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  1. SarcasticMarmot

    Downtown Crime

    https://globalnews.ca/news/10477387/southeast-edmonton-shooting-crime-ellerslie/ Yup, only a Downtown and Northside problem, yup.
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    Sedona Apartments | ?m | 9s | ProCura Real Estate | DIALOG

    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...
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    Sedona Apartments | ?m | 9s | ProCura Real Estate | DIALOG

    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.
  4. SarcasticMarmot

    Alberta Politics

    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.
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    The Parks | 146.91m | 45s | 35s | 13s | Pangman | Hariri Pontarini

    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...
  6. SarcasticMarmot

    Alberta Politics

    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...
  7. SarcasticMarmot

    Municipal Politics

    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.
  8. SarcasticMarmot

    Municipal Politics

    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.
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    EllisDon to Lead Prairie Link High-Speed Rail Partners - Edm-RD-Cal

    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...
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    EllisDon to Lead Prairie Link High-Speed Rail Partners - Edm-RD-Cal

    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...
  11. SarcasticMarmot

    Stationlands Residential Towers | 90m | 25s | Qualico | DIALOG

    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.
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    EllisDon to Lead Prairie Link High-Speed Rail Partners - Edm-RD-Cal

    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...
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    Hat @ 122 | 35.96m | 12s | Cidex Group | NORR

    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.
  14. SarcasticMarmot

    New Zoning Bylaw

    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.
  15. SarcasticMarmot

    General Infill Discussion

    I know a bit about this one, it was in the works before the parking minimums were removed and has a few levels of underground parkade under the whole project. I think it still meets the old parking minimums.
  16. SarcasticMarmot

    Edmonton International Airport (EIA/YEG)

    I bet the invitation to Orban has already been extended.
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    Lewis Farms Community Recreation Centre | ?m | ?s | Saucier + Perrotte

    4 times longer if you have kids. Impossible if there is snow with a stroller. Will keep the vast majority of people accessing the Rec Centre by car.
  18. SarcasticMarmot

    Homelessness, Addiction and Mental Health

    I don't know if we have anything that specific. We do have the PACT team which has its own direct number. https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CommunityPolicing/CommunityInitiatives/NavigationServices/MentalHealth From personal experience, the PACT team is absolutely amazing, if you can get them...
  19. SarcasticMarmot

    Homelessness, Addiction and Mental Health

    Yes and No. There are supports, but its a patchwork of supports with massive gaps. The likelihood of making it through everything fully supported is very low. You can go through a couple of different channels, detox/treatment or housing first. I will summarize them both but there are huge...

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