I get that you have difficulty accepting the idea of trading Draisatl. The point is that he is almost certainly going to ask to leave anyway. He is frustrated and wants to be on a contending team--remember, this is a club that was supposed to be challenging for the Stanley Cup and right now it...

Here's one answer to your goaltending problem: Full season stats from 2022-23 for Corinne Schroeder: 22 GP, 19 wins, 7 shutouts, 1.67 GAA, 0.955 save percentage A heck of a lot cheaper than Campbell and can at least stop pucks.

I miss the McDonald's on 117 Street and Jasper which was unique in that it had no drive-thru and was actually located on the upper level of the building (you had to walk up a set of stairs to get to the front counter and dining room).

Perhaps the city should look at buying a fleet of electric vehicles for the EPS from VinFast.

Did nobody in the City's Transportation Department realize that electric vehicles in general lose range during very cold weather? They appear to have taken the manufacturer at its word when it came to projected range per charge and the buses have never met that number. Either that or Edmonton...

They should have moved Draisatl at the end of last season and gotten a goaltender who could steal games for them. I said earlier this year on this very forum that 2022-23 was going to be the high-water mark for certain players and it looks like #97, #29 and #93 are determined to prove me right...

No, I recall an order where Calgary purchased forty SD160s and Edmonton tacked on an order for ten. We pooled our order with theirs to get a lower price per LRV from Siemens. During a town hall for the Valley Line, I actually raised the point with reps from the City Transportation department...

The problem is that for Bonnie Doon, the departure of the department stores (Sears and Target/Zellers) meant that the mall really has nothing that every other strip mall and plaza on the southside doesn't have already. A Giant Tiger would be useful at that location.

Those are attractive units. I'd be happy with the CoE buying those.

The likelihood of anything developing with Air France depends on what happens in Ottawa (I'm talking the airport, not the federal government). Air France has been very successful in YUL, YYZ and YVR and post-pandemic took a chance on adding CDG-YOW. This is now Ottawa's only scheduled...

St. Louis had a horrible start to 2018-19 and the Blues' head coach was fired. By January 2 they were dead last in the league. After that they went on a run and snagged third place in their division. They proceeded to beat the Boston Bruins and win their first Stanley Cup in their 51 year...

My point was that trying to compete with AC at its most important hub--not to mention all the European carriers at YYZ--was always a fool's errand. There are significant opportunities elsewhere. The revival of 737 transatlantic flights from Atlantic Canada is smart. There is also a good...

But aren't we trying to get more density in the area? The whole idea is to get as many people as possible living and being active downtown. The Quarters is a superb location close to cultural, recreational, government, shopping and other amenities and the area is well-served by transit. Isn't...

Excellent idea. There's no point in having the trains stop at a station every time where there may be little to no use outside of specific events. IIRC there is an MTR line in Hong Kong where the trains only run on the loop to serve the station at the racecourse on racing days. But you could...

I really hope they go with the S200s like Calgary...I know in the past we've piggybacked on their orders for the SD160s resulting in a better price per unit for both cities.

I think people are just avoiding it. I know businesses at Jasper Gates Square are hurting in terms of traffic as well. Plus I think parking is an issue for businesses further west. It's difficult to get off SPR onto some of the north-south side streets because a previous...

What WS needs to do is bring back the service from YEG and YWG to Gatwick. Never mind Iceland, never mind messing around with competing against AC on transatlantic out of Pearson (YYZ-DUB makes zero sense). Exploit the niches that AC has left open.

I wonder if we will see another major disruption to transatlantic flights similar to what happened with the volcanic eruption in 2010.

The one thing that surprises me about the Valley Line is the absence of green track. Many European cities have them with their trams, so does Eglinton Crosstown.

Yeah, that's pretty much what it is. A lack of full signal priority at every intersection, "stations" that look and feel a lot like bus stops (except Davies and the future WEM and Misericordia stations), a lack of grade separation, the absence of bollards in many sections--it's basically a...