If you are wondering how upzoning in Edmonton is going; when I moved into my place last year it was $1300 for a 1 bed. Now my landlord is offering a slightly larger unit for $1200. Its crazy! If I wasn't moving cities I'd be down there renegotiating my lease as we speak @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social
More housing is helping to make renting more affordable in Edmonton… don’t take my word for it. Listen to the landlords talking about incentives for tenants! youtube.com/shorts/udD7J...
Looking for a mid-week boost? Let loose tonight at Edmonton Ski Club, because it’s Tubing Tuesday! Enjoy an hour of fun for just $15.
When: Tues. 5:15, 6:30 & 7:45 p.m.
Where: Edmonton Ski Club
Cost: $15 for 1 hour of tubing, $5 for helmet rentals
www.edmontonskiclub.com/promotions
#YEG
A large refinery burn-off, behind a McDonalds at night.
Gas Flare...
A refinery burn-off, behind a McDonalds.
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekJForJuxtoposition #YEG #photography #Urbangaze
Yegbike Stopped by the 102 ave LRT construction consultation today. More of a “this is what we are going to do” than a consultation but they got my feedback anyway. Looks like zero chance of extending the 103 ave bike lanes to Churchill square but the argument was weak - intersections are too busy.
It's all part of the same playbook the UCP has put in action since 2019.
Don't buy it, and don't let media buy it. They are manufacturing consent for murderous policy.
More issues on the data: 9/ drugdatadecoded.ca/we-can-help-...
So CoRE published a 'study' using data collected at supervised consumption sites.
The main problem? As I showed in those two stories from February, dead people were somehow presenting their personal health numbers at consumption sites.
The data are worthless. 3/
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In February of 2022 Canadian women reached the highest rates of employment ever recorded.
Now, in 2026, Canadian policymakers are increasingly in agreement the following need to be removed:
$10-a-day daycare
Remote work
EDI programs
No coincidence here.
Around 100 lawyers and justice system folks are protesting the UCP government’s moves re: the legal system at the legislature today. Notwithstanding clause, law foundation, appointment of judges. #ableg
Someone should ask the members of the chamber of commerce why they voted for this?
leopards, faces, etc.
fuck these entirely selfish assholes.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
...we're at the point of the year when our snowdepth starts dropping.
And we saw that on the weekend with the local stations plunging 10cm or more.
The airport is down to 12cm, while Blatchford is still up at 36cm.
We often get to 0cm around the end of the month.
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March 9th is the first day of the year when Edmonton's average High is above-freezing. #yegwx #yeg
The average Low is still around -10°C, and it won't be above-freezing until April 19th.
So this week might feel a little chilly, but it's not too unusual.
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I'll save everyone the click, it's just this chart:
A map of the United States depicting multi-colored circles, which represent various sites targeted for concentration camp development by the U.S. government.
To stay on top of the warehouse conversions underway, we have added a new color-code to the map. Facilities marked in 🟠 are UNDER CONVERSION from a shipping warehouse to a concentration camp.
This is what it looks like to be an "electrostate"; politics flow from what energy infrastructures will allow.
Window that says “fire department hookups in stairwells”
Aw yeah
The wind is terrible, but on top of that the river valley paths are all lumpy icerinks.
I think at one point I was being pushed backwards along all of the ice by rivervalley road.
#yegbike: terrible.
"Every dollar directed toward normalizing AI art generation is a dollar that didn’t go toward a muralist, a poet, a filmmaker, a ceramicist... Every institutional stamp of approval on this technology makes the next round of cuts to human artists that much easier to justify."
#yegbike
Bike and brunch ride tomorrow starting at the Oliver exchange building
These asshole twerps with no brains or education from DOGE really did use ChatGPT to find NEH grants to terminate ILLEGALLY - ruining hundreds lives and destroying hundreds of the greatest humanities projects and partnerships of our time. I’m overwhelmed with rage and anger all over again.
person wearing a tshirt Journey of a bike advocate. Goes for a bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches the city - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture
And of course we made tees - if interested:
bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com/
Journey of a bike advocate. Goes on bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches city council - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture
It all happened so fast.
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
#yegbike
Not only is February brutal in Edmonton... the leasing market feels like this snowstorm too. The absorption rate has completely shifted. Many of us predicted that Spring 2026 leasing would be different, but I don't think anyone expected this many units to hit the market at the same time. Right now, tenants have options - lots of them. They walk into a showing, and if the unit isn't exactly what they want...there is similar one just across a street. What we're seeing right now is something we haven't seen in a while - a real competition between landlords. free months of rent gift cards parking incentives flexible move-in dates upgraded appliances utility credits Everyone is trying to lease asap as the lender is coming at you and if you don't achieve proforma - you get to buy the rate down ouch! For investors this means a few things: You need to be strategic, flexible, and realistic (!!!) with pricing and incentives.
Turns out building more homes makes housing more affordable.
Edmonton real estate investors are realizing that because so many options are on the market for tenants, they need to be sweetening the pot with incentives - and being "realistic" with rent.
#yeg #yegcc
A portion of the 76 Avenue bike lane in Edmonton, looking westbound near McKernan Baptist Church.
#yegbike conditions on 76 Ave are actually quite good, save for the area near the fire station. 83 Ave and 110 Street also good, though I fear that the windrow covering more than half of the NB lane in some areas is going to cause some isues when it begins melting.
the cast of SCTV from left: Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, John Candy
CBC Radio’s Day 6 asked me to come on the show to talk about the long awaited arrival of SCTV to streaming (in Canada only, on Prime). What took it so long? And why do I say it’s the greatest TV show of all time?
Here’s the interview and it’s on the radio Saturday am
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
