The demolition of Edmonton's Coliseum, which has been closed since 2017, will not begin for at least two more years due to the extensive planning and hazardous material removal required. The City has allocated $35 million for demolition, in addition to the $9 million spent on maintaining the building. The Coliseum, once home to the Edmonton Oilers, will be replaced by a mixed-use urban village as part of long-term plans for the area. The new development is expected to take 25-30 years to complete.
Was listening about Alberta MLA wanting to have re-reimbursement for e-bike or scooter rentals. I thought for sure it was an NDP member (wrongfully thought it was Janis Irwin although could be on committee) but imagine my surprise when it was a Grande Prairie MLA.
An Alberta legislative committee is exploring whether taxpayers should cover the cost of e-bike and e-scooter trips taken by MLAs and caucus staff. The bipartisan committee unanimously passed a motion to investigate corporate agreements with micro-mobility companies like Bird Canada, Lime, and Neuron Mobility.Key details regarding the proposal:The Motion: United Conservative backbencher Nolan Dyck pushed for the exploration, citing e-bikes and e-scooters as cheap, fast transit options in cities.Current Status: No decision has been finalized. MLAs currently can only expense taxis, car rentals, and certain airfares.The Obstacle: A legislative report advised against it, as micro-mobility companies generally require riders...
Watched the news at 6 last night to watch this story and NOTHING. It was a banner on City News.
From Covid and Coffee
Good morning, C&C, it’s Monday! Our regularly scheduled programming —part II of our investigation into the deep state’s Reckoning™— has been shifted to tomorrow. I could not overlook the virtually impossible confluence of blessings that attended the President’s 80th birthday weekend, coming as it does just weeks before the Nation’s blockbuster 250th anniversary. Strap in, today’s seemingly unrelated stories are going to knock your leg warmers off.
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Regular readers know that I have something of a dot-connection impulse, or possibly an obsession. (We don’t know yet.) This one I can’t prove. I mean that proving it is impossible. Proving the existence of a lucky president falls into the hazy Twilight Zone beyond the boundaries of conventional science. But the dots are right there. We’ll prime the dot-connection lab table with this uncharacteristically chipper headline from PBS: “Trump ...
