Winnipeg Roads & Infrastructure - Page 113

cllew · #**2241** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:03 PM**

I guess that this is sort of infrastructure related in that CBC Winnipeg has reported that the City of Winnipeg has been cited by Health Canada for using expired malathion to fog for mosquitoes.

Apparently the solution can't be more than one year old and the city was using some that was over 13 years old. This is part of the inventory that they bought from the Saskatchewan government in 2003.

CBC link http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...hion-1.3690331

bomberjet · #**2242** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:07 PM**

13 years old. Wait for the lawsuits to roll in.. If that's actually the case, it's a huge public health issue. Spraying chemicals 12 years beyond there usable life. Imagine getting a prescription and the meds were expired by 12 years.

esquire · #**2243** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

13 years old. Wait for the lawsuits to roll in.. If that's actually the case, it's a huge public health issue. Spraying chemicals 12 years beyond there usable life. Imagine getting a prescription and the meds were expired by 12 years.

Seeing that the product is actually intended to kill, what's the risk?

bomberjet · #**2244** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:21 PM**

Well I guess. Maybe it degrades into some other form of chemical that is more harmful?

Cyro · #**2245** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

I guess that this is sort of infrastructure related in that CBC Winnipeg has reported that the City of Winnipeg has been cited by Health Canada for using expired malathion to fog for mosquitoes.

Apparently the solution can't be more than one year old and the city was using some that was over 13 years old. This is part of the inventory that they bought from the Saskatchewan government in 2003.

CBC link http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...hion-1.3690331

Sort of infrastructure, they do use our roadways to conduct the spraying..

This concerns me more...

Malathion 'probably carcinogenic' to humans, WHO agency concludes

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An agency of the World Health Organization says malathion, an insecticide used in Winnipeg to kill adult mosquitoes, is "probably carcinogenic" to people.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialized agency of WHO, announced Friday that malathion and another insecticide, diazinon, have been classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans."

The term "probably", concerns me some what, no?

Image added for effect..Why do they ask you to close your windows when spraying if it's 100% safe? hmm

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...udes-1.3004084

Riverman · #**2246** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:49 PM**

Caffine is listed as "probably" carcinogenic as well. It's the dose that makes that makes the poison.

Cyro · #**2247** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 6:52 PM**

^ Fair enough, at least they have a buffer zone, where you can make the descision whether you'd like a dose of malathion or a cup of coffee...

LilZebra · #**2248** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 8:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

I guess that this is sort of infrastructure related in that CBC Winnipeg has reported that the City of Winnipeg has been cited by Health Canada for using expired malathion to fog for mosquitoes.

Apparently the solution can't be more than one year old and the city was using some that was over 13 years old. This is part of the inventory that they bought from the Saskatchewan government in 2003.

CBC link http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...hion-1.3690331

Gee CoW, thanks for poisoning us...

And so it goes...

So what does CoW do with the leftovers? They can't dump it in one of the Rivers.

bomberjet · #**2249** Posted **Jul 22, 2016, 8:35 PM**

Fack, dig a hole in the back forty and be done with it haha kidding of course.

mcpish · #**2250** Posted **Jul 28, 2016, 9:41 PM**

My Video of The Perimeter Highway:

• Video Link

BuildUpWpg · #**2251** Posted **Jul 28, 2016, 10:02 PM**

^
Nice vid! One can only dream that all of Manitoba gets 12 new overpasses built in such a short time frame like with Regina's new bypass:

http://leaderpost.com/news/local-new...ll-along-route

mcpish · #**2252** Posted **Jul 28, 2016, 10:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by BuildUpWpg

^
Nice vid! One can only dream that all of Manitoba gets 12 new overpasses built in such a short time frame like with Regina's new bypass:

http://leaderpost.com/news/local-new...ll-along-route

Yeah I was driving through there about a month ago, crazy amount of construction but it's supposed to be complete Freeway leading into Regina, so it should be nice. I've seen some of the conceptual videos.

Riverman · #**2253** Posted **Jul 29, 2016, 12:40 AM**

What a great job!

My wife noted that she played that Beethoven song on one of her piano exams.

rrskylar · #**2254** Posted **Jul 29, 2016, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcpish

Yeah I was driving through there about a month ago, crazy amount of construction but it's supposed to be complete Freeway leading into Regina, so it should be nice. I've seen some of the conceptual videos.

And Regina is spending close to $2 billion for a south by-pass around a city of 200K!

buzzg · #**2255** Posted **Jul 29, 2016, 4:25 PM**

^To be fair driving through Regina to go north to S'toon or west is one of the worst experiences a Canadian traveller can have.

EastK · #**2256** Posted **Jul 30, 2016, 3:08 PM**

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^To be fair driving through Regina to go north to S'toon or west is one of the worst experiences a Canadian traveller can have.

Is it any worse thought than driving through the giant traffic light filled speed trap that is Headingly? lol

jmt18325 · #**2257** Posted **Jul 30, 2016, 5:09 PM**

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Is it any worse thought than driving through the giant traffic light filled speed trap that is Headingly? lol

There really only two lights in Headinley that really stop you, and not usually for very long. Going around it is also in the mid future plans

EastK · #**2258** Posted **Jul 31, 2016, 3:05 PM**

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There really only two lights in Headinley that really stop you, and not usually for very long. Going around it is also in the mid future plans

Actually it is 5 lights and on top of it a 70 kph speed limit that is well enforced so in other words just as bad as Regina and not a road any city with 800,000 plus should have as a major thoroughfare.

rrskylar · #**2259** Posted **Jul 31, 2016, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by EastK

Actually it is 5 lights and on top of it a 70 kph speed limit that is well enforced so in other words just as bad as Regina and not a road any city with 800,000 plus should have as a major thoroughfare.

No kidding, some things in Winnipeg progress, others just stay the same since the 1960's!

For a city and province that touts itself as the trucking capital of Canada you think major roads would at least be to 80's or 90's standards!

jmt18325 · #**2260** Posted **Jul 31, 2016, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by EastK

Actually it is 5 lights and on top of it a 70 kph speed limit that is well enforced so in other words just as bad as Regina and not a road any city with 800,000 plus should have as a major thoroughfare.

I didn't say there was only two lights. I go through quite regularly. Only the first light and last light change to red on a regular basis. The others seem to be use activated.