Add long-term dug up roads, feeder roads impeded, charging for parking at weekends/evenings, re-imaging Jasper Ave (!) - all hollowing out our downtown core - resulting in the steady devastation of family run businesses.

Frustrated @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social @andrewknack.bsky.social If I were to implement a strategy to hollow out YEG downtown, I would impede feeder roads, charge for parking, close/shrink key access routes, put up fences around sites of interest, hamper access to small business - oh wait...

Stinging eyes, a hustly throat, a bit of a sniffle - husband suggests that there is a "lot of guff in the air". I think he means pollen, dust and dander.

Forever Canadians, we asked you to show up and pick up a lawn sign. You did! So great to see supporters from all walks of life and political leanings with one message in common: DON’T SCREW WITH CANADA!!!🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli

So, our downtown is all dug up. Getting there is also all dug up if you're coming from the west. Think you want to get to a restaurant or a grocery store from the south side of Jasper Avenue - think again. #yeg This is what the City refers to as "Imagine Jasper".

I heard a guy from Edmonton's Chamber of Commerce on CBC radio yesterday berating the City of Edmonton staff for having the temerity to work hybrid. As employees, they're supposed to contribute to the vibrancy of downtown. Here is our downtown. #yeg

Edmonton #yeg - just had the most amazing Ukrainian dinner provided by two lovely people who came around with a paper menu and a cell phone for orders. We may have ordered enough food from Yura and Natalia for about 6 delicious dinners.

Oh - and when I came to AB as a temporary foreign worker in 2004 - I paid taxes AND health care premiums.

Temporary foreign workers with jobs pay taxes. They can't vote, but they pay taxes. I know - I was one.

Gosh - this is all very exhausting.

Yep - a one-off beautifully crafted essay doesn't do it. Repeat a simple message over and over and over and over again. @albertandp.ca

For those of you that know and love Northern Ireland - have you EVER heard it described like this? "The real-life Narnia is an ancient mountain kingdom at the edge of Europe" - courtesy of CNN www.cnn.com/travel/mourn...

I’m currently on the western edge of Europe. Fascinating to hear policy makers talk seriously about accelerating use of renewables for energy. Facing reality of oil/gas shortage + hard evidence that they CAN generate enough electricity from solar/wind is pushing them towards a tipping point.

A WILD night out there - somehow I forgot how air leaky these houses are on the coast of Norn Iron. The wind is howling and whistling through the window frames like banshees trying to get in. Oh - and the rental property has sand bags at the front - let’s home we don’t see them in action.

Three and a half hours to wash a load of towels in my Irishvacation rental?!I know my 20 year old Canadian top loader is likely an environmental nightmare, but it doesn’t do math, doesn’t concern itself with “logic”, uses water that’s already been heated and is done in under an hour.

Edmonton-I love you but you are a shambles. When will it occur to the City that people who don't have to go downtown won't go when downtown roads are dug up, blocked off, diverted, badly rutted and parking has to be paid for on a crappy app? @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social @andrewknack.bsky.social

Power on, power out, power on, power out - I guess big trees, gusty wind and a network of overhead power lines are not a great combo

22 years here this year. A new phrase to me = "no host luncheon". Turns out this is a polite way of saying pay your own way. Who knew?

In the UK, lots of people scoffed and said that UK leaving EU would never happen. It would be too stupid and nobody would vote for it given the impacts on freedom of movement, trade, stability and access to grants. And yet it did. And it hit hard. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Just leaving his here @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social

Chipped away at the north facing sidewalk today with its ungraded/non-ploughed snowpack gently oozing over the path. Sprinkled tons of gravel to try to make it safe. I am SO WAITING for a fine notice from the City who have not yet managed to grade our street. @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social

Oh no! More snow forecast before our City gets round to blading our deeply rutted and scary neighbourhood streets...please don't leave us behind! @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social

Oh boy - I feel kind of bad but I am losing patience over the state of the neighbourhood streets in this "Winter City" and promises that we'll do better next year. We're not yet "scheduled" for clearance of the 10 inches of snow slurry and I'm tired pushing people out. Sigh...

