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When we were installing the (also) Cabbagetown cycling project a few people recorded us & said they'd report us. (To who, for what? Also creepy!) They said bikeways, stop bars & crosswalks were ruining the historic character of the neighbourhood. I filmed them back & asked "what about the cars"? 🙄

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 9h

What brings ABC, COPE, and the Greens together? Voting AGAINST legalizing apartments in low-density neighbourhoods. I joined Rob Fai to talk about the role of housing in the Vancouver election and why the Villages Plan failed. Full interview in the post below!

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 16h

Some construction background info so y'all are equipped: Paving and line marking have limited temperature windows. Ideally it's above 5-7C and dry (the hotter and dryer the better). Anything below that and the materials don't work so good. Overnight work is best due to traffic management, but..

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Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · 14/10/2026

Yeah, how about we don't do this. Just give up. Good strategy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Kalen Anderson, the CEO of BILD Edmonton Metro, which represents hundreds of companies working in the land development industry, said since the province's decision has already been made, there's no point contesting it.

"What we need to see from council is some leadership in terms of finding a very good and strong solution," she said.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

C'mon, Keith. *How* did Norway turn its oil reserves into "extraordinary national wealth"? *Public ownership of oil companies *78 per cent profit tax on oil companies *25 per cent sales tax economy-wide so the oil revenues could be saved These are not serious people. #abpoli

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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A year ago, I launched this video shortly after a Canadian YouTuber (who shall remain nameless) argued that Alberta separatism was "not a thing". Chuffed that the rest of Canada has come around to the obvious truth it's a US-backed psy-op for oil. Vote, Alberta! www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2pF...

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Alberta Separatism is a US-backed PSYOP for Oil | The Goose 🇨🇦

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Correct 🌶️🌶️🌶️ take on housing. Concrete example: if we think rooming houses and micro suites are not adequate housing, the humane response is not to outlaw them but to strive to create conditions where nobody chooses to live in them.

In housing, the most important type of urban supply is the supply that almost everyone would reject, given the choice. Will cities ever allow that housing to return? Will we ever find a formula for municipal governance that funds the public services that would improve the conditions of the housing that serves the important function of being the supply of the most inferior version of the good? The cure for the potato famine wasn’t to harvest more lobster and caviar. Maybe most people would choose more lobster and caviar if they had the resources. They might eat potatoes because they lack those resources, but they aren’t just eating potatoes because they aren’t allowed to eat lobster and caviar. They are matching their demand with the supply of an inferior good.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

They’re both carrying the same number of people - and probably the same amount of cargo.

Woman wearing black riding, green lime bike. In the background is a blue pickup truck.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

With all the news last week, take two minutes to tell Danielle Smith hands off Edmonton, and tell council to NOT comply and repeal the zoning bylaw Use our tool for a starter message 👇 www.growtogetheryeg.com/email-council

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Grow Together Edmonton

Grow Together YEG is a coalition of citizens advocating for a more sustainable, vibrant and Edmonton. We support Edmonton's new zoning bylaw and the City Plan.

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Ashley Salvador @ashleysalvador.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Local autonomy is a vital check on centralized political power. The province may have the legal authority to overrule municipalities, but legal power is not a democratic mandate. My initial thoughts on the Province’s recent directive ordering the City to reverse course on our land use bylaw.

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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 11/10/2026

"Who cares about an election? No one does." That's what an organizer behind Edmonton's anti-infill push believes. No wonder they pushed the Premier to throw out local democracy. Despite what Jesse Watson thinks, mandates come from elections, not his preferences.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Her claims are also false. If she spent one minute googling, she would find that the Edmonton got $0 for the zoning bylaw renewal because it was complete prior to the Housing Accelerator Fund. Goes to show how much the UCP thought about this.

"Table titled 'City of Edmonton Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan' with three columns: Initiative, Allocation, and Actions. Row 1: Zoning Bylaw Renewal, $0, adoption and implementation of a new Zoning Bylaw (Complete). Row 2: Priority Growth Area & TOD Stimulation, $39M, infrastructure investment in redeveloping areas.

