I made some phone calls to some friends and cousins I know in the area and asked about them. So they're hanging out in the fair grounds, a place called doc's town. It's where they have the rodeos, heritage museum and stuff. They're also travelling beyond Swift Current to nearby towns like Gull Lake and Kyle looking for subjects.
They have a list of everyone already they want to test. They are going to the doors of homes to get the written tests and according to people that have been asked, they are EXTREMELY pushy. They refuse to take no for an answer. They also will not tell anyone, verbally at least, what the tests are for and why. They also are not very 'chatty' from what I understand. Most people in the area are friendly and outgoing but the staff won't even strike up idle chit-chat (based on what my friends have heard, so take it with a grain of salt)
According to a friend of a friend (third hand salt again) she took the tests and got paid. They then turned around and wanted to do the same tests on her 5 year old and she apparently told them that the kid needs to be paid the same amount. I don't know if they did or not.
Nutrition, lifestyle, sexual health, smoking, drinking, physical health and more. They're checking everything they can imagine.
This is creepy shit. Decades ago in Medicine Hat, a city about 3 hours from Swift Current, the United States government dumped low amounts of a chemical from a spray plane over the city. Some joint Canada/US test that was declassified a few years back show they wanted to see how their weapon would affect a population so they dumped low amounts that would make people sick but not kill them. That they picked a small, rural city of about 10,000 out of a list of major Canadian centres makes me wonder if they did something here again.
I made some phone calls to some friends and cousins I know in the area and asked about them. So they're hanging out in the fair grounds, a place called doc's town. It's where they have the rodeos, heritage museum and stuff. They're also travelling beyond Swift Current to nearby towns like Gull Lake and Kyle looking for subjects.
They have a list of everyone already they want to test. They are going to the doors of homes to get the written tests and according to people that have been asked, they are EXTREMELY pushy. They refuse to take no for an answer. They also will not tell anyone, verbally at least, what the tests are for and why. They also are not very 'chatty' from what I understand. Most people in the area are friendly and outgoing but the staff won't even strike up idle chit-chat (based on what my friends have heard, so take it with a grain of salt)
According to a friend of a friend (third hand salt again) she took the tests and got paid. They then turned around and wanted to do the same tests on her 5 year old and she apparently told them that the kid needs to be paid the same amount. I don't know if they did or not.
Nutrition, lifestyle, sexual health, smoking, drinking, physical health and more. They're checking everything they can imagine.
This is creepy shit. Decades ago in Medicine Hat, a city about 3 hours from Swift Current, the United States government dumped low amounts of a chemical from a spray plane over the city. Some joint Canada/US test that was declassified a few years back show they wanted to see how their weapon would affect a population so they dumped low amounts that would make people sick but not kill them. That they picked a small, rural city of about 10,000 out of a list of major Canadian centres makes me wonder if they did something here again.