odogfo99
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It's placed like that for the river view.
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
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Golfing guy
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Love them but hate to say it will be place for the homeless to sleep at night.
YYCguy
Active Member
Unfortunately you may be correct.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Need to build more parks with fences and camera's like the Europeans. Give someone the job to clear them out and lock them at night: Employment.Unfortunately you may be correct.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
They will sleep there at night, and huddle around there getting stoned all day. I feel like that sand will be a hazard for needles too! What a sad time this is, anything quasi decent is viewed from how much the zombies will use it as opposed to the general public.
Red Star
Active Member
It's sad but true. No one is really serious about solving the homeless/opioid crisis...and this is why we can't have nice things.
Glass panels on the Peace bridge? Nope
Want to sit down at a bench in C-Square in East Village? No way.
If you're a woman and want to check your phone at City Hall C-train station? Don't relax.
I have a co-worker from China and he is surprised by the amount of homeless people in Canada. He said that in Guangzhou you can walk the busy streets at any time of day and night and never feel unsafe, never see open drug use or never see homeless people.
maestro
Senior Member
There's too much money vs an honest job for harsher penalties to discourage people to get in the business if the demand remains and also supply is in Canada. Keeping it out of Canada when a coffee can of Fentanyl is equal to a cube van of other drugs feels like an impossible endeavour.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Where are those of you who say we need some TOD?
350 Units coming to Franklin LRT. Ground breaking in 2026.
Of note 50 per cent of the units will be at below market value, and the mix of units will include three-bedroom configurations for families.
livewirecalgary.com
350 Units coming to Franklin LRT. Ground breaking in 2026.
Of note 50 per cent of the units will be at below market value, and the mix of units will include three-bedroom configurations for families.
Onward Homes selected as the developer of Franklin LRT Station TOD site - LiveWire Calgary
Onward Homes has been named the partner for the redevelopment of the land around Franklin LRT Station, the next step in the area’s revitalization. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek and Onward Homes board chair Bryan Romanesky made the announcement on May 13, 2025, and now work begins on getting to a...
livewirecalgary.com
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
China is pretty harsh with their unhoused and drug addicted population. That's definitely one way you can deal with it.
Edit: For those who don't know... China has some of the harshest anti-drug laws in the world. Possession or trafficking of more than 50 grams of heroin, methamphetamine, or cocaine can result in the death penalty.
Recently a Canadian citizen was sentenced to death and executed because of drug possession. So yeah China doesn't have a drug problem.
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Nimbus
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Not sure who is behind it, but there is a project out there for one of the blocks on 5th avenue adjacent to Riley Park looking to go 12 storeys.
trtcttc
Senior Member
Should also point out they are all Chinese-Canadian dual citizens, and China is one of the countries that don't recognize dual citizenship. There's at least one known non-Chinese Canadian that was sentenced to the death penalty for alleged drug trafficking, he's still alive.
Red Star
Active Member
Huh...and their society doesn't have an opioid crisis. Interesting.
blue12
New Member
It's shocking how clean China manages to keep their own population from Fentanyl despite being the largest country of origin for all Fentanyl on American streets.
konradiical
Active Member
well communist countries usually dont have a homelessness or drug issues (at least that are visible) to the public eye.
I don't think harsher sentences is the be all end all, but I have to believe it would help slow it down. The other side of the coin is the users, if the users are in jail or in rehab, there's less people to sell to. I suspect that's the case in countries like China. At the same time it makes you wonder how Scandinavian countries can have relaxed punishment for drug offenses, and still not have the issues we have.