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Perhaps… but I’m pretty sure that the location of the tower’s elevators and stairwells and exiting etc. pretty much limit them to doing f*ck all even if that’s not their first choice.

The Republicans now control the Senate with 52 of 100 seats elected or called and look to be well on the way to controlling Congress with the count 205 to 190 with 40 still to be determined of which the Republicans only need 13 while the democrats need 28 (a majority is 218).

Sadly, after hearing Americans tell people "that's not who we are", it turns out that's exactly who they are. What will be interesting to watch is that with the Republicans in control of the House and the Senate, the 47th President won't have anyone to argue or fight with or to fight with him...

Noting that things are actually pretty good here is far from saying at least here it isn't as bad as other places. As far as policies which allow diverse and dense housing forms across the entire city, the first steps we have taken are baby steps indeed. Whether you compare what we're doing...

Edmonton still enjoys one of the highest median incomes in the country and the lowest rental cost in the country for major cities. I’m not sure how you see that as deeply problematic.

And then there’s just ongoing general operating inefficiencies… http://epaper.edmontonjournal.com/article/281505051730410

The rec centres are a result of the “bigger and better syndrome” as opposed to neighbourhood/community facilities that you can walk to. While the City does undervalue downtown, if you look at major employment centres in the region, many of the new residential areas are closer to work for many...

Edmonton Oilers announced they had completed a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. The Oilers received defenseman Ronnie Attard in exchange for Ben Gleason.

It’s not nearly as simplistic as that… The reason is a cumulative misallocation of priorities and resources. It’s the delayed timing of transit to new developments - industrial as well as commercial - that generates an early reliance on cars. It’s the focus on high-end multi purpose...

Most academic studies including this one from the U of A show immigration has a nominal effect on housing prices: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/esi/index.php/esi/article/view/1/1#:~:text=Immigrants%20affect%20house%20prices%20over,3. While the impacts of immigration on rents are...

If rents are non-economic and little continues to be built as a result, your friends and kids might be able afford things but there won’t be anything available for them to rent.

Long term primary pedestrian access is likely to soon be between CN Tower and RAM once the pedway and at-grade improvements are in place. That means only having to cross 5 not so wide lanes on 103A Avenue.

I predicted this in 1998 when we bought it from CN and have the newspaper clippings to prove it! :) I’m also really happy to see this and really happy with Qualico’s ongoing commitment and patience to doing it right.

It wouldn’t surprise me if they have to charge at least that much just to break even. As I understand it, all of the GST that is paid through the course of construction of a new home is an “input tax credit” against the GST paid by the purchaser and remitted to CRA. This is so that there is no...

There is nothing to “enforce” - yard waste is perfectly acceptable in green bins.

How so?

Given that yard waste can be placed in the organic bin in Edmonton as long as it meets certain guidelines, it might be hard to determine what you think you should be charging them for when they’re complying.

^ If you want to see snow, Montreal gets almost twice as much as we do and Quebec City almost two and a half times what we do… :)

As much as I like to think I’m a committed Edmontonian and a long time Edmonton booster, if someone from almost anywhere else in the world were to ask me where they should go in Canada for a short winter vacation, it would probably be Vancouver/Whistler or Quebec City/Montreal or Toronto/Ottawa...

Our oldest son has lived here for some 20 years so it’s not our first trip. It’s a pretty special place that we could well take some good lessons from including how to plan and how to prioritize as well as how to manage and maintain. They also seem to still respect the “physical world” in...