How a literal war would play out between Alberta and Saskatchewan

by Tristin Hopper

 A 2017 training exercise in Wainwright, Alberta. If Alberta forces ever drove east to capture Saskatchewan and neutralize opposition, this is what it would look like. Master Corporal Malcolm Byers

Saskatchewan isn’t a great place to fight a modern guerrilla war
A 1983 Florida State University study identified two key ingredients behind a successful guerrilla campaign: Dense cities and broken, mountainous terrain. Saskatchewan doesn’t have much of either. There’s a popular expression that if a dog runs away in Saskatchewan, you can still see him three days later. Similarly, if a Saskatchewan rebel fighter runs away from your search-and-destroy raid, you can still shoot him three days later. Guerrilla fighters also thrive in dense urban areas. A rebel fighter operating out of, say, Baghdad, can safely hide in a crowded neighbourhood because he knows that an occupying power will be too worried about collateral damage to level the area with air strikes. Saskatchewan, by contrast, has vanishingly few places to hide among civilians. Saskatoon has 50 people per square kilometre, compared to 237 in Calgary and 123 in Edmonton. This means that it’s much easier to vaporize a Saskatchewan rebel headquarters without so much as drawing a noise complaint from their neighbours...http://thestarphoenix.com/news/canada/how-a-literal-war-would-play-out-between-alberta-and-saskatchewan/wcm/c9bfe76a-722e-4c81-b53b-f67131ea6247