[UrbanPlannerr]

These are great!

[SFUVancouver]

The Salt Building in the Olympic Village.
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/7784/p1170012.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 1st, 2009.

Crane Park Building in the Olympics Village.
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6140/p1170013.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 1st, 2009.

Green Building in the Olympic Village.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2272/p1170014.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 1st, 2009.

The late Arthur Erickson's The Erickson.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8177/p1170010.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 1st, 2009

Atelier from Library Square.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1183/atelierfromlibrarysqdec.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 5th, 2009.


Dolce, Vita, and Capitol Residences.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9671/dolcevitacapitolresnov5.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 5th, 2009

[bulliver]

@sammo: Thanks :tup:

@SFUVancouver: Great shots! Love the pic of The Erickson. Love the building too!

Some older shots of the Low Level Bridge in Edmonton:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4158708359_2a64b0f606_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4158708359/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/4158707443_78bb1182b4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4158707443/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4159467748_6b146eaaae_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4159467748/)

[habfanman]

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[habfanman]

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[SpongeG]

looks cool - does montreal have problems with crowds? Vancouver would have an event like that - someone would get stabbed, alcohol would be seized, fights would break out and it would be cancelled the following year - lol

[entheosfog]

A nice end to today in Van and a couple new cranes, or newly raised cranes, now sit above some of the skyline:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5672/img2974w.jpg

[Jeff]

winnipeg from tonight..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4161976872_de598c7c07_b.jpg

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[MTLskyline]

looks cool - does montreal have problems with crowds? Vancouver would have an event like that - someone would get stabbed, alcohol would be seized, fights would break out and it would be cancelled the following year - lol

None whatsoever. About the worst they do here is make a lot of noise and leave a lot of litter behind. Montreal is about as safe as you can get despite its somewhat sleazy/gritty image.

[bulliver]

Great shots everyone...this is from Penticton BC...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2692/4160914847_36d9796c2f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4160914847/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4160916099_f07420892e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4160916099/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/4160911929_c4e6a8e685_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4160911929/)

[SFUVancouver]

Delirium in the Vancouver Local / Vancouver photography thread brings us some new photos from the City's website.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/VancouverAerial2.jpg
http://vancouver.ca/mediaroom/

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/4151017425_131f136013_o-1.jpg
http://vancouver.ca/mediaroom/

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/VancouverAerial1.jpg
http://vancouver.ca/mediaroom/

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/VancouverAerial3.jpg
http://vancouver.ca/mediaroom/

Looking good!

[Dylan Leblanc]

astounding!!

[1ajs]

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/808/albertst.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8498/albertxn.jpg


http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9687/stage.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2343/cityhallu.jpg

[bulliver]

Raging downtown Penticton:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/4167119997_62b6f25d03_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4167119997/)

[ue]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4167129175_f5c2798893_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/_edmontonenthusiast/4167129175/sizes/l/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4160806656_47443a1a64_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/_edmontonenthusiast/4160806656/sizes/l/)

[ErickMontreal]

:: Ville de Québec city ::

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4156694903_a06056f0c1_b.jpg

Taken by ColinK :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/colink/sets/72157622931173244/

[cormiermax]

Looks like it could be Europe.

[vanatox]

WOW, beautiful pictures of Québec! :tup:

[bulliver]

Incredible shots ErickMontreal! Fantastic!

[entheosfog]

Some pictures from tonight's lighting up of the Christmas tree on the Vancouver Art Gallery's lawn:

A childrens choir:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8172/img3096ne.jpg

Elvis Costello and Diana Krall were there to flick the switch for the tree. Tonight's event was also a big fundraiser for charities:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3572/img3107n.jpg

The big tree and the frozen fountain in front of the VAG:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3093/img3123b.jpg

And some pics from Sunday as well:
Georgia Street was closed to traffic for the Santa Clause Parade but this was the closest I was gettin':
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3228/img3030v.jpg

Downtown Eastside architecture bathed in some great late day light:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9413/img3076u.jpg

The legendary Ovaltine Cafe:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5366/img3075fk.jpg

[Jeff]

awwww those QC pics make me miss europe...

