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More honking near the Alberta legislature.

#yeg #yegtraffic #ableg #covid19ab
Here’s one protester flag where the maple leaf has been replaced by a truck.
As you can see, traffic on 109th street near the legislature is mostly a crawl.

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A protest supporting the fight against TC Energy’s Coastal Gaslink pipeline on Wet’suwet’en land is marching along Jasper Ave right now from Beaver Hills House Park. #yeg @edmontonjournal
A few of the signs #yeg
I counted about 175 people. The crowd has turned down 109 Street and is heading toward the legislature. #ableg #yeg
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New data shows that automobile insurance premiums have dramatically increased since Jason Kenney removed the cap on rate increases.

According to data compiled by LowestRates.ca, rates have increased by more than 22 per cent for Albertans in the past year.

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In August 2019 the UCP removed the five per cent rate cap on insurance premiums implemented by our #abndp government.
We previously confirmed through the Alberta Lobbyist Registry that before the cap was lifted, #UCP Campaign Director and former Jason Kenney Chief of Staff Nick Koolsbergen registered to lobby the Premier and Minister of Finance to remove the cap on auto insurance rate increases.
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School bus crash on White mud drive. #yeg #yegtraffic
EMS tells me 23 kids were on the school bus. 12 were taken to hospital in stable condition. Injuries ranged from cuts to bruises. #Yeg
Closer shot of the school bus crash. Image
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Whose needs count the most: the person driving through a neighbourhood or someone living there?

Because did you know, the number of vehicles daily on Jasper Avenue and the number of people living in the neighbourhood around are roughly equal?

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… #yegcc
City of Edmonton officials released the final designs for the Jasper Avenue upgrade -- wider sidewalks and a tree-lined boulevard supported by 17 cubic metres of structured soil under the sidewalks to let the trees flourish into a canopy.
Construction starts 2020. (2/...) #yegcc
Sure, it's more investment in the core, not the north. But there's a lot of people in Oliver who pay taxes. The city estimates 10,000 new residents will join the existing 18,000 within the next 30 years. Already, the population is larger than the City of Beaumont. #yegcc
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Council starting its debate on the road salting and calcium chloride pilot project.
Goal was to reach bare pavement last year with various techniques. Calcium chloride provider Tiger Calcium is in the audience for chemistry questions 😏
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… #yegcc #yegtraffic
Chemistry 101 - Salt works by disrupting the crystal structure of water molecules as they form ice, melting it, officials tell council.
A corrosion inhibitor works by creating a film on the metal to protect it while the salt still melts the ice.
#yegcc
Did the city see any impacts from the increased road salt on the city fleet? No, says director Janet Tecklenborg.
"We have seen no significant and measurable impact to date." #yegcc
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