Recent content by kora

Wish we saw more slender apartments like this with small floor plates

I'm waiting for the day when tearing down parking lots gets blasted as gentrification

The overconfidence in the Brexit vote result reminds me of how confident local boosters in Calgary were of a Yes vote for the Olympics.

I'm surprised to see an article in The Economist on Alberta succession titled "Canada's angry cowboys: The push for a referendum on Albertan independence is speeding up" (May 31 2025). A surprising quote and parallel from the article: "Data released on May 23rd by Leger, a pollster, found that...

There was an article in the Globe recently about the Pandora encampment in Victoria. A survey of addicts showed that on average, each person experienced 9 overdoses. The problem with fentanyl is that some overdoses cause brain damage. Treatment can't help these people and there is no good...

They didn't even bother with trees on the 4th Avenue streetscape. Just giving up there. I hope this project is rejected on design grounds.

The growing urbanization and modernization of the Stampede grounds is a nice surprise

Awful streetscape

Just add a "park" to your marketing name and voila! I guess the "line" part refers to the lovely Crowchild Trail? At least they didn't add a "hat". We have enough of those. Strangest marketing trend ever.

Shake off the city? For a project that prides itself on being urban in the suburbs, this is a strange and anti-urban thing to say.

Why didn't they just call it Airdry or Dryair

I don't think it's easier or better, but an app allows you to track your spending better, especially if you're just buying tickets or day passes. Best to have both options available for people

Cards are already obsolete. The way to go is a phone app. It's becoming the latest standard like on BC Transit with the UMO app.

Almost certainly. The population clock for Alberta got updated to 4,981,477 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005-eng.htm

Something else that Alberta still on pace for 100,000 growth this year