Downsview used to be an air force base. Maybe they are hoping the Russian habit of using soviet era maps will help solve the housing crisis? J/k of course.. The only real nuclear threat to Canada from from Russia is if someone stole or sold half of their icmb fuel and the nukes targeting the...

Well it's better than valley line derailing again... 😐

If I were to guess (and I am) they are probably trying to aquire the full block, or at least that side of it. IIRC the boxing gym recently closed, and the 7-11 bailed for crime reasons, so there probably wasn't much chance of finding a tenant for the building. Does seem like a waste though, but...

TBH I don't really see commuter rail happening for Edmonton either, there simply isn't the need for it. It would be nice to have a train out to Jasper though, and there could be some potential to make Wabamum into more of a summer resort community now that the power plants are gone, get a...

Mayor Gundam?!?! Hot damn, we may finally have a solution to the crime problem!!

Yeah that just sounds like supply and demand with additional copes. What are you, some kind of climate change denier? C'mon man, get educated! 🤓

So true. Supply and demand is a vile right wing conspiracy theory with no basis in fact. Housing shortages and poor employment prospects are all because of climate change, everyone knows that! 😉

That will be a very tough habit for drivers to break. Maybe the city can launch an exciting new career opportunity to help lower Edmonton's unemployment?

It is too bad that councils over the years were so shortsighted with squandering the old rail right of ways downtown. That said, Edmonton would hardly be the only city to have regular and HSR stations separated. At least there is LRT linking government center and blatchford, which seems like the...

I really really wanted to like this project, but it just looks terrible jammed right up against the old rail station. Who did MKT piss off to lose that awesome patio they had?

Damn, that's unfortunate. I had a lot of fun times on Granville back in my 20s.. I guess the judicial/poverty industry is having the same impacts on BC too :(

I think you're referring to Hastings, not Granville? And yeah its pretty bad in spots there, but its far more contained than the problems are in Edmonton's city center. Unfortunately its a tougher problem for Edmonton to tackle because of geography. Vancouver's city center will always be more...

Crossing arms and signage are the infrastructure equivalent of a strongly worded letter. If you want a collision proof transit network, then it has to be built as such. Not saying the drivers involved in these incidents shouldn't be held responsible for their actions, but the piss poor planners...

If LRVs are starting to get scarce, I hear Calgary has some they aren't using...

Damn Edmonton... Don't know what's more absurd, the total predictability of these collisions or the cope posts... Seriously, were bad drivers not a 'known known' when this line was planned? Plenty of talk about crime prevention via environmental design with transit projects, I guess the...

Capeshit aficionado eh? Suppose that partly explains some of the literacy issues here...

Speaking of cats and bags... Anyone from Ft Sask care to weigh in on your psycho mayor? Does she think she's a member of the NKVD or something? One thing's for sure, if Edmonton does decide to relocate it's vulnerable populace, it shouldn't be to FT Sask... :oops:

Its a bit late for that now though isn't it? The cat's already out of the bag with Catholic schools, French immersion schools and the like. Why should the newcomers be excluded from specialized education?

It's unreal how far off the rails that project went... It's like Calgary saw the California HSR gong show and said "hold my beer"! If they had built the SE busway that was originally proposed it would have been in service ages ago.. Something needs to be done to keep politicians from meddling...

Agree with much of this. City centers are an extremely unhealthy place for people who are on the edge to be..