Anthony Henday Drive - Page 14

Jasper and one o nin · #**261** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 5:40 PM**

The Journal is just facilitating stupidity?

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Originally Posted by deedub35

Letter in today's Journal. Some people just don't understand.

Henday traffic lights offer welcome relief
The Edmonton Journal
Published: 2:33 am

City council's plan to make Anthony Henday Drive a traffic-light-free ring road by 2015 amuses me. How ridiculous can we get?

Where is the need and where will the money come from? Our taxes are already high. Every year, property taxes, utility service charges, parking and transit fees, and licence and other fees are increasing.

Those who prefer to live in the suburbs must allow extra time for commuting. A few minutes stop at an intersection is not going to amount to a whole lot of delay, especially if the traffic lights are synchronized.

I, for one, enjoy the drive, wherever it might be and welcome traffic lights, which are an opportunity to relax from the concentration needed while driving.

G.J. Singh, Edmonton

Greco Roman · #**262** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 7:29 PM**

It seems as though The Journal is now a larger source of pessimism and negativity than The Sun.

MalcolmTucker · #**263** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 8:39 PM**

^ When their parent company has a negative value, and is likely close to going bankrupt I would be negative and pessimistic too!

Greco Roman · #**264** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 9:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by kyle_olsen

^ When their parent company has a negative value, and is likely close to going bankrupt I would be negative and pessimistic too!

Who is the parent company?

CMD UW · #**265** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 9:16 PM**

Canwest...

mersar · #**266** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 9:16 PM**

Canwest Global

Greco Roman · #**267** Posted **Oct 25, 2008, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by mersar

Canwest Global

This company is not going bankrupt. It may not be at the top of it's game, but its far from bankruptcy.

MalcolmTucker · #**268** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 1:16 AM**

^ I would have another look at their balance sheet if you think that.

They have a craving for cash due to their burn rate and are trying to sell assets but no one is buying.

Greco Roman · #**269** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 1:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by kyle_olsen

^ I would have another look at their balance sheet if you think that.

They have a craving for cash due to their burn rate and are trying to sell assets but no one is buying.

Well, these are shitty economic times; many companies are having difficulties right now.

Only when they announce bankruptcy will I believe these rumors, and at this point they are only rumors and gossip.

240glt · #**270** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 1:42 AM**

I knew that the Herald hiring Licia Corbella was a sign of impending doom for CanWest

CMD UW · #**271** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 3:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Greco Roman

Well, these are shitty economic times; many companies are having difficulties right now.

Only when they announce bankruptcy will I believe these rumors, and at this point they are only rumors and gossip.

Actually, CanWest has been struggling on the books waaaay before the credit crisis started.

feepa · #**272** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by CMD UW

Actually, CanWest has been struggling on the books waaaay before the credit crisis started.

He's just in denial cause the hq of the company is from Winnipeg... and we all know how protective he is of anything Winnipeg...

SHOFEAR · #**273** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 8:05 PM**

/\ I've never noticed....

Prairie Guy · #**274** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 8:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by feepa

He's just in denial cause the hq of the company is from Winnipeg... and we all know how protective he is of anything Winnipeg...

You mean, just like people from Edmonton were so protective of their city when outsiders were essentially calling it a dirty dump in the "rate your city" thread?

I think we are all protective of our hometowns; Edmontonians are no exception.

0773|=\ · #**275** Posted **Oct 26, 2008, 9:22 PM**

Agh! This is obviously nothing new, but there are tons of people who I have had to tell REPEATEDLY that the Henday IS NOT a city project. It's the province's.

People here don't even comprehend that in most provincial routes within municipal jurisdictions are normally still funded by the province... except Alberta.

That guy's point I don't think was so directed towards the Henday, but to the fact that so much of our day-to-day lives is goverened by time, schedules, etc., he just used the Henday as a scapegoat... and a very poor one at that.

I suppose he's never driven the route during rush hour. If he has all the time in the world though, someone should just look his number up in the White Pages, offer to go out for a leisurely coffee with him, and explain this infrastructure funding a little more clearly for him.

Great Dane · #**276** Posted **Oct 27, 2008, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by SHOFEAR

/\ I've never noticed....

Really? I notice it quite a bit from a few Winnipeg posters.

Huge inferiority complex and fierce defenders of anything Winnipeg.

Great Dane · #**277** Posted **Oct 27, 2008, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prairie Guy

You mean, just like people from Edmonton were so protective of their city when outsiders were essentially calling it a dirty dump in the "rate your city" thread?

I think we are all protective of our hometowns; Edmontonians are no exception.

The difference is those comments are not justifiable and instead are made just to get reactions out of people.

Prairie Guy · #**278** Posted **Oct 27, 2008, 7:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Great Dane

Really? I notice it quite a bit from a few Winnipeg posters.

Huge inferiority complex and fierce defenders of anything Winnipeg.

I'm sorry, but I've seen the exact same inferiority complex and fierce defenders of anything Edmonton from Edmontonians; it's quite obvious especially when it comes to being compared with Calgary.

Perhaps both Winnipeggers and Edmontonians need to chill out a bit and lighten up about their cities; since they are both pretty damn fine cities

Kevin_foster · #**279** Posted **Oct 27, 2008, 7:25 PM**

New Thread idea?

Great Dane · #**280** Posted **Oct 28, 2008, 1:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Prairie Guy

I'm sorry, but I've seen the exact same inferiority complex and fierce defenders of anything Edmonton from Edmontonians; it's quite obvious especially when it comes to being compared with Calgary.

Perhaps both Winnipeggers and Edmontonians need to chill out a bit and lighten up about their cities; since they are both pretty damn fine cities

You're right, Edmonton is a damn fine city.

Winnipeg is alright... I guess.