April 22, 2025
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A rally to encourage people to think about the need for social housing as an issue of Canada's federal election.
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#yeg #yegdt #homelessness #housing #poverty #socialhousing #unhoused #houselessness #rally #canada #edmonton #photojournalism
does anyone else in #yeg remember MEC still using MS-DOS based terminal software for their store inventory in the mid-2000s?
Video from Bike Edmonton:
"Neighbourhood renewal along 132nd Ave includes bike paths, safer crossings, and traffic calming. The new infrastructure will allow kids attending the 8 schools along this stretch to arrive safely and independently. The old, overbuilt wide roads encourage speeding and aggressive driving through the school and playground zones, while not leaving room for anyone who isn't in a car. Let's take a tour from Fort Road to 127th street to see what is being built, and what it is replacing."
https://www.facebook.com/BikeEdmonton/videos/1212107623694030/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Hey #yeg folk… anyone looking for a tent trailer? We are downsizing our vehicles (and don’t camp so much anymore as our kids become adults). Got a few issues (fridge doesn’t work - we use a little bar fridge on shore power)
Great sleeping trailer, comfy, dry, off the ground. More details and photos below.
Linking my thread on 132 Avenue because this is what the United Cons are targeting now:
Absolutely infuriating! The UCP is pulling another Ford Nation on Edmonton.
'In a letter dated April 16, 2025, Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen demanded that the City cancel or postpone the construction of bike lanes between 66 Street and 97 Street, citing concerns about "driving capacity."
This proposal is not only out of touch—it’s dangerous.
Let’s be clear: 132 Avenue is a City-owned residential collector road. It’s not part of Alberta’s provincial highway system. The Province does not fund this project, nor does it maintain or operate this roadway. The street is home to schools, homes, seniors’ centres, parks, and small businesses—not freight corridors.
The renewal design was developed through four years of public engagement. Hundreds of Edmontonians helped shape this plan. They asked for slower speeds, safer crossings, better bike and walk infrastructure, and a more livable street.
The Province now wants to override that work—and remove already-approved, already-funded infrastructure—based on political ideology, not data.'
- Aaron Budnick, YEG Bike Coalition
Here's another one.
To give you an idea of what to expect in office, in Provincial legislature UCP MLAs have about a 50% show rate.
So imagine how often he'll show up to do his job and debate in parliament, if elected?
Violent sleet storm outside right now! I had to turn off my bike alarm, the force of the sleet and wind was setting it off immediately.
(Of course we have bike lockers sitting in the loading bay since last year, which nobody has put up yet.)
And apparently the wind has shifted already? I got to ride into it all the way to work, maybe I'll get another headwind going back, lol.
My wife says that blown-away recycle bags are littering the alley.
Hey #Yeg, if you see this beautiful blue Haro for sale, let @JulieKusiek know. Her kid's bike was stolen from a locked bike cage with the lock grinded right through. Details on @bikeindex :
Stolen 2024 Haro Bridgeport Step-Thru Hyrbrid
https://bikeindex.org/bikes/2669041
Please retoot!
I found out at an expulsion hearing that most schools in #yeg cannot afford counselors.
As schools deal with suicides, bullying, mental crises, etc., Danielle Smith is happy to throw hundreds of millions into detox jails.
But increase our school budget for children? Yeah, not going to happen. #abpoli
Registrations for Edmonton’s 2025 Jane’s Walks are now open! I’ll be leading a walking tour of the grounds of the Alberta Legislature. (It shows as sold out, but I am generally open to a few extras.) But there are SO many other great great free tours to take! https://janewalksyeg.wordpress.com/ #yeg #Edmonton #JanesWalk #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #ableg #yegdt
So I (and my ABC vote) want to know: are the projections properly incorporating local context, showing me things I’m not seeing, or are they running national numbers roughshod over local peculiarities and impairing my ability to cast a strategic vote.
#CdnPoli #yeg #yegVotes #EdmontonManning
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#CdnPoli frustration:
In my #yeg riding the NDP has given the CPC incumbent a strong run over the last 2 elections with LPC also rans: right now we have a very strong and active NDP candidate, canvassing since the fall, and a LPC candidate declared at the last minute and only just getting organized. Yet projections consistently place the LPC neck and neck with CPC, and NDP support cratered to 8%, in proportions that look suspiciously like the national figures.
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if you grew up in #yeg in the 90s, there is a 92.5% chance you heard this song every single afternoon for 5+ years.
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