Canmore population to double? Legal battle?

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Citation needed. Animals move on hiking trails all the time, it's much easier for them. Sure, they probably avoid the highway of people at Larch season, but generally trails are used all the time by animals, big and small.

So animals are seeking out trails? That's likely worse than them avoiding them. More human interactions with wildlife is not good.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by blankall

So animals are seeking out trails? That's likely worse than them avoiding them. More human interactions with wildlife is not good.

Well they aren't looking at a map to plan their route, but when they cross a trail, they'll take it if it is going a similar direction. Animals make their own trails all the time. Heard the term "goat trail"? Why wouldn't they also use trails made by people? Would you stumble through a forest, or walk on a smooth path with no fallen trees and bramble in the way?

[you&me]

Kananaskis has a lot of potential to develop into more of a town site. Heck, we could get Fortress going again...

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by you&me

Kananaskis has a lot of potential to develop into more of a town site. Heck, we could get Fortress going again...

They continue to kick the can down the road but supposedly(?) investors are aiming for a reopening.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Canmore has released plans for a fireguard to the west of the town up to the park gates:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...reas-1.7306691

This is bait!

Crap, wrong post, the Todd Hirsch article i meant.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

You’re approaching Slava levels of NIMBYism here, man. Never go full Slava.

I think it's great! Fuzz has argued against me using the exact same points that he's using here.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

What if they build one of those mega skyscrapers right in the heart of Banff. Like 200-300 storeys tall. That would house a lot of hotel rooms. Everyone would have great views. Load up the bottom floors and top floors with all the restaurants, bars, stores and such that you need. Pretty much a mountain town, inside a skyscraper. The Asian tourists would feel at home.

Time to make Tunnel Mountain live up to its name and hollow it out for more housing.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

I think it's great! Fuzz has argued against me using the exact same points that he's using here.

Canmore is more than a parking lot, so not really the same. I mean, I could probably find some parking lots in Canmore I would be almost as passionate about defending as you are, but there are higher priorities.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

Time to make Tunnel Mountain live up to its name and hollow it out for more housing.

Where are we going to find that many Dwarves though?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Only if it is a direct copy of the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

Sure, how about right here, but only if ours will actually get completed.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Locke

Where are we going to find that many Dwarves though?

Alberta has a healthy supply of basement trolls who would find this work interesting. After all, they seem to be experts in everything. A few years ago they were public health experts, then they were political experts, and lately they're water infrastructure experts. I'm sure they'll pivot into mining in a hurry!

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Slava

I think it's great! Fuzz has argued against me using the exact same points that he's using here.

It’s like watching a sitcom where the downtown character’s long lost brother who grew up in the sticks comes to visit and it’s just the same actor wearing overalls and a straw hat.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

Alberta has a healthy supply of basement trolls who would find this work interesting. After all, they seem to be experts in everything. A few years ago they were public health experts, then they were political experts, and lately they're water infrastructure experts. I'm sure they'll pivot into mining in a hurry!

As long as they dont barge in on my Forests side-hustle!!

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

That's bull####, Sliver. My dad and all his friends are seniors and do all sorts of active stuff.


What Sliver really needs is a Vegas style Sphere that projects all the stuff he wants to see while he sits at a table and doesn't actually have to interact with nature at all. Build it in Calgary and he won't even have to drive. We should do that, for all the Slivers of the world, and leave the real outdoor communities for those that actually want to be outdoors.


Ya, shots fired.

As long as there's automated gun turrets on the Sphere.

[timun]

Automated bear-bangers.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Canmore is more than a parking lot, so not really the same. I mean, I could probably find some parking lots in Canmore I would be almost as passionate about defending as you are, but there are higher priorities.

Haha, I don’t think I’ve ever argued to save a parking lot? I guess I don’t really remember what we argued about, but I thought it was the Glenmore Landing development?

[Fuzz]

I don't remember either. This is good practice for the nursing home.

