Recent content by MichaelS

Have you been watching the last term of Council? Gondek has proven to be far more dysfunctional than he was since being in the mayors chair. I am just pointing out that there seems to be a double standard applied to Farkas when compared to Gondek. She literally pivoted and did something out...

I know. But she didn't mention once during her campaign for mayor. Highlighting the fact that she is willing to say whatever she needs to win, but will act completely different once in office. The perception that Farkas "might" do that seems to be more of a concern to people than the fact the...

Passenger rail out to Banff!

It seems strange to me that everyone is worrying about whether Farkas will ACTUALLY do what we says he will during a campaign, but not extending the same worry to the rest of the candidates. Remember when Mayor Gondek campaigned on declaring a climate emergency?...Oh wait... So, what makes you...

The latest iteration of Cobalt is going to CPC next week. Report, Background, DP Drawings, Applicant Submission, UDRP Comments, CA Letter As a reminder, here is what it looks like:

Truman is finally starting to release some marketing around The Quarters, or as they are now calling it, The HQ. It will be rentals, and you can get a good view of the interior finishings in this link. There is also one new rendering (very few renderings of this building released to date, and...

How much has been built on the Canada side already? Is the stuff that is in the ground still good? Just waiting to be connected to? Edit to add one more question: Would the Province still retain an equity stake in the project if it is rekindled?

It is this land use application in Bankview: https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=LOC2025-0100

I don't fly often, so this anecdotal evidence is not very well sourced, but for me personally I haven't viewed the airport as somewhere enjoyable for basically my entire adult life (could be a post 9/11 thing). It always goes smoothly and isn't a "bad" experience, but it is just a bit of an...

Druing the mid-cycle budget last year, Council (can't remember exactly which councillors) expressed frustration about this lack of prioritization list. That lead the GM of Infrastructure Michael Thompson, to promise he will prepare a prioritization list for them. Not sure when that will be...

A few more renderings of this one from the developer's website: https://www.mancal.com/companies/mancal-properties-inc/

They were almost funded in 2022, they were part of the recommended budget back then. But Council decided not to find them to save some $$. Now, because the city doesn't have an infrastructure priority list, it is unknown when they will be funded. They weren't on the mid-cycle budget...

3rd DP is in for the community. More townhomes, similar design to the ones we have already seen: https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=DP2025-05346

They don't technically need to be, but it would be silly to build an interchange at 210th to get you onto Macleod, only to hit lights at 194th.