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Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · 09/10/2026

Former Mayor Don Iveson went even further on when Jespo read out a text on the show. "If there were coal under these houses, how fast do you think the GOA would move to strip mine? Premier's argument that there were no public hearings as all of this unfolded is not only disingenuous, it's a lie."

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Danielle Smith said the quiet part out loud today on Jespo. "People do buy into a community, they choose the attributes of a community they want to live in because they want to live around the people that share those same values and attributes". Wonder what shared "attributes" she's talking about?

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The guy who says he's *such* a great businessman and claims he is all about supporting business is making such a stupid business decision. While also putting protections in place so he's not responsible for the consequences *when* people die. May he never live this down.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The news today is disheartening, so channel that anger and email your representatives. Tell Danielle Smith to get her hands off Edmonton's affairs, and tell council to NOT comply and repeal the zoning bylaw Use our tool for a starter message 👇 www.growtogetheryeg.com/email-council #yeg #yegcc

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Grow Together Edmonton

Grow Together YEG is a coalition of citizens advocating for a more sustainable, vibrant and Edmonton. We support Edmonton's new zoning bylaw and the City Plan.

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TomatoHat @tomatohat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We need to stop treating housing as an investment, let alone one that can't go down in value.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Between Smith and Ford, conservative premiers really waging a full-spectrum war against the principle of subsidiarity.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quebec is against high-speed rail. Ontario is against bike lanes and speed cameras. Alberta is against bike lanes, speed cameras, and housing reform. Are Canada’s provinces cursed? Is this to balance out any happiness we have federally of getting a technocratic central banker in an age of populism?

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TomatoHat @tomatohat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

What about the endless Albertans who can't afford a home? This is a "we want everything in one bag, but it can't be heavy" complaints.

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TomatoHat @tomatohat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

These people don't know what they're complaining about.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Dan Williams: "we're going to make sure we don't have a Toronto or Vancouver policy in Edmonton". Toronto or Vancouver, WHERE THEY BAN ROWHOMES IN NEIGHBOURHOODS. This brings us down the path of Canada's largest cities with housing crises.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Alberta’s UCP government — also known for randomly turning into a semi-separatist party — is crushing and stomping on what was easily the most exciting city in Canada for housing reform.

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TomatoHat @tomatohat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The groups supporting this are all composed of the same people.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

AB Premier Danielle Smith announces the province is forcing Edmonton to reverse its infill housing rules, because why would you want an example of market-driving housing affordability in your small-government province? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjx2...

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith makes an announcement in Edmonton – October 8, 2026

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i resent how there's a stable of a couple dozen dudes whose whole thing is 'has a racist blog' & they regularly get mainstream newspaper and magazine profiles. i have trouble keeping track of them all, i'm like 'what did he do again' & check his wikipedia & it's ah, has a racist blog, that's all

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

in Danielle Smith's Alberta, cities MUST sprawl outwards (today's zoning announcement) and you MUST drive a car (bike lane repeal). Oh and most expensive car insurance in the country. What a doom loop.

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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 08/10/2026

Sources tell me Danielle Smith will force Edmonton to repeal its zoning bylaw. Smith's UCP loyalist friends in Edmonton Neighbourhoods United, whose agenda lost in the last election, asked for her help, just like she helped the separatists. Local democracy is dead.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Imagine a provincial government saying, "Actually, we think we need FEWER homes".

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Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · 07/10/2026

The UCP has gone full NIMBY. Is there any other provincial/state government in North America that has pre-empted of local zoning to DECREASE permissions?

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What?? Bradford is an urban planner. He was on the TTC Board when the Eglinton East lanes were put in, and even moved a motion supporting continued implementation and reporting on transit priority measures. He should know better.

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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m once again telling you we need proportional representation.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And it won't even be customers spending money for the most part! Business owners whine about losing parking because they're the ones parking on the street!