[SFUVancouver]

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4130/streetcarsoldandnewdec8.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

[SFUVancouver]

I love Woodwards!

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6451/woodwardsfromvictorysqu.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2306/woodwardsfromdominionbl.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/526/woodwardsflatironfromca.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2126/woodwardsflatironbasede.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/431/woodwardstiledec809p117.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8264/woodwardsconstructionco.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

London Drugs has great street presence but the actual entrance is via Woodwards' central atrium.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6636/londondrugsfromhastings.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

The Woodwards atrium is still a work in progress, and, truthfully, it feels a little dated for a brand new building. With that said, the idea is quite brillant. By bringing shoppers into the atrium en route to London Drugs and Nesters Market/Woodwards Food Floor, it creates a constant stream of people through the public space. Add to that the hundreds of office workers who, I believe, will be able to come and go via the atrium from their offices to the street and the adjacent City parking garage. Plus there will be more than a thousand Simon Fraser University art students using the atrium to access the new SFU School for the Contemporary Arts. All together the atrium should feel like a busy, active concourse and it will be much brighter too once the sun starts climbing again from its current low winter position in the sky.
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/6915/p1170094.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

A gigantic photo mural of a reenactment of the Gastown Riots by artist Stan Douglas overlooks the atrium and helps delineate the indoor atrium form the outdoor (and still under construction) plaza.
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4741/p1170095.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

London Drugs opened its two-storey store last week.
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7504/londondrugs1dec809p1170.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8904/londondrugs2dec809p1170.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

Also entering from the atrium is the Nester's Market, nostalgically branded as the Woodwards Food Floor.
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6127/nestersatriumentrancede.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

It opened today and it was packed.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/850/nestersbusydec809p11701.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

Welcome back dollar-forty-nine days! Vancouver missed you.
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8743/nesters149daysdec809p11.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7848/woodwardsfromabbottandh.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, December 8th, 2009

[raggedy13]

^Great stuff, I still gotta check that out.

Some pics around the West End from Monday:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/4168183110_77328858a4_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4167419965_011abec852_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4167429253_966241f20e_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4168196814_668bb608ec_b.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/4168249336_7227185fb1_b.jpg

[ErickMontreal]

Québec city (Prior the snowstorm)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4154785528_4503b1e0fa_o.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/4171636387_40577f7503_b.jpg

Taken by Claude Trudel ::http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudetrudelmontreal/4172387396/

[caltrane74]

by me

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4174199367_d3fc549741_b.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1235/sany1509.jpg

[Echoes]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4171633503_d833c3725e_b.jpg

BRAVO!!! :worship:

[ErickMontreal]

Old-Québec!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/3894525838_fc0f0a472e_b.jpg

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By Le Cabri :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecabri/

[Nicko999]

:previous: So freaking beautiful

[habfanman]

I love QC! Any excuse to go and I'm there.

[1ajs]

santacon

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs061.snc3/12861_349773855514_604325514_10107567_6064466_n.jpg

[habfanman]

...........

[raggedy13]

^Wow, the Montreal Metro is beautiful. It's clearly of another era but without a doubt showcases the best of design from that era. A real gem. :yes:

[dsim249]

Love the Metro pics. Thanks for sharing!

[flar]

My old city, Hamilton:

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/2010/mechanized/00030.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/2010/mechanized/00056.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/2010/mechanized/00007a.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/2010/mechanized/00066df.jpg


A bunch more semi-aerial views can be seen here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176522

[SFUVancouver]

The Montreal Metro is a national treasure. I wish our system in Vancouver was built in an era when there was so much of a committment to unique station architecture.

Bravo!

[0773|=\]

^^ I visited Hamilton for the first time a couple months ago. Man, that is a beautiful city! ...granted you're not looking at it from the QEW...

Thanks for the photos, flar...

