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You don't watch much hockey, do you?

The Alberta towns didn’t mind homelessness and crime as long as it wasn’t in their town.

Yup, TELUS effectively moved its head office away from Edmonton following its merger with BC Telecom on January 31, 1999...

I can’t understand it. With Wihkwentowin/Oliver building nicer buildings, why does downtown settle for less?

It just sets a really bad precedent. If this gets built in its current incarnation, it signals to other builders what they can get away...

Maybe they're trying to convince ATB Financial to put a branch there.

Maybe that's the one, thanks! 3 more high-rises breaking round, and Edmonton will be at Winnipeg's pace with 6! Sorry, that comment is...

Edmonton is growing. Just not enough jobs downtown to entice more people to live in new highrise towers. High earners in Edmonton...

I understand the sentiment, and I agree in the end that providing bunch of new student housing Downtown (that is relatively affordable...

There need to be higher standards. What world class city would allow that to become of a historic building in its core? The mentality...

I suppose it could also be argued the ugly public library is a net benefit to downtown. Well between government and the private sector...

I don’t think the 1000 people is worth it for the quality of slum they are building. We need better.

I remember younger me lurking on here years ago really looking forward to earlier proposals on this site, it's hard to be anything but...

Modal filtering should be used DT alot more in response.

I don't love the idea, but as long as the bus drivers aren't buying, I'll live with it.