Wednesday, October 21, 2009

R.I.P Garbage Dump Ski Hill

Well, it saddens me to see read last week that the infamous Blackstrap Ski Hill -- a giant mound of garbage converted into a ski hill -- is being permanently closed.



(to non-Saskies: no, this is not a joke post. There really is such a thing there.)





According to the story, the government failed to find a private owner and is thus closing the facility and selling off the assets.

Who knows the real story behind this all, and whether a real attempt was made to keep the "Whistler of the Prairies" afloat. I personally think this ski hill should have been privatized long ago, and if this was not possible to achieve (which I am suspsect was the case as the story suggests) it should have been closed many years earlier.

There is hope though - as long as the city is opposed to the adoption of a recycling program, the garbage dump will continue to grow. Don't think of it as wasteful dumping ina landfill - think of it as a ski hill development opportunity!

Oh well. Polish off those cross country skis!

R.I.P. Blackstrap and wasteful govt subsidization!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ugh, this province makes no sense. I just moved here from Calgary and I just have a hard time understanding, well, anything here......

Carlmarx said...

Move back to Calgary then.

Anonymous said...

KAYBEEDEES. King Bulan Descendants (who claim to be 'jewish' - hence, all the 'jewy' sounding names like 'Elrose' - 'EL', one of the ancient gods of the original, authentic Hebrews (not the Russian fakes that have swarmed in to butcher Palestinians and take their land and homes).

They 'rule the roost'.

Their Kalergi Plan puppets are their beloved pets, the 'First Nations'.\

Note that these are the same think-tank types that also pushed their other Hollywood stories onto us over the decades, like PILTDOWN MAN, and OUT OF AFRICA, and THE BIG BANG.

Their other puppets are also Indians. From across the pond.

What can you expect but racist hatred from black haired, brown-eyed MUD BLOODS? Their fear and jealousy of blue-eyed purebreds is off the charts. Nyuk nyuk!