Recent content by Rapperswill

Had a really good time at the game today. Lots of people in attendance. The food was great and the beer was cold. The Riverhawks also broke last season’s WCL total attendance record with 131,958. Our city has an appetite for sports.

I agree with you that removing people from one place to another does not necessarily make them go away. Being homeless and addicted to drugs is not a criminal offence in Canada. Being homeless and addicted to drugs is not a provincial offence in Alberta. Being homeless and addicted to drugs...

I was down near Kingsway Mall for a couple of days at the end of October. It was like a scene from the Fallout videogame series I tell ya. Homeless and drug users everywhere; all scooched up against the mall with their tents and shopping carts. I went to a gas station to buy a few things, 3-4...

Really nice to see the bigger crowds! So much has changed in such a short period of time. To think that just 2 years ago I made a post on page 1 of this thread asking what can the Riverhawks do to attract more people. I hope that this continues, I really do. You know, a little off topic here but...

Oh it's coming. The higher the interest rates rise or the longer they stay at these levels the more people you will see migrate into our province. I'm in my 10th year of living in Alberta and to me, Calgary and Edmonton have always been very underpopulated and easy to get around in. Well, I took...

Anyone been inside the Old Remand Centre yet?? As a visitor of course :). I remember training there for a couple of months. It's rough inside for sure but years of HGTV viewing with my wife have taught me that Bryan Beaumler can make anything look nice.

Very nice to see the stadium packed. I wish every game had this many fans but nevertheless baseball in our city lives!! See you all next season!

Not surprised by that chart at all Ian. In fact, I'd probably argue that those numbers are even higher than what is reported. I know lots of people back home in the Greater Toronto Area that have essentially given up on owning a house. They've embraced the "living with the parents / renters for...

Good win for the Oilers tonight. I'm not sure how much you guys follow what the other players say on social media and I apologise if this was already discussed but Marchand recently got into it with some Oilers fans. Now as much as I hate the guy I can't help but feel that his words are echoed...

Apparently there’s still a dog food company in Morinville and the smell is still there. I reached out to a few of my acquaintances last night and they said that it’s not “7 days a week bad” but it’s definitely noticeable depending on which way the wind blows. That’s a bummer really but I had a...

How bad is the smell from that dog food factory in Morinville does anyone know? The wife and I are thinking of buying a home out there as houses are much bigger and cheaper. I was surprised the other day; we took a drive from Costco in St. Albert to Morinville and it only took us about 5-6...

With the continuing rise of interest rates I'm seeing some really good deals on residential properties in and around our city. You know something, Edmonton just may be the last 1+ million people city in Canada where you can buy a house and actually pay it off long before you die; an advantage...

Went to watch the Riverhawks play against the Harbourcats yesterday. I had a good time. Similar turnout to the last time I was there though. What can the Riverhawks do to attract a bigger crowd?

I've been living in Edmonton for almost nine years now and I can count on my fingers how many times I've been downtown. It''s just not something that you do and most of my friends and family are of the same opinion. Now I don't have a solution to this problem, I'm just pointing to the fact that...

I have to agree with some of the comments in this thread. You don't have to look very hard to see where the majority of Canadians want to live (Vancouver and GTA). Everything else is too cold and uninhabitable. But to each their own though; I mean I'll gladly plug my truck in when it's -20...