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...
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
Agreed. (I left the /s out of my original post)
A hard fall a couple of years ago did it for me. (Yes I was riding on studded tires.).
No more falls for me. Ever. Which means I've been off my bike for two months.
At least Calgary is repealing 4-plexes though, that should help them pay for stuff!
If you ride every winter, you fall. Period. Some people don't like to fall. (or can't afford it, physically-speaking)
nice beefy system there!
Bad Religion knew way back in 2008.
music.apple.com/ca/album/new...
This is what success looks like. Landlords having to provide a good service at a fair rate or face not being landlords anymore.
More of this forever.
Agreed. It's mostly the trajectory that I think is important. There is no end in sight for improvements, whereas ICE cars are stuck in the ditch.
(e-bikes and transit are better than EVs, etc. etc.)
Early EVs were like early iPhones.
This one:
- 1000 km range
- 5-10 minute fill up
- 80% range at -20 degrees
Just incredible innovation that has left fossil fuel tech in the dust.
www.fastcompany.com/91503415/byd...
Farkas says it's an unfair equalization that Calgary pays more education property taxes than Edmonton
He didn't do the math.
Calgary has $457B of assessment to Edmonton's $220B.
The Leg will get $1.2B in YYC prop taxes this year, then return $2.2B in funding YYC school boards.
Did anyone else notice that when they cancelled the carbon tax the price of exactly nothing went down?
#abpoli #Cdnpoli
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
wow that’s pretty dark
It's the third time in my life I've witnessed US aggression in the Middle East. The difference this time? EVs, batteries and renewables are ready for the big time.
May the silver lining around these horrors be a faster transition from the insanity of fossil fuels.
I never for one second believed that Farkas had changed. I'm old enough to remember Nickel's half-hearted transformation story after all.
Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night.
This is a press freedom issue.
Here’s what happened:
was fun to hear them mention @shastingssimon.bsky.social !
Think of the lives of people who chose to to centre their identity around $80,000 trucks though. 😌
NEW: Reporting from Postmedia and newly disclosed briefing materials at today’s special Council meeting outline the scope of the provincial property tax increase. Cities like Chestermere will see increases as high as 32%, making this the largest property tax increase in Southern Alberta’s history.
Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose
Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?
If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.
Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.
rendering of a proposed pedestrian bridge in downtown Edmonton
This Taproot story about the ATB Place renewal reminded me how great it would be for us build the pedestrian bridge pictured below.
As it stands, 100 Street near Hotel MacDonald is downtown's biggest chasm.
edmonton.taproot.news/news/2026/03...
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
you missed raconteur
Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.
It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
Good day to consider an electric vehicle, or bike...
WTI (oil) futures up 11%, were up 15% at the open.
"thank you for your service"
but also
"sorry but I simply must vote for this psychopath who will send you to war for shits and gigs"
