Recent content by ChazYEG

It was weird because the major freeways were in really good shape, which kinda goes to what your friends say and the policy you mentioned, but downtown was absolutely horrendous.

So, I wanted to provide a little bit of a comparison. Unfortunately I do not have photos, but I was in Ottawa a couple of weeks ago for work, about a week or so after what was considered a major snowfall (the merits of calling 6-10 inches of snow a major snowfall are up for debate), at the tail...

Guelph is about the same size as Kelowna, but it is very close to the GTA. In fact, close enough that there is a significant number of people who live there and commute to places in the GTA daily, so that does make a difference. Doesn't mean that Edmonton should keep getting crap, considering...

Unfortunately, not satire given the author lol

You beat me to the punch

But they are ineffective.... At least as far as these issues go, they are VERY ineffective

I don't see why not, especially with the whole area around the park picking up steam (even if it is with low-rises). Might take longer than we'd like, but I strongly disagree with that statement.

Edmonton's food scene punches WAY above it's weight class. I have a friend who just moved back to Edmonton last September, after living in Montreal and Vancouver for the past 20 years, and she has been asking me for recommendations of places to eat (thank you foodies or SRC, because I have taken...

Gosh, I went of Street View to see how the two buildings compared, and ended up going thru all the years they had (2007 thru 2025) for that intersection and it is DEPRESSING to see how more sterile and cold it became through the years. There was clearly so much more foot traffic there until...

Not larger than where they were before.

I just skimmed over this, but it is actually fascinating. The math on it is wildly interesting, too

Why are you ranting about this, when the issue wasn't vandalism, but weather/quality control related and is being rectified under warranty.

I would also wager that there's a difference regarding the risk perception for developers and property managers. If they have a reasonably high expectation that they'll be able to sell/lease these high rises quickly and start making money sooner rather than later, even at a reduced margin...

Our entire defensive system is horrible, across the lineup. There's no forechecking, no backchecking, passing lanes are left open all the time, but worst of all is there is no sense of urgency on defensive play by 90% of the roster. I honestly blame it on losing Paul Coffey and the changes made...

The lack of skilled tradesmen amongst immigrants, especially those from developing countries, stems from the fact that culturally, trades (or any kind of manual labour) tends to be very undervalued in these countries, unlike North America or Europe. It would be interesting if the government...