There are plenty of "urban style" McDonalds everywhere in the world with no parking or drive thru. Surprised this one got approved in this format.

are they allowing a drive thru from 17th Avenue?

Even with current metro boundaries for Calgary CMA, there is a chance we hit 2 million by 2030. It would assume 50K annual growth over the 8 year period to 2030.

I'm glad we have something iconic in this area to replace the landmark Saddledome. Maybe this will be the name frame for famous Calgary skyline photos.

They should convert the Saddledome to a parkade. Save the facade as much as possible

I haven't been in the City for 15 months, has it really gotten that bad so quickly at the Superstore? They used to have a security guard there whenever the store was open. The other side of shopping there is that some people don't have a choice but to shop there. Especially for people without...

"We're seeing record levels of outmigration from Ontario to other provinces, primarily Alberta and Atlantic Canada ... most of them are young adults, between 25 and 35" CBC News, Ontario's young adults are leaving the province in droves. The soaring cost of living is to blame, March 15 2023...

Our office to residential conversion program is getting international attention in The Economist magazine. "The future of family living" The Economist, p. 63, February 11 2023 "Calgary, where one in three offices sits vacant, is home to one of the more ambitious plans. In 2021 the Canadian...

We're seeing very strong immigration numbers for the Calgary CMA. Well over 1% of Calgary's population are immigrants who've arrived in the last year. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 21,715 21,430 17,875 18,955 19,640 10,660 17,880 24,705

It's interesting that Ottawa's estimates follow closely with actual census data while Calgary and to a lesser extent Edmonton are way off. I guess what's important from that chart are the trend lines which show the Alberta cities growing much faster over the past 20 years and converging with...

It would make sense. But as you said, the current CMA map for 2021 shows no addition of Foothills https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/geo/maps-cartes/referencemaps-cartesdereference/cma_ca_ct-rmr_ar_sr/files-fichiers/2021-92146-825-00.pdf

It must be an undercount. There's no other way we going from being 7000 population behind Ottawa in the census and then 100,000 ahead in 2022

Looks like the CMA is over 1.6 million with record growth, according to Stats Can https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2020003-eng.htm

There's just no transportation need for more than 1 lane each way on what is a local road that terminates at 17th Avenue. The street should have a road diet all the way to the Bow River.