle 3d ago

Money for data centre