More cosmopolitan? Regina or Saskatoon?

[boardshorts]

Hey guys, I am thinking of relocating to Saskatchewan. Which city is more cosmopolitan? Regina or Saskatoon?

[Fiona59]

Are there still jobs there? I thought SK was slowing down it's overseas hires due to the number of nurses from Ont., AB, and BC trying to go there due to hiring freezes in their own provinces.

[5cats]

No jobs for IEN's.

Neither city I believe would you call cosmopolitan.

5cats

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Both cities are small rural cities. Saskatoon is larger at about 210,000 with a metropolitan population of about 226,000. Regina has a metro population of about 176,000. Both cities have some cultural activities but neither would be considered cosmopolitan.

[boardshorts]

I'm on an immigrant visa. The hiring freeze is due to? maybe to newly grads, but to experienced nurses the story's different. ok guys, lemmi rephrase my question, which is less rural, regina or saskatoon? hehehehehe

[5cats]

There is no hiring freeze, most jobs are gone, exceptions are specialized areas, but I had contact with someone who applied with plenty of experience, and that was the answer he was given, no IEN recruitment, don't know if it's different when you are allready in the country and registered.

5cats

The whole province is rural!

[boardshorts]

There is no hiring freeze, most jobs are gone, exceptions are specialized areas, but I had contact with someone who applied with plenty of experience, and that was the answer he was given, no IEN recruitment, don't know if it's different when you are allready in the country and registered.

5cats

The whole province is rural!

Thanks 5cats!

[gambutrol]

The whole province is rural? :anbd:

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Pretty much. Other than the cities of Saskatoon and Regina, most of the population is found in small farm communities. There are towns like North Battleford, Lloydminster, Prince Albert, Rosetown, Swift Current and Moose Jaw, but they're typically built on a farming economy. In the recent past, oil and gas discoveries in Saskatchewan have begun to change their economy and population growth has boomed, but the province is still very sporificely populated, flat, windswept and peaceful. I've lived in Saskatchewan and when I think of it, the images I see in my mind's eye are of wheat, flax and canola fields stretching to the horizon, straight roads heading off as far as the eye can see and grain elevators lined up like soldiers next to the railway tracks. Do a Google image search using "Saskatchewan" as your keyword and see what pops up. This is one of my favourites:

[Fiona59]

Jan, I was just going to post that. SK always makes me think of wheat fields, wide open spaces, and blue sky (why that? No idea).

Why are some posters surprised? When I saw Cosmopolitan used in reference to SK, I thought somebody was looking for bar recomendations, lol.

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

I've posted a bunch of Saskatchewan memories on my blog. I've written about learning to ski in the flattest province in the country, and the October Crisis as seen through the eyes of a 12 year old, babysitting on New Year's Eve, moving the library book by book and a few other assorted fond recollections. This thread is making me think of other stories I should include there.

My sister told me that you could always tell how many bars there were in a Saskatchewan town by counting the number of grain elevators. Now that grain elevators are being demolished, that of course won't be true any more. Why not turn our backs on our history?

[5cats]

Even the cities are rural, in a way that they are small, many people still know each other. If we would have a recipe against poverty, drug abuse and gangs it would be paradise. Some of our cities have problems you'd think they are talking about the Bronx some years back.

A lot of patients we get have a drug and/or alcohol abuse history.

But it's certainly not cosmopolitan, if you look for bigger cities Saskatchewan is the wrong place. And bear in mind the climate here:)

5cats