Recent content by ByeByeBaby

I mean, all 50 US states don't provide public health care even though doing it would save them money, as shown by Canada's lower health care spending as a % of GDP. Every single one of them could save money while resolving their health care problems. But some of the benefit would go to poor...

I posted about this earlier, but Top Chef was filmed in Canada this season; the bulk of the season took place in Toronto with a couple of side visits to Niagara Falls and a winery as well as Montreal and PEI themed challenges. But the 'semifinals' (two episodes with 6 and 5 competitors) were...

Unit #2 has been lingering on MLS for quite a while, if anyone has a mil burning a hole in their pockets (or just wants to see more useful photos rather than the archdaily "closeup of a corner of the roof" special).

This comment doesn't make sense to me. It's been a while (since there isn't one in the centre city!) but I thought Wal-Mart sold mostly clothing and general merchandise. And I haven't been to the No Frills, but I thought they were only groceries. If all Wal-Mart sells is groceries, then they...

APEGA, the board overseeing professional engineering in Alberta, has concluded their review into this incident. The main conclusion is that the City of Calgary's engineering oversight and management was sound:

It's pretty simple (I think this is even part of the heat warning message on my phone in the Environment Canada app): When 2 or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach 29°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to fall to 14°C or warmer...

I don't think that T&V really "overbuilt" so much. Especially considering they were in pretty extreme crisis and had tons of latent households a couple of years ago. Here's the population change from July 1 2021-July 1 2024 and the housing starts over the same time frame:

There are still 3 Arbyses around; one on Canyon Meadows, one on 17th SE and one in Cross Iron Mills. Had a beef n cheddar and curly fries when I was at Cross Iron six months ago and I hadn't had one for about a decade. Glad I had it, but I'm now good for another decade.

It's getting serious now...

Trains need maintenance every single night. Cleaning and inspection is light maintenance, but it is still maintenance and I can't imagine people would be thrilled if every single night at 3AM a cleaning crew was hosing down a train outside their window while lights bright enough for inspectors...

My thoughts about this are that there are (broadly) four groups of things behind the drop: 1). General antipathy to the US because of their threats to our country 2). Specific concern about travelling to the US because of security issues at the border, etc. 3). Low Canadian dollar - this is...

I was just going to post this as well! Here's the original report; https://www.oag.com/blog/canada-us-airline-capacity-aviation-market 75% reduction in April transborder bookings (1.22 million in 2024 and under 300K in 2025) and similar reductions all through the summer vs March 2024. But the...

I didn't mean to imply any causal relationship between the assessment and the sale decision. I'm not buying anywhere. Not really interested in that right now. It's a fairly generic property; a 25 year old suburban townhouse condo (so no zoning or lot type or any other redevelopment...

My property assessment went up 28% year-on-year. I'm putting it on the market; the realtor's estimate (which was also exactly the same as what I'd come up with independently before contacting him) is less than 2% over the City assessment.

Absolutely we are, in the same way we were 120 years ago: and 60 years ago: and 30 years ago: All three images come from this post in the essential Construction Physics newsletter, by Brian Potter who spent years working for an automated construction startup. Construction has a ton of...