[Big Sky]

Courtesy of Scott Richards
http://www.centrecitytalk.com/.a/6a00e54fd8618788340128760503a9970c-pi

[ihatesquirrels]

Ghost train!! :runaway:

[1ajs]

found these 2 shots on a shelf were shot by my grandfather back in late 80's early 90's when he first got sick (parkinsons)
all i know is its on vancouver island near victoria somewhere or something
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1337/80813987.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4188367406_2124cbd9be_b.jpg

[Jimby]

Hotel Vancouver

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/4188953163_9fc7d310de_o.jpg


Can you see more?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4188928337_d39807d05a_o.jpg


One more ho and it would be Christmassy!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/4189674448_7ea84e68f3_o.jpg


A bird and 2 racoons at Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4189653540_be1af94db5_o.jpg


Looking down on downtown Snug Cove, Bowen Island. Across the water is West Vancouver and the Sea to Sky highway to Whistler. The light on top of the mountain is the Cypress Mountain ski hill, one of the venues for the Winter Olympics.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4180224893_b2de6aa58a_o.jpg

[Surrealplaces]

from Robsonmcunha on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/robsonmcunha/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/4184624417_6465d83900_b.jpg
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[entheosfog]

Hotel Vancouver

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/4188953163_9fc7d310de_o.jpg



Nice Van shots! I love how they string lights up at the top of the hotel. I wish more buildings would do something like this for the holidays.

[bulliver]

Edmonton, from November 17, before the big freeze...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/4191530487_98dcaf1654_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4191530487/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4192291452_fd545ca973_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4192291452/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4191528417_fcda8e1340_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4191528417/)

[Delirium]

^ nice!

recently installed public art at the corner of Granville/Georgia in Vancouver.
Artificial Rock #143 by Zhan Wang
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/4180020872_84b81535a8_b.jpg
photo by HereinVancouver on flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfairchildphotography/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/4179261315_c21bce9e17_b.jpg
photo by HereinVancouver on flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfairchildphotography/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4179254419_9e7201a328_b.jpg
photo by HereinVancouver on flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfairchildphotography/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4179256933_6ff35107c2_b.jpg
photo by HereinVancouver on flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfairchildphotography/

[Govertical]

that is seriously cool! nice!

[Jimby]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/4194917247_f21e579176_o.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4189701892_27c0c33b7c_o.jpg

[Surrealplaces]

^Nice shot's Jimby~! Must be nice not having any snow around.


A couple of shots from this morning.

Larger Sizes Here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/4195665810/sizes/o/)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4195665810_695d8f4959_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/4195665810/sizes/o/)




The Big Bad Bow

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4194907635_d3a96d67a8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/4194907635/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

[dsim249]

Hoarfrost in Saskatoon - December 18th, 2009
All photos are mine, you'll have to excuse my framing, I was in a moving vehicle snapping these shots. :D

2nd Avenue
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3569.jpg?t=1261179673

21st Street East
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3570.jpg?t=1261176746

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3627.jpg?t=1261176909

Gathercole Arch, Prairie Wind in the background
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3629.jpg?t=1261176953

Persephone Theater
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3631.jpg?t=1261177017

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3620.jpg?t=1261177102

This is a statue of John Lake and Chief Whitecap (in 1882) of the Dakota First Nation who suggested the site of present-day Nutana to establish his colony. From that early meeting of two leaders came the foundation of the communities of Saskatoon, Nutana, and Riversdale which eventually amalgamated to form Saskatoon.
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3643.jpg?t=1261177177

One of the beauties along Saskatchewan Crescent
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3663.jpg?t=1261177492

The oldest building in Saskatoon on its original foundation - The Marr Residence
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3691.jpg?t=1261177560

Nutana Collegiate - Probably the most stately High school in the city
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae15/dms037/IMG_3692.jpg?t=1261177610

I know this home has some significance... I just don't seem to recall what it is at the moment. :haha:
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View from Sask Cres.
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Broadway Avenue
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Broadway Avenue
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Buena Vista - One of the remaining 'castle' elementary schools
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Sports bar murals - formerly the Emerald Casino
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:haha:
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Suburbia

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[Jimby]

more Vancouver

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blue heron at slightly frozen Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park
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the view from Bowen Island
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The Queen of Capilano pulls out of downtown Snug Cove on Bowen for the 4 km sailing to Horseshoe Bay. The houses of West Vancouver are visible behind.
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Cathedral
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[Witty Nickname]

Great shots of Van!