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Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why do people get mad at new apartments for being expensive, but are totally fine with the city creating entire mansion-only neighborhoods? If you think an expensive apartment isn't helping you, a poor renter, that can only be more true for a $10 million mansion.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every accusation is a confession.

Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms
Peter Navarro said Canadian lobbyists should 'get the hell out of our country'
-CBC, Sep 29 2026

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Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · 02/10/2026

NEW BLOG POST Edmonton permitted 27% fewer homes through Q3 2026 than in record-setting 2025. But look under the hood: 5–8 unit rowhomes are now the largest category of new homes in the city. Read my Q3 building permit report 🧵 #yeg #yegcc #yimby #housing www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/q3...

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2026 Q3 Edmonton building permit report – Jacob Dawang

Fiveplex to eightplex rowhomes are now Edmonton’s largest category of new homes, even as overall permits fell 27% through Q3 2026, mostly because of fewer large apartments. With the province eyeing th...

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reminds me of the Hallam residents who were SO angry about losing "their" street parking directly in front of their house (lots on the other side), despite having a driveway & double garage. They said it was too hard to turn their heads & reverse in/out of their driveway. You shouldn't be driving.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When bloor lanes were put in one woman said she had to look over her shoulder to see if a bike was coming. If you can't look over your shoulder (or equivalent safety check) you, sorry, shouldn't be driving.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reminds me of the people against residential bike lanes quoted as saying that it would require them to pay attention backing out of their driveway lest they hit someone They weren't paying attention before?

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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 02/10/2026

Went to a concert in downtown Edmonton tonight. Drove there. No traffic. Parked directly outside the front door. Cost $2.62 Transit would have taken 2.5x the time, with 10x the walking and would cost $12. We apply user fees to public options, and subsidize private ones. And we reap what we sow.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I appreciate that the Ontario Greens were the only opposition party in the last election to put reversing Doug Ford’s bike lane meddling in their platform. The Liberals and NDP did not.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

America has a thing called Trunk or Treat where people dress up, drive to a parking lot, and pretend it's ok we don't have walkable communities anymore.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is infill "destroying" Edmonton's neighbourhoods? Here are the facts: 📊 Only 1% of RS-zoned properties redeveloped since 2024 🏡 Half of new units have 3+ bedrooms 🚇 Density is clustering near LRT 📉 Most mature neighbourhoods have fewer people than 50 years ago #yeg #yegcc #yimby

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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shaughnessy Walking Tour this Saturday, Oct. 3rd @ 2pm You won't be seeing these rezoning signs in Shaughnessy anymore. Find out why! www.eventbrite.com/e...

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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Toronto’s smartest drivers rushed to the comment section to demand bike lanes be removed. #toronto

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And yes I am adopting "going bikelane" as a shorthand for "premier of a Canadian province decides to reverse municipal policymaking specifically because of the irritation of noisy reactionary minority"

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Edmonton's small-scale infill has led to thousands of homes built for in the places people want to live, millions of dollars invested in this province, and a stable demand for construction jobs. We don't need the province making it harder to build homes. Freedom to build: that's the Alberta way.

Christine called ☎️ in about the infills going up in her community. She is not the only one.

Edmontonians have been telling me the same thing for weeks.

I am listening. Would appreciate seeing your comments below from folks who live in Edmonton. What do you think about infill and blanket rezoning?

"Stacked area chart showing H1 building permits issued in Edmonton from 2009 to 2026, broken down by four neighborhood types (Downtown, Mature, Between Mature and Henday, and Outside Henday) and seven project types (Single detached, Addition/Conversion, Backyard House, Duplex to Fourplex, Fiveplex to Eightplex, 9+ Row House, and 9+ Apartment). Downtown shows minimal permits throughout the period. Mature neighborhoods peak at over 3,000 permits in 2024, dominated by single-detached homes. Between Mature and Henday and Outside Henday neighborhoods show more volatile trends, with Outside Henday reaching nearly 4,000 permits in 2023. Single-detached homes (dark purple) comprise the largest share across most neighborhoods and years, while apartment and row house projects (orange tones) remain a smaller but consistent portion.

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