Recent content by SarcasticMarmot

https://globalnews.ca/news/10477387/southeast-edmonton-shooting-crime-ellerslie/ Yup, only a Downtown and Northside problem, yup.

My understanding is that the cost to secure, remediate, and demolish the Dwayne's Home site along with the unpaid taxes is greater than the expected value from the sale. Which is why IMO the City should (but I don't believe can) be able to recover the remaining balance from the sale of Procura's...

The city should be allowed to expropriate some of that sale to cover the costs of taking over the Dwayne's Home. Sadly that's not how it works and we are on the hook. I hate when corporations get to dump their problems on the community.

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewables-pause-grid-operator/ I don't see any way this can be considered pro-business or good governance. More evidence the move to pause renewables was pure pettiness to attack an industry they don't like.

To my untrained eye it looks like the "link building" is meant to interface in the red box I highlighted here. And that the windows in the purple box are meant to be easily removed to create a seamless indoor space. Their posts also say "These renderings are for illustrative purposes only. Final...

I mean I would welcome a replacement program. Ride Transit is a horrifically administered program. Running it through Recreation instead of ETS directly was a lazy and stupid way to design it. That being said, no way is there a replacement program coming. I hope Sohi is successful in shaming...

This! We really need to set property taxes as a percentage and then leave it as something the city works within. But then our outrage farmers wouldn't get their chance to play victim every year. While we are fantasizing, let the province collect its own education taxes.

Ugh, the eagerness and speed at which they put this together is gross. I don't care how good their platform is, no way am I voting for anyone aligned with them.

If it ends up being actual HSR then there is no way there will be at grade crossings anywhere.. Would need to be either raised above or under Whyte anyway, don't think Station Park will matter. My bet is it sinks underground just before Whyte, then comes out similar to the LRT bridge before an...

Hmm, the lack of a YEG Downtown - Airport connection study to compliment Calgary's is interesting "Minister Dreeshan says the province has been looking at increasing lanes to several major Alberta highways, and rail would alleviate that pressure on those roadways." This part is 100 percent...

I think the pricing, newness, and amenities may be a good fit for some young male professionals that want a shiny place near downtown and aren't worried about the area's challenges. Not sure if there are enough of them but I could see it being a fit for some.

The Calgary/Banff line is a project driven by a major UCP donor and is designed to funnel money into his Norquay and Banff Train Station properties. While the project would still be a good thing, and a great start to real passenger rail in Alberta I wouldn't go as far as giving the UCP real...

I would like to see movement on the old Chinatown Mall project next to the Hat at Five corners. They have made the old drycleaners next to the Hat a private off-leash dog park for tenants, which is a great idea for a temporary usage, although it could use some grass.

Great map, I was told by a Farmer friend of mine who was a soils specialist that Alberta used to have a small amount of Class 1 soil but it is now completely buried under Edmonton and Calgary. Sad really.