[Echoes]

Nice shots of Saskatoon, dsim! The hoarfrost makes everything look so christmas-like.

I went past that sports bar the other day and was surprised to see they haven't removed Tiger Woods from their sports mural yet. :haha:

[1ajs]

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[le calmar]

Old Montreal as seen from the Aldred top floor
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[Darkoshvilli]

Old Montreal as seen from the Aldred top floor
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Nice shot! Too bad you couldn't take a shot looking west...

[Delirium]

not canadian but way too cool not to share.

an 18 GIGAPIXEL spherical panorama of Prague taken from the top of the TV Tower. Zoom in... it's incredible!

>> http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels <<

as of december 2009, it is the largest spherical panorama image in the world.
192,000 pixels wide by 96,000 pixels high, some 18.4 billion pixels in total, weighing in close enough to 20 GB to make the jaw drop. To put it in analog terms, it would be 16 meters long on actual photographic paper.

[Echoes]

^WOW, thank you for sharing! That's incredible.

I spent a few weeks in Prague this past spring and it is a fantastic city. It's difficult to describe just how wondrous and beautiful a city it is. Prague is breathtaking.

[ue]

wow that old mtl shot is absolutely stunning! just the sheer density alone.

here's some from sprawly downtown edmonton to compare :):

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[MTLskyline]

^ Did you just get dumped on in Edmonton?

An Albertan wrote a letter to the Montreal Gazette a week ago and claimed that they don't clear the sidewalks in Alberta. Is this true?

[Nicko999]

We criticize our snow removal a lot but people don't realize that in fact, it is the best in Canada(or at least one of the best).

From the gazette: I lived in Montreal for 46 years and now live in Calgary and believe me, Montreal has the best snow removal in Canada. Most Calgary streets never see a plow all winter long. Only the main roads are plowed.

[ue]

^^It snowed pretty recently but not like a blizzard :). Sidewalks do get cleared though, and they were cleared where I was that day.

[habfanman]

We criticize our snow removal a lot but people don't realize that in fact, it is the best in Canada(or at least one of the best).

From the gazette:

LOL! People here complain too much about EVERYTHING! Anywhere else I've lived, sidewalk clearing is optional and snowbank removal is unheard of. They even clear the downtown bike lanes here.

Here's an article from the Toronto Star. I guess the army doesn't do sidewalks! (and where the hell is "Old Toronto"?)

Sidewalks need clearing, not constant over-salting

By Antonia Zerbisias
Living Columnist
Published On Wed Dec 10 2008

When city hall says it can't clear the sidewalks in "old Toronto'' because they're too narrow, it's burying the truth.

This snow job I bought over years of being nice and clearing my ice within the required 12 hours of a snowfall. This I believed despite measuring the width of sidewalks in my native Montreal and comparing them with those on the Riverdale streets where I've lived here.

There is no difference. None.

I know all this because, last year, during our winter of deepest discontent, early one morning, as I was moving the mountain deposited in front of my driveway by the city grader, I spotted one of those little one-man tractor ploughs making its way down the street.

To Montrealers, these are familiar sights. They're essential to that city's world-class snow removal ballet.

For that is what it is, a brilliantly choreographed performance that begins with "No Parking'' sandwich boards, followed by tow trucks to take away the cars of the heedless. Then come the sidewalk tractors, which push the snow into the street, which the graders sweep into tall ridges, which the snow ploughs grind into the waiting convoy of dump trucks which take it all away.

In less than 20 rumbling minutes, pedestrians can walk, bikers can bike, drivers can drive and nannies can push strollers.

With a system like that, nobody, like that poor man I saw crack his head open on the sidewalk at Danforth and Broadview last January, needs to hire Sherpas to cross the street. Nobody needs crampons to walk to the bus because so many property owners don't shovel. Nobody needs to be housebound because their wheelchairs or walkers can't negotiate the narrow and slippery ruts. It turns out, you see, that when that sidewalk-clearing guy rattled my way last winter, I stopped and asked him point blank, "How come I have never seen you before?'' He told me that the city was "too cheap'' to deploy its fleet of 300 of these little ploughs on streets like mine.

