Someone put up this sticker along Kensington Road in Calgary, back in the spring. Whoever it is, they didn’t get their wish.
Make America boring again
04 Wednesday Nov 2020
Category Archives: politics
Battling with words
12 Wednesday Apr 2017
As the roses bloom all over Portland, Oregon, this spring, so too does a proliferation of window and lawn signs denouncing a variety of political ills in the United States.
Despite some strong differences and disagreeements across the American political landscape, it reassures me somewhat that for the most part, the fighting is happening with words — just as it ought to be.
Bringing more life to our downtown cores
30 Wednesday Nov 2016
Downtown West, Calgary, Nov. 27, 2016. The neighbourhood is home to a forest of residential towers. (Ricky Leong photo)
But what if our race to the sky was a mistake?
In my newspaper column last week, I shared my thoughts on some of the difficulties facing the City of Calgary as property tax revenues slump due to empty office spaces downtown.
The more time I spent thinking about the subject, the more I wondered about whether the central neighbourhoods in many of our cities were unintentionally set up to fall — and fall hard — with every economic slowdown.
Astute political commentary
21 Sunday Feb 2016
Some very smart graffiti scrawled onto a wall in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood, spotted a few days ago. Too bad few people will see it in person: It’s in a space about half-a-metre wide between two buildings on 10 St. N.W.
Fellow Canadians, please make yourself heard today: Go vote!
19 Monday Oct 2015
Posted in politics
Monday, Oct. 19, is federal election day in Canada.
Democracy is a commodity too precious to waste … so if you haven’t already taken advantage of opportunities for advanced voting, please cast a ballot today.
Check out the Elections Canada website for information on what you need to vote and where you can do so.
Everywhere she looked, she finally saw trouble
20 Thursday Mar 2014
Tags
alberta, canada, front page, journalism, news, newspapers, politics
Front-page news around these parts: After weeks of controversy and pressure, Alison Redford announced yesterday her resignation as premier of Alberta, effective Sunday.
It’s civic election day in Alberta
21 Monday Oct 2013
To my friends across Alberta: Today is voting day for city councils and school boards. Please exercise your democratic franchise … Go out and vote!
This photo was taken outside Calgary city hall during the advance vote last week; today, it is a polling station for a part of Ward 7.
Worrying about the future
27 Saturday Apr 2013
Posted in art, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalking, politics, random, Travel, urban
A couple of photos taken in Montreal recently, reflecting some slightly pessimistic views of the future.
Above is a polar bear displayed as you’d see in a museum … as if it’s gone extinct. Part of artwork in a campaign against global warming.
Below is some sticky graffiti on St. Laurent Boulevard.
Motto to uphold
19 Monday Nov 2012
Posted in Paris, photography, photowalking, politics, random, Travel, urban
Truly, one of the hallmarks of the French Republic is the idea of liberty, fraternity and equality for all of its citizens.
And when this founding principle is chiseled into the side of a building and adorned with some flags, it can make for a cool photo.
September 11
11 Tuesday Sep 2012
Posted in history, New York, photography, photowalking, politics, random, Travel, urban
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