Yes, this seems like a nice mix and the over 2,300 units in various buildings noted in the article is also good news, that will bring a good boost to the number of people living in the core.

Yes, it would be nice to see multi family that is not rentals, but I have noticed these things sure go in cycles. I remember a time when all that was being built here was condos and a number of rentals were being converted to condos. It will probably take a combination of rising rents, lower...

There's an idea!

Not a bad week at all, for a supposedly small market, where we continue to be told we should just accept the way it is and stop venting and complaining about it or try to improve things.

The only reason I ended up dealing with them is because they took over the Bay Credit cards. I find they aren't better than any of the other credit card companies in any way. They do have a rewards program, but for me I find it is meager and applies only to a very limited amount of my...

I might also call it City Centre, because there is something actually called City Centre sort of in the centre of the downtown core, although it used to be called Edmonton Centre, which is less generic but hopefully at least we can all agree we are talking about Edmonton here.

Yes, this all came about because someone said our downtown is too big, which I feel is ridiculous if not for any other reason because we can't even seem to agree on how big it is.

Oh you can bet Cartmell is going to run against the current council and unless there is another strong candidate on the left, centre or right it will probably work. Sohi will not be a strong candidate.

Yes, that did set things back, but fortunately that is over now. Also, I always find it a bit strange when Edmonton gets lumped in as a small market with much smaller cities like Halifax (a third of our size) and Winnipeg (half our size).

My credit card with Neo apparently got hacked and they now have had to replace it four times, so I feel there may be some security issues with their staff. I have had few problems with any other card I have.

I suspect Cartmell is really hoping Sohi will run and not another potentially stronger progressive candidate. Regardless of the number of candidates, I feel a lot of the right of centre vote will coalesce with Cartmell particularly if Sohi runs, unless they do not see Cartmell as likely to win.

Whyte Ave has existed in its current state for decades with some ups and downs. So it definitely did not cause the decline of our downtown over the last five years. It attracts people in part because of its proximity to the university and the area south which is one of the faster growing areas...

Yes, they are the capital of hype, they don't like to share and don't like to see us do better in anything.

Yes, I agree the timing was probably partly cynical in the hopes that students who were less likely to support the UCP would be away. I also agree this could be offset by early voting. However, the timing also speaks to her lack of confidence of winning here. I feel she also wants to have it...

I don't know him at all, but I don't think the timing was a coincidence. It is hard enough to juggle being accountable to a bunch of councilors, now add in the province which has some different and conflicting ideas with the city. So to whoever is going to have to deal with that structure...

It is venting partly, but it is more than that. And actually we are getting more services now - standing up for ourselves will help, being defeatist about it does not.

I don't know if there has been any polling, but I would have to think his chances are fairly good at this point unless some other strong candidate comes in. But a big weakness for him is he is an incumbent running when there is a strong anti incumbent feeling. This might be a good time for...

Was that really the original intention, because if so, it seems like they have been waiting a long time?

Many cities of any size have more than one commercial, retail or entertainment area. Calgary has 17 Ave about the same distance from their main downtown street as ours and a nice Kensington area in the other direction. Having these does not destroy downtown and Whyte Ave certainly doesn't...

I have no sympathy for those who moan about the quality of candidates. If you have to choose between bad and worse, choose bad. Because if you don't vote, someone else will choose and they may choose worse.