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Alberta's moto since 1980 has been "Fortis et liber", which translates as "strong and free". The current plate design is boring and...

Is this the same study as https://www.calgary.ca/planning/projects/bridgeland-riverside-bridge.html

The scope of this project is still unclear Is it 2 new towers or 3? Of those towers, which ones will reuse the existing foundation and...

Dispatchable generation grew substantially last year with the addition of Cascade, Genessee Repower and Suncor Base plant

Probably a step towards Exxon selling its stake. Maybe to Suncor?

The bigger drag is the end of investor demand. It is difficult for the Millennial generation and younger to comprehend that condos are...

Dredging Burrard Inlet should be much easier to miantain than doing so for the St Lawrence as I suspect the sediment load to be much...

Why is Montreal Port expansion on the projects list...

The firewalls in some public wifi detect certain sites as security threats and block access

The Glenmore work really only solves the three to two lane squeeze on Deerfoot. Fixing Glenmore would require replacing the original...

Catching up on old posts. What is the motivation behind Phase II which would replace the existing bridge connecting north from the LRT...

Blue Line could be elevated through the strip malls on the east side of 85th to West District so as to avoid NIMBYs. The parcel across...

How easy would a Green Line extension from the planned Seton terminus be?

The Southland to Douglasdale stretch is progressing rapidly now and should vastly improve capacity. Still think the Glenmore - Blackfoot...

When I attended elementary school in the 70s, Calgary Transit did a half day session teaching kids how to ride transit: reading...