Then he cleared my sidewalk – and, very kindly, also my driveway – and moved on.

Obviously, a better snow removal strategy would be very costly indeed, as any Montreal taxpayer can tell you. And, here in Toronto, we're already burdened by everything from permits to park on our own front pads to garbage bins.

But what about lost time and productivity? What about the burden to our health care system due to broken limbs?

More important, what about the environment?

No sidewalk clearing strategy leads to more salt, which this week has been everywhere.

This while praise has been heaped on Mayor David Miller for his "green agenda'' which banned pesticides on lawns and bottled water sales at municipal facilities.

But still, every winter the city dumps 135,000 tonnes of salt on the streets – and that doesn't count what lazy home and business owners irresponsibly pour on the sidewalks instead of shovelling. (That's assuming they do any ice clearing at all, of course.)

That salt wrecks our boots, bikes and cars. It kills trees and vegetation. It poisons marine life. It destroys doggie feet, burning their tender pads. And it leeches into our lakes and streams.

There are alternatives, cleaner, greener and, of course, more expensive. The city is using some of them, while protesting that using more would blow the $70 million snow removal budget.

But salt is very costly indeed – to our streets, bridges and expressways, not to mention our water supply.

Something to think about when you lose your hubcap to that pothole next spring.

The city should do two things. Clear the sidewalks. And get salt off the water table.

Antonia Zerbisias is a Living section columnist. azerbisias@thestar.ca. She blogs at thestar.blogs.com.

[alps]

:previous: Silly article, "Costly to the Toronto water supply"? I was not aware the drinking water there was pumped from below Yonge Street. Plowing sidewalks is a waste of money. The machines they use for it here in Halifax seem to be a decimetre wider than the sidewalks and they're can be quite destructive to roadside tree roots, fences, and such -- as a country we need the extra exercise shoveling, anyway.

[Jimby]

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North Vancouver

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Mt Seymour ski hill high above North Vancouver

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Horseshoe Bay West Vancouver. The Bowen ferry was overloaded so I had to wait an hour for the next one

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[Jimby]

zoomed in view from the top of the British Properties area of West Vancouver

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new and replacement construction climbing the mountain

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no recession in West Vancouver!

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the higher up the mountain, the more chance of fog, mist, rain, maybe snow; but the views when it is clear are spectacular

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[MrGrinch]

Some nice hoar frost in Winnipeg this morning...

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[ErickMontreal]

Québec city!

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Taken by Raymeone :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/raymeone/sets/72157622640202795/

[MTLskyline]

Quebec City has some of the best architecture in Canada period. The best part is that they never really had a boom in the 1960s so most everything is still in tact. It's just unfortunate that they have lost the Armoury to fire though.

Do most people in Quebec City cheer for the Habs now? Or have they chosen other teams? Has the city largely "moved on" from hockey?

[bulliver]

Epicentre of Edmonton: Jasper Avenue and 101 Street
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[SpongeG]

Some nice hoar frost in Winnipeg this morning...

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cool pics but photographs can never catch the magiv of hoar frost - its amazing when you are out amongst the trees walking and the sun catches the trees and they just go all glittery

[SpongeG]

Epicentre of Edmonton: Jasper Avenue and 101 Street
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2501/4208301998_53f88d4caf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/4208301998/)

is that a Starbucks at the epicentre?

[bulliver]

^ ...Starbucks and a Quiznos..yes.

[SpongeG]

pics by me

tues dec 22
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thurs dec 24 - a green christmas here
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[Distill3d]

pics by me:
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HEY! That's my hood!

[Presswood]

Do most people in Quebec City cheer for the Habs now? Or have they chosen other teams? Has the city largely "moved on" from hockey?
I'd say that most people in Québec now cheer for the Montreal canadiens , during playoffs last years you could see a lot of Habs flag on cars and such ...
But there are also those who hate them and will cheer for any team that oppose them....
That being said I'd say that the second most cheered team in Québec are the Boston Bruins..