Psyching myself up to shovel our street tomorrow - not the sidewalk - our actual street. I'm fed up helping push people out of the ruts and our City hasn't scheduled our 'hood. @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social

Actually cannot get out of my residential street even with AWD and brand new winter tires. Though I'd try a request to Edmonton 311 (knowing it is futile) - click the link to submit request - get a page with a tiny "blocked" in the top left corner. Oh dear! @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social

Tonight’s lesson - expensive eye cream does not mean soothed skin. #itchy #rash #red #in_the_bin #lesson_learned_the_hard_way

Edmonton - darling city that you are. Would it be too much to ask for a run of a steady -10C for a wee while, rather than vacillating between -25C and +5C from one day to the next?

Had a wee hankering for food from home today - wheaten bread for the win! Yeast free quick bread - 45 minutes from thinking about doing it to having a fresh baked loaf. Thanks www.loveballymena.online/post/vkpiad for the recipe that works in the freezing Alberta prairies!

Maybe my age, maybe my heritage, maybe my crazy mixed up feelings about my Norn Irish background, but I tear up every time I hear The Pogues’ Fairy Tale of New York

What's up? Flu's up.

#ArtAdventCalendar day 16 #oilpainting #artist #artistsofBlueSky Flying into Ireland 36”x36”

I think this counts as a winter storm - minus 10C with rain (?) and now horizontal snow. Very glad not to be driving anywhere right now. #yeg

This was a holiday card I painted several years ago. My husband suggested I paint "six geese a-honking" 🤣 #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #birdart

So Edmonton - so winter- thank you for sharing!

Stunning Edmonton skies and spruce trees at dusk - no filters, no colour correction - just gorgeous purples, pinks and oranges at 5pm in early November. #ArtAdventCalendar

Corb Lund's "no coal on the eastern slopes" initiative petition has gone live with a web page to register your interest. He's going to have to re-file now that Bill 14 has entered into force and quashed his original filing but he'll be looking for canvassers once it is re-accepted. #ableg #abpoli

Okay I’m finally all caught up with this post (yay) for #ArtAdventCalendar day 6! One of about a gazillion beetle-inspired manicures I’ve done over the years. This one is Calligrapha beetle elytra! Sadly in real life they’re not shimmery and shifty like these ones, but they deserve the glow-up.

#artadventcalendar #day5 is a look at my workshop print for today. I've already had several excited art makers come thru and make custom prints with this set! There are 5 modular vertical strips to this one. I have several other pieces that can rotate in 🤩

An ent mug for day 6 #artadventcalendar

Wonderful to see people’s creations on #artAdventCalendar thanks @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for your work

We want to take a moment to thank everyone who made #CCRC2025 unforgettable! 💫 The days have been filled with expert knowledge, emerging voices, interactive sessions and more. Thank you for attending!

Just made this - looking forward to "maturing it" with lovely Bridgeland Distillery brandy (bridgelanddistillery.com/spirits) for the next couple of months www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/simm.... Not for those who have a notion that fruit cake is horrible!

Two hours after municipal polls close in Edmonton AB - no polls reporting. I guess counting by hand IS a wee bit slower than using machines to count. For a province that's touting AI and big data centres - there's something ironic about banning basic counting machines.

Best info source pre-election (IMHO) - thanks for keeping us Edmontonians informed and in the loop

Unsure who to vote for? There's still time to make an informed decision! The Taproot Survey can help: edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/surveys... #yegvote #yeg

Edmonton - built by people who show up, do the work and do it together - we're not broken! Thanks @ashleysalvador.bsky.social for this great message. And thanks @woodward.ca for sharing.

Many people in this city need a refresher on what to do and what not to do when traffic lights at multiple major intersections are out. Wrong answer - honk and drive through at high speed!

If you happen to be Edmonton AB and have some curiosity about the positions of candidates running in the upcoming municipal election - take the survey on edmonton.taproot.vote/2025. A cool tool!

It was a great day of door knocking, conversations, sign deliveries, and listening today in both Stettler and Drumheller! This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot!

Bonnie Critchley - a woman who thought somebody should do something and figured it might as well be her. The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre's Political Career via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...