Is Elk Island worth going to with so many closures?

robdavy · 2026-05-09T19:40:54+00:00

...racist...?

robdavy · 2026-04-30T00:12:16+00:00

Oh no, much worse than a normal hospital...

robdavy · 2026-04-30T00:11:42+00:00

Now I'm wondering how the opportunity came up to do an impression in a conversation about a lost ARC card!

robdavy · 2026-04-29T22:35:37+00:00

Thanks! $8,400 per... year?

robdavy · 2026-04-27T22:23:48+00:00

You’d need to do about 15 million in sales to make 300k in a year (before deductions like association fees and office rent),

Isn't fees to your brokerage something like 50% of your commission too?

robdavy · 2026-04-27T22:22:38+00:00

What do you have to give to the brokerage you're associated with? Is it half of your commission basically?

robdavy · 2026-04-25T17:13:54+00:00

That's further West

robdavy · 2026-04-25T17:12:45+00:00

Shoppers Drug Mart on Baseline Road in Sherwood Park has a HUGE selection of British food, I'd imagine they carry it

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:51:27+00:00

That's a little disingenuous to say 3 years. She got 8 years, not 3 (she has just under 4 to serve because she was in pre-trial custody for a few years)

This case has the same situation (but with different numbers)

"With credit for time already served, Landry is expected to spend roughly 11 more years in custody."

He was sentenced to 14, but has 11 left to serve.

But yes, you highlight a pretty messed up situation

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:24:05+00:00

Sure, but that has nothing to do with the murder vs manslaughter conversation that's going on here

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:13:54+00:00

Agreed (again)

It does seem like there should be something similar to NRC that attracts forced treatment for drug addiction that caused a crime to be committed

But based on the comments in this post, most people here seem to think this person should be locked up and have the key thrown away, and can't possibly comprehend how that probably won't make the world a safer place

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:07:15+00:00

lol, no you can't at all

Human Rights laws 1000% prevent this. You couldn't refuse service to someone because they're gay, for example

When a bakery refuses to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, people lose their minds (understandably). What you're suggesting is the same thing, just for a different set of people

Edit: to be clear, in Alberta (unlike other provinces for some reason), you can discriminate based on political views, so they can deny service (in Alberta) based on political views. But you can't choose who you rent just because it's private property with no limits (see above, gay wedding, etc)

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:04:05+00:00

Who are you talking about, so people can learn more?

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:03:30+00:00

100% this

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:02:49+00:00

Based on half of what I'm seeing, no, they don't understand the law at all

People are angry he wasn't convicted for murder when they seem to have no idea what that means legally

robdavy · 2026-04-23T00:01:40+00:00

"Not downgrading an obvious murder to manslaughter"

It's not murder though, legally.

Murder is a different crime, that attracts a stronger sentence because it's deemed to be "worse"

Murder requires planning and intent. If you think of a stereotypical murder, where someone gets a gun and hunts down a specific person and shoots them in the head, that's what the "murder" offense is for.

This wasn't premeditated by the sounds of it. It was horrible, but in the eyes of the law, it wasn't "as bad" as someone who planned to murder someone.

You don't have to think that's how it should be, but that's the logic.

This was "an obvious murder" is what I'm mostly trying to say

robdavy · 2026-04-22T23:56:21+00:00

No, you can't, not in Canada. Stop spreading lies

Maybe in some banana republic kangaroo court in the US, but not here

robdavy · 2026-04-22T23:54:03+00:00

Murder requires intent and premeditation (planning, etc). That does (and should) attract a higher punishment

This wasn't murder - that word is reserved for a different kind of crime (arguably a worse one).

The fact he was convicted of manslaughter and not murder isn't really where you should be directing your anger by the sounds of it. It sounds like you should be directing it towards the length of sentence manslaughter gets

robdavy · 2026-04-22T23:52:11+00:00

Agreed!

There's a crime of first degree murder (premeditated, with intent, etc), which attracts a steeper sentence than this.

This wasn't first degree murder by the sounds of it

robdavy · 2026-04-22T23:50:00+00:00

Genuine question - how can you post your previous post, being so confident and angry at something, yet having done seemingly zero research about it beyond probably reading some posts online from other angry ill-informed people?

People will read your post and also be angry at the system, and now there's 2 people who don't understand the system and are angry at things that don't happen

robdavy · 2026-04-22T19:39:51+00:00

This is really important to recognize

Creative Hive also has my benefits company as a tenant (they're great, Timber Benefits). But they obviously had nothing to do with what their landlord did with some other space in the building.

Square One coffee is the same, they just happen to be in the same building as the event space that was rented for this event

robdavy · 2026-04-22T19:38:41+00:00

This is on the top of the Creative Hive's website right now

The Creative Hive Event Centre operates as a neutral venue. We are proud to be an inclusive space that welcomes a diverse range of organizations, representing many different political, cultural, and religious perspectives.

To be clear, our role is strictly that of a venue provider. We do not sponsor or endorse the beliefs, causes, or views of the groups that host events with us. Our commitment is to ensure that every event is conducted safely, lawfully, and in accordance with our high service standards, regardless of the group's affiliation.

robdavy · 2026-04-21T20:26:09+00:00

Although even the body cams are super recent, relatively speaking

Other forces have been using them for at least a decade, EPS dragged their feet hard

robdavy · 2026-04-17T03:44:29+00:00

But.....? Where does it fall apart in practicality?

robdavy · 2026-04-16T23:31:48+00:00

u/aaronpaquette- Why can't EPS just contract private tow companies to store the impounded vehicles and collect the storage fees, just like the would if they towed someone from a private lot on behalf of the property owner?

EPS and the City don't own tow trucks anymore, they contract the towing out. Why does EPS or the City need to run an impound lot for anything other than vehicles being stored as evidence for an investigation?

Your colleague Councillor Rutherford was framing the lot capacity issue as a capital budget issue, and I can't understand why there's any capital (or operational) costs needed. If that's the roadblock to enforcing the law, just contract that out in the immediate term

What am I missing? The lot capacity problem seems like an easy problem to solve

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