What would be a daring nation-building project for Alberta? The province is planning for a high-speed rail link between Edmonton and Calgary that would travel 1,000 km/h. Read More
What would be a daring nation-building project for Alberta? The province is planning for a high-speed rail link between Edmonton and Calgary that would travel 1,000 km/h. Edmonton is 299 kilometers from Calgary. By high-speed rail, that is about 18 minutes. With Calgary’s population about 1.6 million and Edmonton’s population about 1.5 million, combined they
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What would be a daring nation-building project for Alberta? The province is planning for a high-speed rail link between Edmonton and Calgary that would travel 1,000 km/h.
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Edmonton is 299 kilometers from Calgary. By high-speed rail, that is about 18 minutes. With Calgary’s population about 1.6 million and Edmonton’s population about 1.5 million, combined they have a population of 3.2 million. That is larger than MLB cities of Milwaukee, Kansas City, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, St. Louis, San Diego and approximately equivalent to the size of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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At the same time, build a major league baseball stadium in both Edmonton and Calgary that is connected to the high-speed rail. Their combined populations could thus share a MLB team, playing half the home games in each city, each year. By the time the high-speed rail and new baseball stadiums are completed by all-Canadian contractors using all-Canadian materials, President Trump is gone.
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Alberta ought to qualify for a MLB franchise. Connect the two downtowns and the two airports to high-speed rail as well. It would make Edmonton-Calgary and Alberta an economic, cultural and sports powerhouse. Name the MLB team the Alberta High-Speed Commuters or perhaps the Alberta Rivals.
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Randy B. Williams, St. Albert
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Premier, stay out of B.C. affairs
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As a B.C. resident, I’d appreciate it if Premier Smith would stop sticking her nose in non-Alberta issues. Some of her recent comments about how B.C. ostrich farms should deal with avian flu and her ongoing comments about putting oil pipelines through B.C. are but two of her attention-getting, interfering, divisive, diversionary comments.
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I suggest she pay more attention to fixing some of Alberta’s problems such as rising measles cases, health-care problems and increasing wildfires. (among others) Fix things in your own backyard and deal with your own problems, mistakes, or shortcomings before offering advice or criticism of others.
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Bev Yaworski, Delta, B.C.
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Laurier Park, zoo entrance neglected
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After many years, I had the pleasure to visit Laurier Park. What a shock! At the entrance to the park and Valley Zoo, visitors are greeted by five-feet tall weeds and
dozens of deep potholes. Further in, with the exception of diamonds and picnic shelters for which you pay, I found overgrown vegetation resembling a jungle. No
attempt to even clear the edges.
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It is unsightly and more so, unsafe. Why spend millions upgrading Hawrelak Park when the rest gets intentionally neglected?