[Sliver]

Bumpity bump bump.

Town of Canmore lost. Good guys won.

Over a million dollars spent fighting a legal battle and paying a PR firm to smear second homeowners and, predictably, they over-played their hand trying to pander to NIMBYs who think Canmore prices and growth should freeze in 1993 (or whatever the day after they moved there was, whichever is earlier). Alberta second homeowners now exempt from the 300% increase in their property taxes that was meant to subsidize randos' choice to move to that expensive town.

https://www.rmoutlook.com/canmore/ca...y-tax-11705471

These assclowns wanted hardworking homeowners who live elsewhere to subsidize their choice to live in the highest cost of living town in Alberta where the wages are super low due to the absence of any sort of economy outside of tourist-based jobs.

Just so you know, the MLA from that area (Sarah something-hyphen-something) is always bellyaching to the Province for more funding so people can live in this expensive area. That's important for all of you to know as you work super hard in Calgary and elsewhere...places many would view as less picturesque with fewer outdoor recreation options than Canmore...because she wants you to subsidize their free-and-easy yoga lifestyle and Insta stories.

Suck a big fat one full-time Canmore Clowns, muhahahah. What a time to be alive.

[powderjunkie]

To be clear, the courts ruled the tax was fine to proceed. It's the UCP stepping in with likely changes to the MGA that will prevent it.

The Town estimates it will cost $920,000 to administer the vacant home tax in 2026 and $820,000 in 2027.

Krausert said a lot of the costs would only be incurred once the program is active and would be for enforcement. How much would be left to funnel into a reserve after administrative costs is not known.

Ballpark math based on numbers elsewhere in the article suggest it would have raised an extra $6M or so per year from all 2nd homeowners (so a little over $5M net). It's probably more like $2.4M if it's non-Albertans, and who knows if/how much the admin costs would be reduced?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Bumpity bump bump.

Town of Canmore lost. Good guys won.

Over a million dollars spent fighting a legal battle and paying a PR firm to smear second homeowners and, predictably, they over-played their hand trying to pander to NIMBYs who think Canmore prices and growth should freeze in 1993 (or whatever the day after they moved there was, whichever is earlier). Alberta second homeowners now exempt from the 300% increase in their property taxes that was meant to subsidize randos' choice to move to that expensive town.

https://www.rmoutlook.com/canmore/ca...y-tax-11705471

These assclowns wanted hardworking homeowners who live elsewhere to subsidize their choice to live in the highest cost of living town in Alberta where the wages are super low due to the absence of any sort of economy outside of tourist-based jobs.

Just so you know, the MLA from that area (Sarah something-hyphen-something) is always bellyaching to the Province for more funding so people can live in this expensive area. That's important for all of you to know as you work super hard in Calgary and elsewhere...places many would view as less picturesque with fewer outdoor recreation options than Canmore...because she wants you to subsidize their free-and-easy yoga lifestyle and Insta stories.

Suck a big fat one full-time Canmore Clowns, muhahahah. What a time to be alive.

Gonna have to counter your misinformation. A lot of the people for it were there long before it was an expensive town, when it's survival was in doubt. You are a rando that decided to buy in an expensive mountain town, not them. For clarity. It's expensive to live now, it wasn't then. Because servicing empty vacation homes made it expensive.

Your bellyaching about wages being low isn't the issue, it's the cost of living for workers to live there that is the problem. I know you know this, but it's easy to take shots from your second home. If wages were high enough to support it, everything would be even more expensive. It's kinda wild how you can't get the connection between vacation homes taking housing from workers, and your vacation home...taking housing from workers. If every home was a vacation home, there would be no workers at all. It takes a balance. With fewer vacation homes there would be more housing for families who would have children who work in the community as they grow up. Canmore is quite obviously out of balance.

So legally the town was fine, but the UCP is going to alter legislation to make it not fine. Guess you suck enough UCP dick you can get them to do what you want. And Dan Williams? Well OK.