Airboy
Senior Member
Jasper Place Hotel is a smoldering heap now. was burning all morning.
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/19/fire-jasper-place-hotel/
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/19/fire-jasper-place-hotel/
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David A
Senior Member
Yes, the top one is very nice and within the size of several projects being built here downtown and elsewhere. I hope people who are building here, or considering doing so, take note of this.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Makes sense. I misinterpreted the PU zoning in the southern end of the park to be parking.Seems pretty clear that the majority of the park space is remaining untouched, including everything around the community league and land to the south. From what I can tell, they are losing one soccer field but the ball diamond and second soccer field are safe. Unclear where the skating rink is. Not saying it was the right decision, but the opposition made it sound like there would be no park space left at all if the sale went forward.
Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing
City council has voted against a proposal to look at alternative locations for affordable housing in a west Edmonton community after a tense public hearing on Wednesday, which was spurred by a judicial review.www.ctvnews.ca
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thommyjo
Senior Member
What I don’t understand on these projects is the priority being “evenly dispersing” these sorts of builds instead of aligning them with the plethora of other goals we have around sustainability, active transportation, 15min communities, and nodes.Seems pretty clear that the majority of the park space is remaining untouched, including everything around the community league and land to the south. From what I can tell, they are losing one soccer field but the ball diamond and second soccer field are safe. Unclear where the skating rink is. Not saying it was the right decision, but the opposition made it sound like there would be no park space left at all if the sale went forward.
Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing
City council has voted against a proposal to look at alternative locations for affordable housing in a west Edmonton community after a tense public hearing on Wednesday, which was spurred by a judicial review.
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Stony plain road needs 15 midrises to be built and has a 3 billion dollar train about to service it and a dozen major employment and medical hubs. How is that not a better location? Again, I get the equity lens of not concentrating poverty. And I certainly don’t care about exaggerated nimby claims that are veiled racism/classism. But is this the right place? 20% of most Canadians’ spending is transportation. Is car dependent affordable housing actually affordable?
MacLac
Senior Member
This makes me smile! One of the city's biggest eyesores.....
northlands
Senior Member
I believe it's actually a dry pond area for heavy rainfall events (hence the weird civil grading and why it can't be used for sports fields).
Agreed. Seems like a really odd choice for this type of project, since Wedgewood is one of the least walkable and most car dependent neighbourhoods within the Henday. At least there's a nearby grocery store and bus stop nearby, but basically nothing else, including assumedly the services the residents may want to access (healthcare, social services, recreation centres, post secondaries, etc).
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
That's former eyesore to you, sir. Edmonton has lost one of her finest... shopping cart holding facilities.
ADob
Active Member
Another one bites the dust. Big fire at the abandoned Iginla Law building this morning. Apologies for the crap photos but it was too cold to open the balcony door to get some clarity. Multiple fire trucks on scene, firefighters in full gear. I'm assuming they evacuated the apartment building next door.
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bodsbods9090
Senior Member
Ahhh, that's why everything is closed close to work this morning.
ADob
Active Member
Yup. I was surprised to see nothing on the news, even just in terms of the traffic impacts, which weren't insignificant, given they closed 103 St access to 97 Ave, and obviously a big chunk of 97 Ave. They're now down to *only* 3-4 firetrucks, as far as I can see.
Airboy
Senior Member
That is going to cause a few delays to the office today.
ADob
Active Member
Road still closed, several fire trucks still there, smoke still billowing as of 8:35 AM.
Gronk!
Senior Member
First it was the Jasper Place Hotel, and now it's the Iginla Law building. Am I sensing a trend developing?
ADob
Active Member
2 hospitalized after fire at empty Rossdale building
Two people were hospitalized after a fire at an empty building in central Edmonton early Monday morning.
www.ctvnews.ca
ADob
Active Member
Well, I don't know how the JP one started, but I doubt I'm going too much out on a limb to suspect that the two people taken to hospital had lit a fire inside and it got out of control.