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What a gorgeous day! patios are busy all over downtown!

Yeah wow, that looks pretty bad!

The Olympic Oval is in need of major repairs too, they need to replace the entire floor and coolant system.

Never been a fan of Sunterra, got food poisoning from a panini years ago and haven't gone back.

Huberdeau out for the season for hip surgery.

I think so, those games went off well, didn't have the excess of previous games and turned a profit. People like sports and the rating proved that, Paris might have just saved the summer games.

#2 for the win

These games will tell how viable the Olympics are in the future. The Paris games may have saved the summer Olympics, for now anyway, see how they go in Trumps fascist USA, the World Cup will give us a preview of that. Fair point though, the Banff hills are definitely well suited to keep winter...

Looks like a big pour on site today, lots of big cement trucks lined up on 11th currently. Not to nit pick, but the main floor isn't a raft, it's likely a transfer slab. A raft slab is a foundation type used to spread the weight of a building over a larger area, usually due to weak soil...

I was mostly being facetious, we get cold enough that snow making is possible and that can carry us through the dry spells. That was one of the major factors in the article. Also, Banff can't host Olympic events, Parks Canada won't allow it, that would fall to Nakiska again.

Are we climate reliable? it's going to hit 17 today...

Not looking forward to the perpetual shadow this will cast, but will be nice to fill a couple parking lots. I wish Calgary was oriented with the long blocks facing north / south instead of east / west, would allow more sun and reduce the wind tunnel effect. Shoulda woulda coulda...

Not loving that Sunalta one, I cycle by it every day and don't like the 4 buildings all the same. Hoping for different cladding or something to help differentiate them. No trees to help currently either.

I'd guess the developer has run out of money and this site will probably get sold. Never heard of RKays...

I think we have a big cold snap coming this year still, so I would wait.