[Metro-One]

Happy Boxing day from Vancouver.

Here are some pics from my neighbourhood. I live in a suburb of Vancouver called Maple Ridge. All these pics are from today after the morning for cleared.

Here is my street!

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The street above me

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From the green belt

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A sword fern in the green belt

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A waterfall in the green belt (only 200m from my house)

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Another mist shot from the green belt

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And here is some bamboo in my neighbour's yard

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All pics are my own, here is the source http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/?saved=1

I love Winter in Vancouver!

Happy Boxing day!

Cheers!

[ckkelley]

Nice pics. thx!

[Spocket]

cool pics but photographs can never catch the magiv of hoar frost - its amazing when you are out amongst the trees walking and the sun catches the trees and they just go all glittery
Very true but reposting a picture set on the same page makes baby Jesus cry.

[SpongeG]

haha i never reposted - *cough* distill3d *cough*

[Surrealplaces]

Calgary

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[1ajs]

nice that first shot has a film look to it

[Jimby]

cool shots Surreal!

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Lions Gate in the fog

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[SpongeG]

watched the fog roll in on christmas day - it was quite cool

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[skrish]

Nice pics Surreal and Jimby.

Miss your Calgary shots Jimby.

[raggedy13]

A few shots I took earlier today:

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[vanman]

^ Great pics man !

[ue]

Glenora, Edmonton, Alberta.

processed with Adobe Lightroom.

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Glenora. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/_edmontonenthusiast/sets/72157622963425463/)

Post Arctification. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/_edmontonenthusiast/sets/72157623037770820/)

[Metro-One]

I had myself a nice night downtown Vancouver last night.

Here are some pics I took.

The Province building

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The Port

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Canada Place

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Woodwards

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Harbour Centre (or for any Americans who visit, Harbor Center, hehe)

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Information booth and screen

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The Marine Building

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Christmas Tree!

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Christmas Crane!

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Business Towers (wish we had a couple dozen more of these)

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Bamboo!

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Robson street

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My favorite store downtown, the Japanese convenience store!

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And last but not least, my destination for the night.

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Source of my photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/?saved=1

All pics are my own!

Cheers!

[raggedy13]

^Great pics! What bar/restaurant is that last pic from?

Here are a few pics from earlier in December which I didn't upload until a few days ago. They were taken during a tree lighting ceremony outside of the VAG:

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Was a bit cold that night
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Unfortunately not such a good picture, but you can just (sort of) make out Diana Krall and Elvis Costello on stage, officially lighting the tree:
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[SFUVancouver]

Thanks for all the great Vancouver-in-winter shots of late.

It's so gratifying to see Robson Square finally serving as a great year-round focal point for downtown. The ice rink and Olympic renovations have done wonders and suddenly made the dour space exciting again. I cannot wait for the zip lines to be installed from the Court House to the Art Gallery. I wish that trolley lines could be installed so that the #5 Robson could divert around the Robson Square block via Georiga for eastbound buses and Smithe for westbound buses so that the street in front of the Art Gallery could be closed off for public events.

[circle33]

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[ue]

/\nice. looks like fun.

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[wco]

^Nice. Edmonton looks positively frozen in that shot. Love it.

[alps]

I love that ski lift photo up top, is that at the Olympic park? Nice Edmonton & Vancouver shots too :)

[ue]

Thanks very much wco and alps! Alps, if you're referring to my image, yeah it's a ski hill, called Edmonton Ski Club (never been myself). It's smaller than Rabbit Hill and Snow Valley, but I think bigger than Sunridge or whatever. And no, Olympic Park is in Calgary.

heres some more!

98th.
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Jasper.
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[ErickMontreal]

Québec, Québec!

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[Fmarotte]

Nice pictures erickmontreal.

[SpongeG]

cool pics

i'm so glad we don;t have winter here - I sure don't miss it

[raggedy13]

Beautiful Quebec pics, ErickMontreal. Such a picturesque city, especially in the winter.