Gronk!
Senior Member
Yes please. A couple of days ago I asked the moderators to move the homeless discussion to the LRT Safety thread - crickets.
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Yes please. A couple of days ago I asked the moderators to move the homeless discussion to the LRT Safety thread - crickets.
mBertan
New Member
Stony Plain & Groat bridge (visible) status – today
Habibfazil
Active Member
looking good, how long before it's estimated opening?
thommyjo
Senior Member
Let me find some. In my NPO class at the UofA I remember a pretty stark % breakdown that always stuck with me for giving as % of income based on religious affiliation. It was like 3.3% for Christians. 1.1% Muslims, and 0.3% non religious.
Here’s one from Maclean’s that has for avg annual Canadian giving:
$2345 for non religious
$7178 for actively religious
And this quote is interesting too. It’s not just that they give more cause they give to religious things. They also give more and are more loyal to other causes as well if they identify as religious.
“Cygnus Applied Research, a Hamilton-based company that tracks donor intentions and charitable trends in the U.S. and Canada. Its annual survey of some 22,000 donors on both sides of the border confirms religious conviction has a major impact on philanthropy, says company president Penelope Burk. “It’s not just giving to one’s own faith,” she says. “Actively religious donors are more likely to give to, stay loyal to and give at a higher level to other causes.””
https://macleans.ca/news/canada/the-value-of-giving-in-the-valley#
Also attaching a pick from another site citing some research.
TAS
Senior Member
Donald Trump can also verify the claim that religious people donate more money as well. His campaign and legal defense is very appreciative, too.
Although that's mostly white evangelical Christians. Many other religious groups support the democrats.
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Barnaby
Active Member
TAS
Senior Member
Not Just wrong country, wrong topic and sector.
TAS
Senior Member
IanO
Superstar
I will say it again that after this line opens and the SLRT extends to the fastest growing part of this city as well as P&R for those from Leduc south, Edmonton will have a remarkably decent LRT system.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Don't forget the metro line extension to Campbell Rd. and maybe even the extension into St.Albert. (I really hope St.Albert will reopen their plans as soon as Edmonton actually starts shovels in ground fort the NW extension so that St.Albert could come online quickly within a year or two of the Campbell Rd station opening.)
BrettB
Active Member
I like the way the line west line is growing and I think smart choices were made in its design. But those parking moats between the train and the Misericordia and WEM really bother me.
IanO
Superstar
Sure, but that would be a decade off at best and more likely 15years.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
That's true, although we could hope that St.Albert especially won't wait til that extension is open before thinking about doing something.
Actually I hope within this next year or so we could see some further movement forward on the NW line
dkazzed
Active Member
I think it'll be shovels to the ground for Phase 2 Blatchford to Castledowns in 2027-28 after the two current extension projects are substantially complete. Barring any new anti-transit city government. The budget for the next 3 years cannot accommodate a third concurrent major LRT extension project.
The Woodruff
New Member
I'll have to post some gantry crane updates the next time I bike out to WEM. I've been salivating over the construction progress going on there. Last I saw they were pouring another support pillar for the part of the line that crosses over from WEM to the center of the street.