a radio station in Winnipeg wants ot hire the best person they can... BUT its Winnipeg... even the PD can't excuse that fact.

"If you are even slightly unsure about Winnipeg, then forget it."

OK.

Here is that list of the BEST Canadian Cities to live in the country according to some brainiacs in Ottawa. http://www.conferenceboard.ca/press/2007/cma-benchmarking.asp

01. Calgary
02. Toronto
03. Vancouver
04. Edmonton
05. Victoria
06. Ottawa-Gatineau
07. Halifax
08. Oshawa
09. Kitchener
10. Abbotsford
11. Quebec City
12. Sherbrooke
13. Saskatoon
14. Montreal
15. Hamilton
16. St. John's
17. Regina
18. London
19. Winnipeg

My question is this. How the hell does Kelowna not make the top 10 or even the top 19? Good god! Hamilton is even on the list.  And I can't believe that Saskatoon is a nicer place to be than Kelowna. It's beautiful there. And I've lived in Abbotsford. What's so great about it?  Just my two cents.

Kelowna is off the list because marriage between cousins wasn't part of the criteria.












I kid because I love!

kahuna...you're confusing Kelowna with Westbank....they are seperate entities now  

Married cousins... wait a second, I'm sure I saw St. John's on that list somewhere...

Oh, there it is... whew, that was a close one.

For the record, Kelowna is a GREAT city to live in, and definitely should be on that list.  But as a former Easterner and Ontarian, I know exactly why it wasn't and Hamilton / London / Oshawa / Kitchener / etc. are.

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Kelowna is off the list because marriage between cousins wasn't part of the criteria.












I kid because I love!

oh boy.  that was the best way to start my Saturday

well, I'll tell ya what...I'd give some pretty important limbs for a shot in Winnipeg.  Say what you want about it, but I love that city, and moreso, the province.

I lost a perfectly good ear in Winterpeg... in the summer... to the black flies.

the last survey I saw like this had Victoria tied for last place.  Also, how the f--- does Montreal finish behind Saskatoon?  Seriously.  One is a world class city, the other is filled with whiners whose claim to fame is they have 2 more bridges than Regina and that somehow makes them superior.

What were they smoking when they made up this list????  

Abbotsford ahead of Montreal???  What the hell is in Abbotsford??  Its got one of the worst crime rates in the country!

I think the survey was for the best city to live in. World class cities are not always nice to live in.

Only one comment.  Can someone please explain the subject line?

talk about being waaaay off topic.  

Quoted from Oh yeah

the last survey I saw like this had Victoria tied for last place.  Also, how the f--- does Montreal finish behind Saskatoon?  Seriously.  One is a world class city, the other is filled with whiners whose claim to fame is they have 2 more bridges than Regina and that somehow makes them superior.

Saskatoon also has a vibrant theatre community, a river valley that is both beautiful and filled with activities. Should it rate ahead of Montreal? I don't know. I've spent very little time in Montreal, but I enjoyed my limited time in Quebec.  Perhaps the survey is skewed, but preferring Montreal is not a reason to denigrate Saskatoon.
Montreal is a great city- but it is also a more expensive place to live.  I've lived all over Canada, big cities and smaller centers and I've loved all of them.  How many 'world class' cities have you lived in? How do you define them? Or do you let other people define them for you?  
Have you actually lived in Saskatoon? On what basis are you forming your opinion?

dave

way to drudge up an old thread and miss the point.

There is link to the survey.  read it, care what it says or don't.

I personally love how commercial radio stations make it seem like you're "lucky" to work for them.  We are currently enjoying a hot economy so employers should be trying to recruit people to work for them.  To the guy who wants his shot in Winnipeg, go nuts.  I have a friend offered a gig there that payed $12/hour.  A pay cut from her position in a medium market on the Pacific Ocean.

Take a milky ad for a "less desirable" location (maybe like Winnipeg... but a PD in Vancouver or Toronto should also be selling the virtues of their company and town)... a good PD will talk up all the wonderful qualites of the community.  You have to do that to talk junior broadcasters into leaving minimum wage in Vancouver/Calgary/Edmonton to take minimum wage in Regina, Fort McMurray or Prince George.

Think about your ideal worker and then lure them to you.

The dude in Winnipeg doesn't even bother.  He says, "if you're worried about Winnipeg, forget about it."

so, here I am... decently rated, competent, young, educated broadcaster... employed making good money from BC.. I am "worried" about Winnipeg, on the DAY I read about the job I read that Winnipeg is a scary place to live... why should I apply?  Why should I change MY life and the lives of my family to make money for YOUR company in a scary far away city?  Because of a cutesy help wanted ad?  sorry, I'll pass and leave it for the broadcasting school kids.

Poor ad and damaging to the station's brand.  This PD has immediately shrunk his pool of possible candidates for the job by one.

its funny to me, but not haha funny.