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Expo: Risk, Reward and Relevance?

I haven’t said much about the ongoing Expo 2017 bid but I’ve been getting more questions about it, particularly in neighbourhoods adjacent to the proposed U of A South Campus site. On the one hand, I accept that council overwhelmingly supported it, and I see some of the benefits like leveraging investment in U of… Read More

Add One to the Census

Baby Dexter Chan Iveson was delivered Monday at 7:46 in the evening via my lovely and resilient wife, Sarah Chan (who for those that don’t know is a music teacher and cycle-chic advocate, via her Girls and Bicycles blog). He was two weeks ahead of anticipated due date, but he’s a healthy 7lbs 8oz and… Read More

12 Wards

Today City Council will take another kick at the single councillor ward question. As has been the case every other time Council has considered this, the maps have provoked a flurry of speculation (and a bit of posturing) about who might run where. Word down the council hallway (and my own take) is that these… Read More