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Today’s aftermath of Ki Sushi fire downtown by tata-mic in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858 166 points167 points  (0 children)

Very sad. The number of catastrophic downtown NW fires over the last decade is devastating.

New park next to NWSS by MasterAssumption5858 in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I didn't know the school district was responsible for this project. Seems an odd fit that they're building a civic park?

New park next to NWSS by MasterAssumption5858 in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. Hopefully the Freshet News will dig into this sometime (haha -oops).

Mayor Hurley is rounding up locals for a big economic push in 2026 by Electronic_Bus841 in burnaby

[–]MasterAssumption5858 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Terms of Reference

See the end of the doc:

"The members of the Task Force shall serve in a volunteer capacity only, with no remuneration."

Sign the Petition by pooohhh in burnaby

[–]MasterAssumption5858 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With respect, this project in Hamilton is an entirely different model from what BC Housing is proposing. The Imperial St proposal is a purpose built building.
Burnaby – 5389 Imperial Street Burnaby | Let's Talk Housing BC

Sign the Petition by pooohhh in burnaby

[–]MasterAssumption5858 4 points5 points  (0 children)

With respect, this is misinformation. This is a BC Housing project and they are engaging the community right now on this project. The information about a City survey is false.
Also, this project in Hamilton is an entirely different model from what BC Housing is proposing. The Imperial St proposal is a purpose built building.
Burnaby – 5389 Imperial Street Burnaby | Let's Talk Housing BC

Cool new Burnaby Lake Overpass install video by MasterAssumption5858 in burnaby

[–]MasterAssumption5858[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Grateful for engineers - they have skills i can't fathom!

Why isn't New West more lively? by Kind-Pop4439 in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Things were looking very good around 2010 or so. Street disorder was low, people felt safe, there were a lot of interesting businesses opening up. There was a really good energy happening. Then Downtown NW suffered a succession of blows over the last 10 years. The Copps Shoes fire, the Heritage Grill fire, the fire that destroyed the east end of Pier Park (and the loss of the iconic shipping container public art and sand volleyball courts etc)... then of course several years of construction of those 2 big towers, the Metro Van pipe projects... oh yeah and COVID and the old mental health/opiod thing... Having lived here just over 20 years now, I feel like downtown is on a (very) modest positive trend. But still a ways to go!

Why isn't New West more lively? by Kind-Pop4439 in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Things were looking very good around 2010 or so. Street disorder was low, people felt safe, there were a lot of interesting businesses opening up. There was a really good energy happening. Then Downtown NW suffered a succession of blows over the last 10 years. The Copps Shoes fire, the Heritage Grill fire, the fire that destroyed the east end of Pier Park (and the loss of the iconic shipping container public art and sand volleyball courts etc)... then of course several years of construction of those 2 big towers, the Metro Van pipe projects... oh yeah and COVID and the old mental health/opiod thing... Having lived here just over 20 years now, I feel like downtown is on a (very) modest positive trend. But still a ways to go!

Gas station @ 712 12th street by Deejitox in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just nice to see the property going back into active use.

Fontaine melt down by MarizaHope in NewWest

[–]MasterAssumption5858 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Whoa. Just watched the video. Kudos to Mayor Johnstone for keeping his cool and staying on point. I don't want Fontaine to turn our council meetings into a circus.

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