trtcttc
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Especially making it free for all. Many places have discounted rates for local residents, but to not collect those tourism dollars doesn't make sense.
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Calgary & Alberta Economy
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trtcttc
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If Calgary decides to pursue a bid for the 2038 Winter Olympics, it would be a boost for the aging facilities that supported the Olympics nearly five decades ago.
“If we are going to invest in things that we need anyway — like an LRT connection to the airport, a new McMahon Stadium — it makes sense for us to at least be having a conversation around a future Olympic bid,” Farkas said.
“When I look at the ideal timing, it may make sense for it to be a 50th anniversary bid.”
Although the city has several infrastructure needs that need to be addressed, Farkas said the city should be ambitious.
“If the community were to support a bid through a plebiscite and do the heavy lifting, I think that you would have the politicians on board,” he said.
“But I really do believe that a strong business case could show Calgarians that an Olympic bid is how we address the infrastructure needs here locally.”
calgaryherald.com
I hope we end up making a bid for 2038. There's funding issues for a variety of facilities including the oval. As the Olympics move towards a less competitive process, and more and more cities unable to host the winter games, bringing our facilities up to date may give us the games every 4/5 cycles, rather than all the expense for one games. Not to mention the associated World Championships, etc.
“If we are going to invest in things that we need anyway — like an LRT connection to the airport, a new McMahon Stadium — it makes sense for us to at least be having a conversation around a future Olympic bid,” Farkas said.
“When I look at the ideal timing, it may make sense for it to be a 50th anniversary bid.”
Although the city has several infrastructure needs that need to be addressed, Farkas said the city should be ambitious.
“If the community were to support a bid through a plebiscite and do the heavy lifting, I think that you would have the politicians on board,” he said.
“But I really do believe that a strong business case could show Calgarians that an Olympic bid is how we address the infrastructure needs here locally.”
Millions in Alberta tourism funding brings new habitat to Calgary Zoo, funds to five other sites
Travel Alberta is investing in the Calgary Zoo, Blackfoot Historical Park, Jasper Gateway Glamping in Hinton, and a Trochu distillery,
calgaryherald.com
I hope we end up making a bid for 2038. There's funding issues for a variety of facilities including the oval. As the Olympics move towards a less competitive process, and more and more cities unable to host the winter games, bringing our facilities up to date may give us the games every 4/5 cycles, rather than all the expense for one games. Not to mention the associated World Championships, etc.
Chowda7
Active Member
Provinces on track to allow cross-border alcohol sales by next month, Ottawa says
The federal government says 10 provinces and the Yukon are on track to allow consumers to buy Canadian alcohol directly from producers by next month.
www.ctvnews.ca
O-tac
Senior Member
Anyone concerned about separatists scaring away investment and destabilizing our economy might want to check out this Federal petition to investigate the Alberta Prosperity Project:
www.ourcommons.ca
Petition e-7340 - Petitions
Chowda7
Active Member
Ottawa looking to new pipeline route from Alberta to Southern B.C.
According to sources in The Globe and Mail, the federal government is targeting a new route for a West Coast pipeline through Southern British Columbia.
Chowda7
Active Member
Construction for adding drag reducing agents to Trans Mountain to start this August
trtcttc
Senior Member
Alberta looking at Northern route (shorter shipping distance, cheaper construction, deeper port=bigger ships) but with the main hurdles being tanker ban and indigenous opposition. I think we'll get a pipeline, but will have to compromise to the Southern route. A northern pipeline will be a generational project though.Ottawa looking to new pipeline route from Alberta to Southern B.C.
According to sources in The Globe and Mail, the federal government is targeting a new route for a West Coast pipeline through Southern British Columbia.www.westernstandard.news
darwink
Senior Member
So much being known about the southern route reduces risk by a lot. Sure there are tight points which will require lots of work to go around, but tunnels while more expensive up front are cheaper than trying to run directional drilling 3 times and failing or other misadventures south south of Kamloops which led to the last expansion in that section being more than 10x over estimate iirc.
Ask TC about how much better the more optimal route of Keystone XL was over the more expensive option of twinning Keystone.
Ask TC about how much better the more optimal route of Keystone XL was over the more expensive option of twinning Keystone.
Chowda7
Active Member
Canada will use energy sector as leverage in CUSMA talks, minister says - National | Globalnews.ca
In his second year as energy minister, Tim Hodgson said he will focus on creating a 'coherent strategy' for electricity and nuclear energy.
globalnews.ca
Chowda7
Active Member
Good to see this finally move forward
dailyhive.com
Battle over Metro Vancouver superport expansion ends in surprise alliance | Daily Hive | Urbanized
After years of disagreement, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and GCT Global Containers are working together on Roberts Bank Terminal 2.
dailyhive.com
CalgaryTiger
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I know nothing about this... but in the context of another west coast pipeline, could you build a pipeline to storage tanks somewhere near here and build another terminal? Seems better than another terminal more inland.Good to see this finally move forward
Battle over Metro Vancouver superport expansion ends in surprise alliance | Daily Hive | Urbanized
After years of disagreement, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and GCT Global Containers are working together on Roberts Bank Terminal 2.
darwink
Senior Member
Yes. Was studied as part of the TMX project and rejected as it added more pipeline, and the capacity wasn't worth the for the incremental amount of export expected (none). The coal facility doesn't need as much land as it once did. Part of it has been repurposed as a potash facility in the mean time. An oil facility would require less land than was repurposed for the potash terminal.
From memory (and I don't recall if this made it into the public report, or was a friend pulling it up and sharing during the friendly lunch), 2 1 million barrel tanks, a receiving and pumping station, a containment berm (to limit the size, it had to be engineered--to contain 2 million barrels from 2 failed tanks, it needed to be 5m tall), 1 VLCC loading berth:
It also requires a storage location whereever the lateral to Roberts Bank starts. I think it was Sumas up the hill a bit where a pumping station is already close by? 10 million barrels of working storage to allow assembly of loads from lumpy batching coming down the line.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Well Mark... We're waiting...
darwink
Senior Member
The Alberta government is slowly coming to the realization that this is the project. The feds are already there. The BC province is okay with it.
Chowda7
Active Member
What you need to know about the new Enbridge LNG pipeline approval
OTTAWA — Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said on Friday that the federal government has approved Enbridge Inc.’s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia.
ca.finance.yahoo.com